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2017—2018学年上学期2016级
第一次双周练英语试卷
考试时间：2017年9月14日
第Ⅰ卷
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。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟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 does the woman worry about?
A. Their train tickets. B. Traffic jams. C. Driving speed
2.How will the woman go to the hospital?
A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By car.
3. What is the assignment for next Tuesday?
A. Read the textbook. B. Listen to radio programs. C. Write a composition.
4. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In a hotel. B. In a restaurant. C. In a store.
5. What does the man think of the drums?
A. Noisy. B. Wonderful. C. Annoying.
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三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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，各小题将给出5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至8题。
6. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Workmates. B. Husband and wife. C. Father and daughter.
7. Why did the man go to Fortaleza?
A. To go on business. B. To do some shopping. C. To enjoy the scenery.
8. What is Tommy doing?
A. Playing on his computer. B. Watching TV. C. Talking with his friends.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Athlete and coach. B. Customer and trainer. C. Customer and gym worker.
10. How far can the woman run in an hour on the running machine?
A. About 7 kilometers. B. About 8 kilometers. C. About 10 kilometers.
11. What is the man trying to do?
A. Encourage the woman to run faster.
B. Persuade the woman to take swimming lessons.
C. Show the woman how to use a machine.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12.What is the woman doing?
A. Checking some information about a job.
B. Reading a piece of job advertisement.
C. Having an interview.
13.What does an office assistant have to do?
A. Do the typing. B. Answer telephones. C. Arrange meetings.
14. What do we know about the woman?
A. She doesn’t know English well.
B. She doesn’t have a school certificate.
C. She doesn’t want to apply for the job.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What is the woman doing?
A. Having an interview. B. Having a survey. C. Having a test.
16. Where does the woman come from?[来源:学科网]
A. Brittany. B. Paris. C. Princeton.
17. What does the woman like most?
A. Reading. B. Swimming. C. Windsurfing.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. When is Harrods open?
A. From Monday to Friday.
B. From Monday to Saturday.
C. From Monday to Sunday.
19. What is Harrods famous for?
A. Its food halls. B. Its clothes halls. C. Its book halls.
20. What is the most interesting thing about Harrods?
A. There’s a doctor and a bank in it.
B. There are hundreds of lights outside.
C. There’re 25 cafes and restaurants in it.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，20小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
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So what is rewilding?
Imagine our natural habitats growing instead of shrinking（缩小）.Imagine species thriving（兴盛）,instead of declining（衰退）.That's rewilding. Rewilding is ecological restoration and a little bit more.Rewilding offers hope for wildlife,humans and the planet.
Why is rewilding essential for Britain?
●Our ecosystems are broken.The places where you would expect wildlife to thrive have been reduced to wet deserts.The seabed has been damaged and stripped（剥光） of its living creatures.
●Our wildlife is disappearing. Many wonderful British species have declined catastrophically over the past century.We've lost more of our large mammals than any European country except Ireland.
●We need keystone species.These vital species,including top predator（食肉动物）,drive ecological processes. Their loss in Britain and around the world has worsened our living systems.
●Nature looks after us.Good ecosystems can provide us with clean air and water,prevent flooding,store carbon, and attract visitors.Rewilding can leave the world in a better state than it is today.
What are challenges?
Our "rewilding Britain" is a long-term project.Of course it has its challenges.Many of us feel indifferent（漠不关心）,because we have got used to the lack of native forests.Many farmers oppose the idea.They thought it a crazy idea to bring back predators to the country because they would start killing farm animals.It takes time to educate them. Above all, we need money!So we need your help!
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Help us bring back living systems and restore wild nature in Britain!
With your help we can...
●Open up new opportunities for rewilding and push for change.
●Develop tools to educate,influence and spread the word.
Thanks for your support.
21.What can we know from the result of rewilding?[来源:学。科。网Z。X。X。K]
A. A lot of species decline. B. Species become various.
C. Ecosystems are greatly destroyed. D.The seabed has been damaged.[来源:学科网ZXXK]
22.What's the greatest challenge at present?
A. People's indifference B. Farmers' opposition
C. Shortage of time D. A lack of fund
23.What is the purpose of the passage?
