2017-2018学年陕西省西安市长安区第一中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题（Word版）

2017-2018学年陕西省西安市长安区第一中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题（Word版）

‎2017-2018学年陕西省西安市长安区第一中学高二下学期期中考试英语试卷 时间：120分钟 总分：150 命题人：唐晓娟 审题人：张晓利 注意：请将36-40题答案涂在答题卡71-75 位置 第I卷 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30 分）‎ 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, 并标在试卷的相应位置。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。‎ ‎1.What does the woman plan to major in?‎ A.Art. B.Science. C.Economics. ‎ ‎2.How does the woman suggest the man get to the hotel?‎ A.On foot. B.By taxi. C.By bus. ‎ ‎3.What do we know about John?‎ A.He retired a year ago. ‎ B.He hasn't decided whether to retire. ‎ C.He worked in the marketing department. ‎ ‎4.What is the relationship between the speakers?‎ A.Fellow students. B.Parent and kid. C.Teacher and student. ‎ ‎5.What does the man offer to do for the woman?‎ A.Hand in her report. ‎ B.Give her some material. ‎ C.Proof the report for her. ‎ 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，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。‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。‎ ‎6.Why does the woman come to the store?‎ A.To buy a book. B.To borrow textbooks. C.To return some books. ‎ ‎7.What should the woman do first?‎ A.Bring her book card. B.Make a late payment. C.Check her mail. ‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。‎ ‎8.Why doesn't the woman want to go to Chicago?‎ A.For the high cost. B.For the limited time. C.For the long distance. ‎ ‎9.Which city will the speakers visit?‎ A.Washington. B.Boston. C.New York. ‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。‎ ‎10.What does the woman say about the conference ()this year?‎ A.There were more people. ‎ B.It was a success on the whole. ‎ C.The organization could have been better. ‎ ‎11.How many delegates were there in the conference last year?‎ A.18. B.30. C.42. ‎ ‎12.What disappointed the delegates?‎ A.The conference rooms. B.The restaurant. C.The hotel rooms. ‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。‎ ‎13.For whom does the woman book rooms?‎ A.Tourists. B.Her co-workers. C.Her classmates. ‎ ‎14.How many rooms does the woman want?‎ A.7. B.9. C.12. ‎ ‎15.When does the conversation take place?‎ A.On January 8th. B.On January 5th. C.On January 3rd. ‎ ‎16.Why will the woman get a discount?‎ A.She is a regular guest. ‎ B.She makes reservations for a group. ‎ C.She has a membership card of the hotel. ‎ 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。‎ ‎17.Where does the speaker give this talk?‎ A.At New York's Central Park. ‎ B.At‎ Ocean Beach ‎Park‎. ‎ C.At‎ Golden Gate ‎Park‎. ‎ ‎18. When are cars forbidden in the park on Sundays?‎ A.In winter. B.In summer. C.In autumn. ‎ ‎19.What is located on the eastern side of the park?‎ A.An indoor garden. ‎ B.A tea house. ‎ C.A theater. ‎ ‎20.How does the speaker describe the Japanese Tea Garden?‎ A.It is good for a picnic. ‎ B.It is peaceful and relaxing. ‎ C.It is a great place for exhibits. ‎ 第二部分.阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节(共15小题; 每题2分,满分30 分)‎ 第一部分 阅读下列短文，从每题后面所给的四个选项中选出正确的一项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ ‎ A ‎ I love online shopping, but for years I did all my shopping offline since I wasn’t sure if it is really safe to buy online. In the last few years I started buying almost everything online after I understood that buying online can be safer than buying offline as long as you follow a few safety rules.‎ ‎★ Check for delivery times—If you need your product on a certain time—you’ll have to make sure if the site you are referring to is committed to your schedule.‎ ‎★ Compare prices before you buy—There are many comparison sites and tools (such as Price Gong) that compare prices—this can save you a lot of money.‎ ‎★ Don’t leave the computer unsupervised while shopping online—You don’t want that someone else will touch anything by mistake and will make the purchase.‎ ‎★ Make sure you can contact the store if something goes wrong—You want to make sure that you will have someone to talk with if something goes wrong.‎ ‎★ Always print out your order details and confirmation—Just in case that you’d need to contact the site, it ‎ is always better to give them detailed information about your order.‎ ‎★ Make sure you buy from a well-known merchant—or check how others rated this merchant, there are some rubbish sites and you don’t want to buy from them.‎ ‎★ If you use PriceGong—use the merchant ratings, product ratings and product description to know that you are buying the right product at the right store.