河北省唐县一中2020学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题

河北省唐县一中2020学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题第I卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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，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. When is the train expected to arrive?A. At 9:30B. At 9:50C. At 10:452. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wifeB. Mother and sonC. Good friends3. Who did the man go to the supermarket with?A. His daughterB. His cousinC. His girlfriend4. Where are the speakers?A. In a hospitalB. At the customsC. In a medical college5. Why doesn’t the woman want to go to the party?A. She is too weak to go to the partyB. She hates to go to partiesC. She is afraid she will ruin the party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，每个小题将给出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。

6. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Wear as fashionably as he canB. Do not wear earrings at the officeC. Show respect to his grandmother7. What’s the man’s attitude towards the woman’s suggestion?A. GratefulB. SatisfiedC. Impatient听第7段材料，回答第8--9题。

8. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A baby picture of the manB. A little new-born girlC. Alice’s beautiful life9. Who is Alice?A. She is the woman’s daughterB. She is the man’s sisterC. She is the man’s niece听第8段材料，回答第10---12题。

10. What’s the phone number for the motorcycle?A. 555-6233B. 555-1298C. 555-690011. How much does the owner ask for the motorcycle?A. 2,000B. 900C. 75012. What would the woman like to buy?A. A motorcycleB. A black bikeC. A dog听第9段材料，回答第13---16题。

13. What do we know about the woman?A. She is a visitor hereB. She teaches in a universityC. She will attenda class this afternoon14. Where is the Students’ D ining Hall?A. Next to the School Clinic BuildingB. Opposite the Teaching BuildingC. Beside the students’ Apartment15. Where is the League Office?A. On the 2nd floor of the School Clinic BuildingB. On the 3rd floor of the Teaching BuildingC. On the 10th floor of the School Clinic Building16. What will the woman do next?A. Follow the manB. Have lunchC. Go to the League Office听第10段材料，回答第17---20题。

17. What is Mr. White?A. A writerB. A film starC. A teacher18. What made Mr. White get the idea for Stuart Little?A. A friend of Mr. WhiteB. A funny dream of Mr. WhiteC. A railway sleeping car19. What does Charlotte’s Web talk about?A. A spider and a pigB. A mouse and a pigC. A spider and a mouse20. Why did Mr. White want to write?A. Because he couldn’t speak as a child B .Because he could spell when he was littleC. Because he was not good at drawing第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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