A.To persuade people to change their mind. B.To call on people to make a donation.
C.To convince people to care for predators. D.To warn people of the bad ecosystem.
B
For years I have had no idea what I have been doing with my life. I was a 30-year-old lawyer(律师) in New York. But being a lawyer was never my dream or goal in life. I honestly wanted to be a writer. I have a great imagination and would write amazing stories in my head. But I always knew that being a writer was never possible for me because it was a better financial decision to stay a lawyer.
Recently, I couldn’t fall asleep at my usual time of 10 p. m. and when I did fall asleep I had
the same dream over and over again. The dream starts with me in the ocean trying to go for a swim and I’m searching for something, but I start to drown(溺水) and have no control over my body. Then a light shines through the waters and when I look up all I can see is myself in a bright white room writing a novel. Then I hear a voice say repeatedly, “Now is the time to try something new!”
It wasn’t just a dream；it was my opportunity to make something good out of my life. That afternoon, I quit my job at the law firm and I couldn’t have been any happier. My life started at 30, and every day since that point I haven’t stopped enjoying life. I started to write and have been on the best-sellers（畅销书） list for the last two months. Things have definitely turned around.
Change is a good thing; it gives us an opportunity to take a chance. So my two favorite words I live by and so should you are “change and chance”.
24. From the first paragraph, we can know that ________.
A. a lawyer is likely to earn more than a writer
B. it is likely that the author enjoys being a lawyer and writer
C. the author is a 30-year-old lawyer at present
D. the author prefers to be a lawyer rather than a writer
25. The second paragraph mainly talks about the author’s ________.
A. strong desire to become a writer B. difficulty in sleeping at night.
C. wish to have a swim in the waters D. terrible swimming experience in the ocean.
26. The best title of the text might be _________.
A. Change and Choice B. Lawyer or Writer
C. Change and Chance D. Risk or Opportunity
27. What does the underlined part mean in the third paragraph?
A. The author had to quit the job in the law firm and was sad.
B. The author was very happy to quit the job in the law firm.
C. The author was very confused about the decision to quit the job in the law firm.
D. The author actually preferred working in the law firm to writing novels.
C
My parents and two older brothers arrived in Queens from Cuba in 1967, squeezing into a one-bedroom apartment that got even more cramped when I showed up two years later. Suspicious
（猜疑的） of everyone and unable to communicate in English, my parents weren’t about to let their kids hang out in the streets. And since they both worked, we boys spent a lot of time at home.
The main public library on Merrick Boulevard was the first place I was allowed to visit on my own. I started going there when I was eight. Everything I needed was located on what seemed to me an endless single floor. Wandering around that building aimlessly on a Saturday afternoon offered a sense of freedom I’d never experienced before.
Once my father dropped me off, it didn’t really matter what I did so long as I could explore. I find it interesting that people today say that libraries are no longer about books; they weren’t really about books for me back in the 1970s, either. It was more about being around other people who looked like they were being productive---turning pages, making copies, patiently waiting for items. All this was attractive to me.
I felt a certain level of dignity（尊严） and self-respect at the library. I didn’t borrow books from the library despite spending practically every Saturday of my childhood there. I certainly went over hundreds and hundreds of them during my walks around the building ---sports, politics and the solar system were my favorite sections.
But I felt no great need to bring books home. We had no room for books in our apartment anyway. I felt like a poor kid when I read books at home. I felt like everyone else when I read books at the library.
28. The underlined word “cramped” in Paragraph I probably means “________”.
A. dangerous B. shabby C. messy D. crowded
29. What did the author appreciate most about the library?
A. The atmosphere it provides. B. The books he could explore.
C. The productive people in it. D. The seemingly endless floor.
30. The author didn’t borrow books from the library because ________.
A. he had finished reading all the books he preferred
B. he felt like reading at the library to enjoy freedom
C. he didn’t want to lose his dignity and self-respect
D. he was too poor to afford the cost of borrowing books
31. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. How a Public Library Set Me Free
B. A Public Library in My Childhood
C. My Aimless and Boring Childhood
D. How a Public Library Attracts Me
D
The bike-sharing companies that are powering a transportation revolution in China’s urban centers are not like those in the rest of the world. Their bikes have no docking ports or assigned zones for parking. Instead, riders open their smartphone apps, hop on（跳上）, and start riding. So easy!