‎ ‎21. The main reason for the writer’s buying online now is that __________.‎ ‎　A. it is more convenient to shop online B. he finds it can be safer to shop online ‎　C. online shopping is much cheaper D. there is almost everything online ‎ ‎22. What does the underlined “PriceGong” most probably refer to?‎ ‎　A. A mobile phone. B. A mark. C. A store . D. A website.‎ ‎23. Which of the following is included in the writer’s suggestions?‎ ‎　A. Don’t buy things from those rated low. ‎ ‎　B. Print what you want before shopping online.‎ ‎　C. Contact the store as often as possible when shopping online.‎ ‎　D. Shut off computers after you have finished shopping online.‎ ‎24. What would be the best title for the passage? ‎ ‎　A. Safe Online Shopping Suggestions B. Ways of Contacting the Sites ‎ C. Cheaper Online Shopping D. Rules of Buying the Right Product B ‎ Life is difficult.‎ ‎ This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult---once we truly understand and accept it---then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.‎ ‎ Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation. ‎ ‎ What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.‎ ‎ Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, “those things that hurt, instruct”. It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems. ‎ ‎25. The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to ______.‎ ‎ A. save space B. persuade readers ‎ C. draw readers’ attention. D. show off writing skill. ‎ ‎26. According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve to______.‎ ‎ A. encourage them to learn ‎ ‎ B. teach them to fear the pain of solving the problem ‎ C. help them learn to deal with pain ‎ ‎ D. teach them how to respect for problems ‎ ‎27. From the passage, it can be inferred that ______.‎ ‎ A. everybody has problems ‎ B. we become stronger by meeting and solving the problems of life ‎ C. life is difficult because our problems bring us pain ‎ D. people like to complain about their problems ‎ ‎ C ‎ I had looked forward to this day for a long time．Finally I, Kirsty Sturart, would stand on the top of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe．Although I climbed often in my native Scotland, this was my first trip to the Alps．My companions—Jean Pierre Barton, Maurice Gautier, and Mary Sargent—and I left our camp early and planned to reach the top by late morning．‎ ‎ As we neared the top, large clouds gathered and it began to snow．We found shelter and decided to wait for the snow to stop．After three hours, however, we decided to go back and try again the next day．We started down the mountain in the thick snow．Jean-Pierre forgot his sunglasses and went back to look for them．As he was returning to us, he started to fall．‎ ‎ His fall started an avalanche（雪崩） and it was falling towards us! I was swept away by the heavy snow.‎ ‎ Jean-Pierre hurried down to me．“Are you OK?” he asked．‎ ‎ “I think I broke my leg,” I answered．‎ ‎ “I’d better radio for help!” he said．“Where are the others?” We couldn’t see Maurice or Mary anywhere．‎ ‎ Jean-Pierre called the emergency radio number, and the police said they would send help right away．It seemed like hours, but only minutes later we heard the welcome sound of a helicopter． The helicopter couldn’t land on the mountainside, so they lowered two men, two dogs, and a stretcher．One man ran to me, but I told him to search for the others．The dogs were trained for avalanche rescue and soon began to dig crazily in the snow．‎ ‎ Bernardo, the lead dog, found Mary’s scarf and led the rescuers to her．Maurice was nearby．The men gave us hot drinks and warm blankets and then prepared to lift us into the helicopter．Two men inside the helicopter pulled us up with the ropes．I went first on the stretcher．‎ ‎ Once we were safely inside, the helicopter flew to the hospital in Chamonix．Our poor rescuers and their dogs had to climb all the way back down the mountain. Later we would find these brave men and thank them for saving our lives．‎ ‎28. What prevented the climbers from reaching the top?‎ ‎ A. The terrible weather．‎ ‎ B. The loss of the sunglasses．‎ ‎ C. The injury of the team members．‎ ‎ D. The unexpected height of the mountain．‎ ‎29. How did the writer break his leg?‎ ‎ A. The road was covered with snow．‎ ‎ B. His companion knocked into him．‎ ‎ C. The heavy clouds blocked his view．‎ ‎ D. The avalanche caused a fall for him．‎ ‎30. How did the writer feel while waiting for help?‎ ‎ A. Anxious B. Crazy C. Sorry D. Annoyed ‎31. What do we learn from the passage?‎ ‎ A. Mary was the leader of the team．‎ ‎ B. The team was upset about their failure．