江苏省常州市2023～2024学年高二英语上学期期中试题含解析
2023-2024学年度第一学期期中检测高二年级英语试卷考试时间:120分钟总分:150分第一部分:听力(共两节,满分30分)第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。完每段对话后, 你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1 What will the man do first? A. Learn more about prices. B. Find a supplier. C. Do reports. 2. When will the meeting be held? A. At 11:30. B. At 12:00. C. At 1:00. 3. Why is the woman leaving work early? A. To take care of her mother. B. To post a package. C. To pick up a car. 4 What are the speakers talking about in general? A. A trip. B. Food. C. The weather. 5. What relation is the man to the woman? A. Her customer. B. Her co-worker. C. Her boss. 第二节(共15小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分22.5分)听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前, 你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题 5 秒钟; 听完后, 各小题给秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料, 回答第 6、7 题。6. What will the woman do on Saturday afternoon? A. Do her homework. B. Enjoy a concert. C. Watch a game. 7. Where will the woman go on Sunday? A. To a park. B. To a hospital. C. To the mans house. 听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。8. What is the womans opinion about the computer screen? A. Big. B. Nice. C. Stylish. 9. What brings the man a bit of trouble? A. The screen. B. The keyboard. C. The mouse. 听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。10. What is the purpose of the call? A. To accept a position.B. To advertise a job opening.C. To check on a job application. 11. For what day is the mans appointment scheduled? A. Tuesday. B. Thursday. C. Friday. 12. What does the woman ask the man to do? A. Call her later. B. Meet with Victoria Smith. C. Wait at the front desk. 听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。13. Which city does the man book a shuttle bus for? A. London. B. Milton. C. Toronto. 14. What is the woman doing? A. Taking the mans information.B. Offering the flight timetable.C. Conducting an interview. 15. When will the man probably leave for Milton? A. At 11:30. B. At 12:00. C. At 12:30. 16. What does the woman advise the man to do? A. Have some coffee.B. Collect his luggage first.C. Book his return ticket in advance. 听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。17 Why did Fagin come to the speaker? A. To rent her house. B. To buy her house. C. To decorate her house. 18. Why was the speaker hesitant about Fagins offer? A. She disliked him. B. The money was not much. C. Theyd damage some of her belongings. 19. How long did it take to prepare the house for the film? A. Four days. B. A month C. Two months, 20. What did the speaker do when the crew left? A. She watched a film. B. She visited her relatives. C. She repainted the living room. 第二部分阅读(共两节, 满分50分)第一节(共15小题; 每小题2.5分, 满分37.5分)阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AWelcome to my Message Board!Subject: Slimming down classics?Mr.Handsome2007-5-126: 34 AMOrion Books, which decides there is a market in creating cut-down classics (经典著作), is slimming down some novels by such great writers as L. Tolstoy, M. Mitchell and C. Bronte. Now, each of them has been whittled down to about 400 pages by cutting 30 to 40 pages percent of original, with words, sentences, paragraphs and, in a few cases, chapters removed. The first six shortened editions, all priced at 6.99 and advertised as great reads “in half the time”, will go on sale next month, with plans for 50 to 100 more to follow. The publishing house believes that modern readers will welcome the shorter versions.Mr.Edwards2007-5-129: 40 AMWell, Im publisher of Orion Group. Thanks for your attention, Mr. Handsome.I must say, the idea developed from a game of “shame” in my office. Each of us was required to confess (承认) to the most embarrassing blanks in his or her reading. I admitted that I had never read Anna Karenina and tried but failed to get through Gone with the Wind several times. One of my colleagues acknowledged skipping (跳读) Jane Eyre. We realized that life is too short to read all the books you want to and we never were going to read these ones.As a leading publishing house, we are trying to make classics convenient for readers but its not as if were withdrawing the original versions. They are still there if you want to read them.Ms. Weir2007-5-1211:35 AMIm director of the online book club.Mr. Edwards, I think your shortened edition is a breath of fresh air. Im guilty of never having read Anna Karenina, because its just so long. Id much rather read two 300-page books than one 600-page book. I am looking forward to more shortened classics!Mr.Crockatt2007-5-124:38 PMIm from the London independent bookshop Corckatt & Powell.In my opinion, the practice is completely ridiculous. How can you edit the classics? Im afraid reading some of these