In 2015, Ofo, China’s bike-share pioneer, launched its first fleet of bicycles in Beijing. The bikes’ bright yellow frames were soon met by the orange-rimmed（镶边）, basket-equipped models launched by Mobike, Ofo’s main competitor today. In little over a year, the two companies have had a huge impact on revitalizing (重振) cycling in China, particularly among young people.
Ofo placed 1 million bicycles across 35 cities and registered 15 million users in its first years, while Mobike has now gained more than 10 million unique users and bicycles in 21 cities. Inspired by their success, at least 10 other companies have jumped into the market, launching their own app-powered, brightly colored bikes in quick succession. But Mobike and Ofo are far ahead of them.
The two industry leaders each take a different marketing method to a similar product. The Mobike app uses GPS to display bikes’ locations to users. They can use the map to reserve a bike and walk over to it. A scan of the bike’s QR code (二维码) unlocks the bike, and when users manually（手动地） lock the bike at the end of their trip, the app records the trip’s end and the bike will pop back up（重新出现） on the map as available. Equipped with this wireless technology, Mobikes cost between 1,000 and 3,000 yuan. Rides cost 1 yuan for an hour or a half hour, depending on whether a user chooses a “Lite” or regular bike, and the deposit (押金) required to the service is 299 yuan.
Ofo, meanwhile, is devoted not just to producing its own bikes, which have slim yellow bodies and cost about 250 yuan, but also to connecting existing bikes to its network----- a philosophy that begins with the practice of 2000 bikes offered to a campus bike-share program. The 2000 bikes were the first generation of Ofo. Yet the majority of the company’s bikes are currently ones that have been specially manufactured and fitted with their lock system. Unlike Mobike,Ofo bikes themselves are offline: their locations are tracked（追踪） through users’ cell phones. Users find a free bike, enter the license plate number into their app, and receive the bike unlock code. When they have reached their destination, they end the ride on the app and manually lock the bike. Rides cost 1 yuan for an hour and the deposit is 99 yuan.
32. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The bike rides based on apps are available whenever you need.
B. The bike body in bright color only attracts young people to choose cycling.
C. Ofo knows their bikes’ location by scanning the bike’s QR code.
D. The bikes are locked automatically when the users reached their destination.
33. Which of the following is close to the meaning of the underlined word “succession ”in the 3rd paragraph?
A. successful experience. B. movement to action.
C. continuous process . D. production line.
34. How are Ofo bikes different from Mobikes?
① no need for online condition.
② without their own lock system.
③ not only to produce ofo bikes but also put existing ones to use.
④ to unlock the bike through app.
⑤ to lock the bike by QR code
A. ①②⑤ B. ②③④ C. ②④⑤ D. ①③④
35. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Bike-sharing business models: Mobike and Ofo.
B. A real transportation innovation（创新）: app-powered bicycles.
C. The successful secret of two bike-sharing companies.
D. Cool experience of app-powered bicycles.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
More and more people are working remotely. Here are some tips to keep in mind to stay focused on your work when working at home:
Set and keep regular office hours.[来源:学§科§网Z§X§X§K]
36 Then try your best to leave work at the “office” and turn your phone on silent and enjoy the rest of your day. Give yourself some time to recharge so you can be as productive as possible.
Plan and structure your work days.
Structure your work days to maximize（取最大值） efficiency. Take advantage of your body’s natural rhythms. 37 If you know you focus best in the morning, resist the temptation to check email until 10 a.m. or later.
Set aside a designated(指定的) work area.
Try to work at the same spot every day. 38 And make it a place you enjoy going to each day, an area where you can focus and do your best work.
Take breaks.
Schedule time for frequent breaks throughout the day. Rise from your desk, stretch or walk around the house or down the street. 39 If you need a little socializing, go out to lunch with friends or clients.
Avoid distractions (干扰).