‎ ‎ C. It was several hours before the rescue team arrived ．‎ ‎ D. The writer was excited thinking of climbing ‎Mount‎ ‎Blanc．‎ ‎ D ‎ The UN Children's Fund ( UNICEF) and its partners are helping to carry out measures to make schools in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone safe from Ebola transmission, said a UN spokesman at Wednesday's daily briefing here.‎ ‎ Both UNICEF and its partners are working to make sure that students and school staff have their temperatures taken as well as handwashing stations are available in schools, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general.‎ ‎ They also have distributed soap and chlorine, and have trained tens of thousands of teachers and administrators on maintaining safe hygiene practices and standards.‎ ‎ An estimated 5 million children lost months of education as schools remained closed from July 2014 until the first few months of this year as a result of an Ebola outbreak in the three Western African countries, according to Dujarric.‎ ‎ Ebola was first reported in December ‎2013 in Guinea, which shares the borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone. A total of 27, 609 cases and 11,261 deaths had been reported worldwide as of July 5.‎ ‎ "Response is definitely getting better," World Health Organization Assistant Director General Bruce Aylward said of the efforts to combat Eboloa earlier this month, adding that though many challenges remain, eliminating the deadly disease is possible in the near future.‎ ‎ Ebola virus disease, a severe, often fatal illness in humans, is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. The average fatality rate is around 50 percent, according to the World Health Organization website. ‎ ‎32. How many measures are taken by UNICEF and its partners to keep schools safe from Ebola?‎ ‎ A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five ‎ ‎33. Why did about 5 million children lose months of education?‎ ‎ A. Because they were tired of having school . ‎ ‎ B. Because the outbreak of Ebola shut their schools down. ‎ ‎ C. Because they were fighting against Ebola in their hometowns. ‎ ‎ D. Because they were on vacation. ‎ ‎34. Which word of the following is closest in the meaning to the underlined word “eliminating”?‎ ‎ A. decreasing B. limiting C. defeating D. treating ‎35. What’s the main idea of last paragraph?‎ ‎ A. How Ebola virus affect people? B. What’s Ebola ? ‎ ‎ C. Why Ebola virus is fatal? D. How are people when infected with Ebola?‎ 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。‎ ‎ The jobs of the future have not yet been invented.__1__ By helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well no matter what the future holds.‎ ‎1．Curiosity ‎ Your children need to be deeply curious.__2__ Ask kids，“What ingredients (配料) can we add to make these pancakes even better next time？” and then try them out. Did those ingredients make the pancakes better？What could we try next time?‎ ‎2．Creativity ‎ True creativity is the ability to take something existing and create something new from it.__3__ There are a dozen different things you can do with them. Experimenting with materials to create something new can go a long way in helping them develop their creativity.‎ ‎3．Interpersonal Skills ‎ Understanding how others feel can be a challenge for kids. We know what’s going on inside our own head，but what about others？Being able to read people helps kids from misreading a situation and jumping to false conclusions.__4__“Why do you think she’s crying？”“Can you tell how that man is feeling by looking at his face？”“If someone were to do that to you，how would you feel？”‎ ‎4．Self Expression ‎ ‎__5__ There are many ways to express thoughts and ideas—music，acting，drawing，building，photography. You may find that your child is attracted by one more than another.‎ A．Encourage kids to cook with you.‎ B．And we can’t forget science education.‎ C．We can give kids chances to think about materials in new ways.‎ D．So how can we help our kids prepare for jobs that don’t yet exist?‎ E．Gardening is another great activity for helping kids develop this skill.‎ F．We can do this in real life or ask questions about characters in stories.‎ G．Being able to communicate ideas in a meaningful way is a valuable skill.‎ 第三部分 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）‎ 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ My fiance(未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were  41 , and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.‎ One agent 42  a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was  43   our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look  44 .