2.湖北省武汉市四校联合体高一第二学期期末考试

第一节

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。

Text 1

M:Oh,no!Look at what happened to my phone!The screen won’t be even turned on.It must be from the rain.

W:I heard there is a way to dry it out.Separate the battery and the phone and drop them in a bag of rice.

Text 2

M:That’s the fire alarm.Everybody needs to get out of the office.

W:It’s a false alarm.The fan has set off the alarm again.

M:You could be right but safety must come first.Please leave the building.

Text 3

W:How many people are coming to dinner tonight?

M:The twins will be here,as well as you and me of course.I hope that’s OK with you.

Text 4

W:I’m so tired today.My power went out last night during the storm,and I couldn’t figure out how to fix it.

M:That seems like an annoying task.Did you stay up trying to find out what the problem was?

W:No.It was just too hot to sleep after that.

Text 5

M:How can you tell which ones are fresh?

W:Give them a little press.If they are too soft,put them back.It’s OK if they are a bit firm.We’ll just leave them on the counter for a couple of days.

第二节

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。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、7题。

Text 6

M:Garden Hotel.Can I help you?

W:My name is Vicky Clark.I saw your advertisement in the newspaper.Can you tell me about the job,please?

M:We need people working in the kitchen,washing up,and clearing tables.What jobs have you done before?

W:I’ve worked in a restaurant.But I’m a student,so I can only work on weekends.

M:That’s not a problem.Can you come here at 2:00 this afternoon to meet the manager?

W:I’m sorry.I have class from 2:00 to 3:00,but I can come afterwards at 3:30.

M:That’s fine.

听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。

Text 7

M:My parents want me to go to a family party this weekend.I know it’s going to be so boring.It always is.

W:Don’t say that.You should be happy to spend time with your family.My family live across the country,so I don’t get to see them often.It’s a bit depressing.

M:Really? I’m sorry to hear that.Do you see them at least once a year,for birthdays or maybe a marriage in the family?

W:I saw them on Christmas this past year.That’s usually when we get together.I would love to go more often,but California is faraway.

M:I imagine it is a long ride across the country.Plus,you would have to take the time off from school and work.

W:Actually,it’s more of the cost that keeps me from going often.

听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。

Text 8

M:I think we should speak to our new neighbors about the noise.

W:I agree.I had hoped it would calm down but they have been here for over a month now.

M:I know it must be hard for them with a young child.

W:It’s not just the boy.They have three dogs in that tiny apartment.

M:Yes,and they bark a lot during the day.They could take them to the park.There’s lots of space.

W:Should we ask the other residents what they think?

M:I’m pretty sure everyone will think the same as us.

W:Then should we go over there and knock on their door?

M:Why don’t we write them a letter instead?

W:That’s a good idea.

听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。

Text 9

W:Ronald,it is lovely that you agreed to come and do this for me.

M:Don’t worry about it one bit.You’ll do great.This little interview is nothing,compared to setting up this beautiful museum.

W:Thank you.Who would you say is your biggest hero?

M:Well,you already know the answer to that,Kristal.My adviser was Ansel Adams,the great nature photographer.

W:And where did you meet Ansel?

M:Well,it’s an odd story actually.I was with my friends in the summer and they wanted to go fishing that day.I told them I would rather walk through the woods,so I hiked a mountain to relax alone,and ran into Ansel at the top.

W:Let me guess.He was taking pictures of the rocks?

M:Almost.He was taking pictures of a special cloud.Immediately,he began telling me everything a person could know about clouds.He had a wealth of information.He invited me back to his photography studio after.

W:And was that the moment you wanted to learn from him?

M:No.I decided that after he took me to his favorite spot.The amount of knowledge that Ansel had was important to me.However,it was the pure joy and love for teaching and appreciating photography that got me.

W:And now you own your own studio,you design clothing and will soon have a permanent section here at the modern museum of art and technology.

听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。

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The United Kingdom is a group of islands off the coast of Europe — but it hasn’t always been that way.Many thousands of years ago,the UK was attached to Europe by a stretch of land known as Doggerland.And the evidence of the people who lived there is regularly found.Roughly 12,000 years ago,as the last major ice age was ending,the area that is now the North Sea was very different.Instead of water,the area had hills,wetlands and valleys full of trees.Stone Age people lived in Doggerland.They were hunter-gatherers who moved with the seasons and lived by fishing,hunting,and gathering food such as nuts and berries.Over time,they were slowly flooded out of their hunting grounds.Water which had been locked away in ice began to melt,drowning Doggerland.Around 6,000 years ago,people were forced onto higher ground in what are today’s England and the Netherlands.The evidence of the ancient people’s presence can be found on the sea floor,where modern fishermen often find bones and tools that date back to about 9,000 years ago.Those studying Doggerland say the climate change faced by ancient people is similar to that we have now.They say that a similar situation could affect billions of people who live within 60 kilometers of a sea shore today if polar ice caps continue to melt at a rapid pace.