One challenge of working at home is distraction. With no colleagues or partners nearby, it’s easy to become distracted. Stay focused on work throughout the day to maintain consistent productivity. 40
A. It could be a spare bedroom that you’ve turned into a home office.
B. Plan your work around your most productive hours.
C. Do your best to set work hours and stick to them.
D. Take a lunch break and enjoy a midday meal.
E. It is more comfortable to stay at home.
F. Some interruptions can’t be avoided.
G. Avoid online distractions as well.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节：满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The other day I was having lunch with some friends, I noticed a young man struggling to get his drink. As I got close to him I noticed 41 . He was blind. I saw that he had 42 not got his drink so I went over and 43 to help. Then I took him by the hand and led him to the 44 . I asked him if he needed anything else and he said he was fine, so I 45 .
About two hours later, I was heading 46 my car and the rain started pouring down, and then I saw a young blind man. He was trying to 47 the street and using his stick to make sure that nothing was in his way. He pressed the button 48 the light would turn red and allow for a walking 49 . He was hesitant（犹豫不决的） about crossing the street and just 50 there.
I went up to him and said, “Hi!” He smiled and said, “Hey! You are the young lady who helped me at the 51 .” I smiled and said, “Yes.”
Then I took the 52 man’s hand and led him across the street. I asked him how he normally 53 . He said he does fine but he never crosses the street 54 in the rain because he can never 55 if a car is coming since he can’t hear so well over the sound of the 56 . I asked him how he knew I was the 57 person from the restaurant. He said that he remembered my energy and he could feel 58 just like before!
I smiled as we 59 introduction for the first time. We made it to the other side of the street and he told me he was 60 now and could make the rest of the way on his own. So, we said goodbye and went our separate ways.
41.A.why B. how C. where D. when
42. A. also B. already C. never D. yet
43. A. decided B. offered C. refused D. stopped
44.A. room B. kitchen C. desk D. table
45.A.stayed B. continued C. left D. agreed
46.A.up B. for C. off D. at
47. A. cross B. find C. clean D. avoid
48.A.because B .but C. though D. so
49.A.mark B. signal C. warn D. sign
50.A.watched B. listened C. nodded D. sat
51. A. school B. home C. restaurant D. centre
52. A. disabled B. sick C. funny D. injured
53. A. looks up B. goes ahead C. gets around D. moves on
54. A. loud B. alone C. immediately D. finally
55.A. tell B. prove C. explain D. guess
56.A.machines B. cars C. rain D. thunder
57.A.different B. same C. strange D. common[来源:学科网]
58.A.him B. her C. us D. it
59.A.exchanged B. remembered C. understood D. accepted
60.A.happy B. tired C. safe D. busy
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
In the days when an ice cream cost much less, Tom, 61__________ 8-year-old boy, entered a hotel coffee shop 62___________ sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream?” “Fifty cents,” 63___________(reply) the waitress. The little boy pulled 64__________(he) right hand out of the pocket and studied a number of coins in it.
“How much is a dish of plain ice cream?” he asked. Some people were now waiting for her service and the waitress grew a bit 65__________(patience). “Thirty-five cents,” she said 66___________(rude). The little boy carefully counted the 67_________(coin) again. “I will have a plain ice cream,” he said. The waitress walked away. They boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. It was not long 68___________ the waitress came back and then she began to wipe down the table and suddenly was surprised at 69______ she saw. There, 70____ (place) neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies---her tip（小费）!
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
The long-desired winter vacation was arrived in the end．As soon as the bell rang, announcing the end of the class, we couldn’t wait to rush out the classroom．Half an hour late, my good friend Li Ming and I were on the way back home．The train we took was such crowded that we had to stand．We both felt exciting because we had four week to stay with our parents．All of a sudden, I saw a man picking a old lady’s pocket．With the help of Li Ming, I caught the thief but forced him to give back the purse to the old lady．The thief was taken away by the guard．Praised by others passengers, we felt proudly of what we had done．
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
沙市中学搬迁到新校区，越来越多的同学们开始了住宿生活。假如你是李华，你的好朋友Simon不想在学校公寓住宿。请你给他写一封信，劝说他入住学校公寓。
要点：1. 学会自己照顾自己；2. 同学间相互学习；3. 包容彼此，有利于成长。
注意：可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；字数100词
Dear Simon,
With Shashi Senior High School moving to the new campus, more and more students begin their boarding school life. _______________________
Yours
Li Hua
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