‎ We finally did and it was  45  at first sight. It was our home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and  46  of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of  47  it would be like to live there.‎ Days later, we made a(n)  48  —far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn't  49  us. They renewed their offer  50  .It was also much more than we could afford, but far  51  than the original asking price.‎ The next day, we got a  52  message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the  53  directly. We made our final offer, which  54  was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer's bid. We knew it,  55  we had to try.‎ ‎“Sold！”said the owner. Then he 56  ：He'd seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we'd  57  the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a  58  by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the  59  in the price “an early wedding present.”‎ That's how we found our home and how I learned that when people are  60  ，they are not strangers, only friends we haven't yet met.‎ ‎41  A. needed                 B. limited                  C. enough                  D. large 42.  A. recommended        B. decorated               C. sold                       D. rented 43. A. below                   B. within                    C. beyond                  D. between ‎ ‎44. A. at least                B. at most                  C. at times                 D. at hand 45. A. relief                  B. concern                  C. love                      D. curiosity 46.  A. pride                  B. happiness                C. challenge              D. desire 47.  A. which                  B. why                          C. that                       D. what 48. A. effort                   B. offer           C. promise              D. profit 49.  A. come across       B. look after          C. depend on            D. laugh at 50. A. instead                 B. indeed               C. aside                    D. apart 51. A. worse                   B. better           C. less                      D. higher 52. A. relaxing       B. disappointing   C. pleasant          D. regular 53. A. agents          B. buyers       C. managers             D. owners 54. A. already          B. still         C. generally             D. ever 55.  A. so          B. or                 C. for               D. but 56.  A. apologized         B. complained      C. criticized          D. explained 57. A. check         B. analyze           C. appreciate           D. ignore 58. A. loss           B. risk              C. chance          D. lead 59. A. increase               B. difference          C. interest               D. average 60. A. kind              B. polite            C. smart              D. energetic 第II卷(非选择题,共60分)‎ 第四部分 (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(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式 ‎ Wildlife Protection Dinosaurs died out because of ___61 unexpected incident. But wildlife today disappears or is in danger just __62 humans do harm to it. For example, tigers are hunted for fur to make carpets so that they can only live in secure reserves; grassland __63 (destroy) without mercy so that dust storms come into being affecting distant cities.‎ Last year, scientists saw some monkeys ___64 (rub) themselves with a certain kind of insects to protect themselves ___65 fierce mosquitoes biting. According to the result of the inspection, they found that the insect contains a ___66 (power) drug, so local farmers were employed to catch the insects. The ending was ___67__ the insects disappeared from the whole zone. When __68 (tell) that it was a loss to humans, the farmers burst into laughter and responded, “___69 real loss is our decreasing income.”‎ We should appreciate the natural balance and pay more attention to the importance of wildlife protection. Not ____70 we succeed in letting wildlife live in peace, can we smile in relief.‎ 第五部分 单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)‎ ‎71. I quite like living alone, because it makes me more _______________(独立).‎ ‎72. Sunshine is _____________(有益)to plants.‎ ‎73. One ____________(证人) claimed to have seen the gun.‎ ‎74. You shouldn’t ______________(嫉妒) him his success.‎ ‎75. The ______________(关系) between the two countries is being improved.‎ ‎76. The foreign friends hope that they can join the celebrations for the ‎ ‎ university’s 80th____________(周年纪念).‎ ‎77. I’ll make ___________(安排)for you to be met at the railway station.‎ ‎78. I take ____________(安慰) from the fact that his friends are there to help him.[]‎ ‎79. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the _____________(大多数)were religious men.‎ ‎80.Britain is ___________(统治) by Prime Minister and the Cabinet.‎ 第六部分写作(共两节,满分 35分)‎ 第一节短文改错(共10 小题，每小题1分，满分10 分)‎ 文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每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：把多余的词用斜线( )划掉。‎ 修改：在错的词下划一横线，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。‎ I was taking a train to London’s Victoria Station. I had noticed that the carriage was noise and filled with people. Before long, a train inspector comes to check our tickets. A passenger realized he couldn’t find his ticket but became quite upset. Then everyone in the carriage began searching the ticket，which was eventually found under a seat several rows from his owner. The person who found a ticket smiled with pleasure at his success. No one in the carriage had previous spoken to or even noticed the ticket－owner before. Yet they had so quickly offered the strangers their help. If we could show concern to others on need，the world would be a better place to live in.‎ 第二节: 写作(满分25分)‎ ‎ 假定你是李华。在校报英语专栏看到了学校“英语文化节”的一则招募启事，请阅读启事，并根据写作要点和写作要求写一封应征邮件。‎ ‎ Volunteers Wanted ‎ Our annual English Festival, which will be held on June 15-17, 2018, is now looking for 20 student volunteers to provide service for Talent Show, Speech Contest, and English Debate. If you are interested, please send an application email at your earliest convenience to Ms.Chen at chenlaoshi@aef.com.‎ 写作要点：1.表示写信意图； 2.陈述应征目的；3.说明应征条件（性格、能力等）。‎ 写作要求：1.邮件词数不少于120；‎ ‎ 2.开头和结尾部分已写好，不计入总词数；‎ ‎ 3.可根据情况增加细节，使行文连贯。‎ ‎ 4.不能使用真实姓名和学校名。‎ Dear MS Chen， ‎ I’m Li Hua, a student from Class3, Grade 2. ___________________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________Looking forward to your reply.‎ ‎ Yours truly,‎ ‎ Li Hua 长安一中2017-2018 学年度第二学期期中考试 高二级 英语参考答案 听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30 分）‎ ‎1~5CACAB 6~10ABCAB 11~15CBACC 16~20BCBAB 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）‎ A(21--24). BDAA B(25--27). CAB C(28--31). ADAD ‎ ‎ D(32--35). CBCB ‎ 七选五（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）(36-40) DACFG ‎【语篇导读】　本文讲述了如何帮孩子发展他们的技能。‎ ‎1．D　根据“By helping them...what the future holds”可知这里叙述的是帮助孩子发展其技能，所以上句应该是应该怎样帮助他们为将来的工作做好准备。故选D。‎ ‎2．A　根据“What ingredients can we add to...and try them out”可知这里叙述的是做煎饼时添加什么配料会更好，所以上句应该是鼓励孩子和你一起做饭。故选A。‎ ‎3. C　根据“True creativity is the ability to...from it.”可知这里叙述的是根据现存事物创造新事物。所以后面应该是我们可以提供给孩子机会使他们尝试创新。故选C。‎ ‎4．F　根据下文“Why do you think...？”和“Can you tell how...？”以及“If someone were...？”可知这里是问孩子怎样判断人的情感，所以上文应该是我们在真实生活中以及在听故事时要问这样的问题。故选F。‎ ‎5．G　根据下文“There are many ways to express...”可知这里叙述的是有许多方法可以表达自己的想法和观点，所以上文应该是用一种有意义的方式交流观点和想法是非常珍贵的技能，故选G。‎ 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）‎ ‎41--45. BACAC 46--50. BDBDA 51--55. CBDBD 56—60. DCABA 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎61.an 62.because 63.is destroyed 64.rubbing 65.from ‎66.powerful 67.that 68.told 69.Our 70.until ‎ 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎71.independent   72.beneficial  73.witness    74.envy  75.relationship  76.anniversary ‎ ‎77.arrangements   78.comfort  79.majority   80.governed 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎81．解析　考查时态一致。文章主体时态为一般过去时。‎ 答案　去掉had ‎82．解析　考查词性。be动词后应用形容词，noise为名词。‎ 答案　noise→noisy ‎83．解析　考查时态，before long后用一般过去时。‎ 答案　comes→came ‎84．解析　考查句子关系。一位乘客意识到他的票不见了，他开始不安起来。应为承接关系，而非转折关系。‎ 答案　but→and ‎85．解析　考查固定搭配。search for＝look for寻找。‎ 答案　searching后加for ‎86．解析　考查代词指代。此处是票的主人用its或主人the owner。‎ 答案　his→its/the ‎87．解析　考查冠词。上文提到过用the表特指。‎ 答案　a→the ‎88．解析　考查形容词、副词用法。修饰动词的应为副词，previous是形容词。‎ 答案　previous→previously ‎89．解析　考查前后一致。从上文看，丢票的是一个人，故应用单数。‎ 答案　strangers→stranger ‎90．on→in 书面表达(满分25分)‎ Dear MS Chen I'm Li Hua. a student from Class3. Grade 2.‎ I'm writing to apply for the position as a student volunteer. I really want to obtain this precious opportunity because, by offering my service, I will be able to improve my organizational ability, communication skills as well as my confidence in speaking English in public. As an outgoing girl, I get along well with my classmates. Besides, I have such a good command of English that I am elected as assistant to my English teacher. Successfully, I have lent a helping hand to her in several English activities of my class, which have been appreciated by both teachers and classmates.I am sure that I can perfectly live up to your expectations. I will be grateful if you couldgive me a kind consideration. Looking forward to your reply Yours truly Li Hua 高考英语听力模拟试题2‎ Text 1‎ W: In our school, we take some courses in art and science before we decide on our major. ‎ M: It's the same in our college. What are you going to major in? ‎ W: I think I'll major in economics. ‎ Text 2‎ M: Excuse me. Can you tell me where I can find a hotel? ‎ W: Continue three blocks south and turn to the left. After five minutes' walk you may find a big hotel. ‎ M: Shall I take a taxi to go there?‎ W: I don't think it is necessary. ‎ Text 3‎ W: Did you hear about John's retiring? He had decided to do that a year ago, but he told us today. ‎ M: Wow. That will leave a big gap in the marketing department. ‎ Text 4‎ M: How did you do on the biology test yesterday? ‎ W: I got a 100. ‎ M: A 100? Maybe we ought to be study partners! ‎ Text 5‎ W: I think I need to get this report proofed before I hand it in. ‎ M: Good idea.I would get an old one from drafting, so you don't have to spend a lot of time on it. ‎ Text 6‎ W: ⑥Hi, I would like to purchase this book. ‎ M: Can I have your card, please? ‎ W: Card? Oh…the book card. I don't have it with me right now. I left it at home. But I think you can identify me with my phone number, right? My phone number is 6838585, and my name is registered as Julie. ‎ M: Very good, Miss. Please wait a moment. Um…I'm sorry, Julie, but my computer indicates that the last ‎ time you were in our store, we allowed you to take two textbooks that were required for your biology class, under the condition that we would send you a bill through the mail and that you would pay it by the due date. ⑦You have missed that due date, and until you pay the fee, I cannot let you purchase another item. ‎ Text 7‎ M: We will have a vacation next month. Why not have a tour? ‎ W: Good idea. Where shall we go? ‎ M: ⑧What about going to Chicago? ‎ W: ⑧Don't you think it is too far? ‎ M: So what's your plan? ‎ W: What about going to New York or Boston? ‎ M: So we'll compromise(折中解决). ⑨We'll hit Washington. ‎ W: ⑨OK! ‎ Text 8‎ M: So how did the conference go, Jody? ‎ W: ⑩Oh, that's good. All the sections were interesting and all the speakers were really good. The organization was a lot better this year as well. I think having a small number of people there made a big difference. You know you could actually get things down on the workshops and make decisions a lot more quickly. (11)There were 30 delegates（会议代表）altogether, 12 fewer than last year. ‎ M: And how was the hotel? ‎ W: Fine. The conference rooms were good size, and hotel rooms were clean and very comfortable. I really like the hotel a lot. I think we should go again next year. ‎ M: And how was the dinner that day? ‎ W: (12)Ah, that was probably the only thing people complained about. The food wasn't very good and the service was slow. If we go back to the same hotel again, we have to find another restaurant. ‎ Text 9‎ M: Good morning. Room Reservations. May I help you? ‎ W: Good morning. (13)I'd like to reserve some rooms for a tourist party. ‎ M: All right. What kind of room would you like? ‎ W: You see, our customers' requests are different, so please tell me more about it, will you? ‎ M: It's my pleasure. We have single rooms, double rooms, suites and luxury suites. ‎ W: That's great. (14)I'd like to book four single rooms, five double rooms and three suites. ‎ M: All right, madam. For which dates do you want to book the rooms? ‎ W: (15)From tomorrow till January 8th. That's five days in all. We'll leave on the morning of the 9th. ‎ M: I see. ‎ W: (16)By the way, is there any preferential(优惠的)rate for the party? ‎ M: (16)Yes, there is a 15 percent discount. ‎ W: That's wonderful. Thank you. ‎ M: Well, madam, may I have your name and phone number, please? ‎ W: Yes, Sally Hall, H-A-L-L, Hall. And my phone number is 3811658. ‎ M: Thank you, Ms. Hall. We look forward to serving you. ‎ Text 10‎ W: (17)And here we are at the lovely Golden Gate Park, which was designed by the same person who designed New York's Central Park. The park is about six miles long and a half-mile wide, and it stretches all the way down to Ocean Beach, which is where the western tip(端)of San Francisco meets the Pacific Ocean. (18)The park is open year round, and on Sundays during the summer, all roads are closed to cars. (19)On the eastern side of the park, you can find the De Young Museum, with exhibits from around the world, and the Conservatory of Flowers, an indoor garden that is housed in a historic building from the early 1900s. On the northern side, you'll find the Botanical Gardens, a great place for a walk or a picnic. (20)And in the middle of the park is the Japanese Tea Garden, which is perfect if you want a quiet place to relax. ‎