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2017-2018学年河北省定州重点中学高二（）下学期期中考试英语试卷
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。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. Who won the race ?
A. Michael Robinson. B. Kyle Nash. C. Chris Scott. 2. What will the man probably do? A. Prepare for a test. B. Go to the park with the woman.
C. See the movie with the woman tomorrow. 3. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Quit her job.
B. Work in another restaurant.
C. Work three nights a week.
4. How will the woman get back home? A. By taxi.
B. On foot.
C. By bus.
5. Where does this conversation probably take place? A. In a library.
第二节 (共15个小题;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、7题
6. Why does the woman refuse the man's invitation?
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B. In a bookstore. C. In a restaurant.
A. She needs to treat some guests. B. She has to do some home cooking. C. She has to prepare for a driving competition. 7. What do we know about the woman? A. She needs a part-time job. B. She can't afford to play golf. C. She doesn't like
playing golf.
听第7段材料,回答第8、9题
8. What’s wrong with the sweater the woman bought? A. It’s too small.
B. It’s not the right style.
9. How does the woman probably feel about the man’s response? A. Satisfied.
B. Surprised.
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。 10. Why can't Tony go to the party? A. He has to do some homework. B. He has to work late in the office. C. He has to visit his parents. 11. How will the woman go to the party? A. By taxi.
B. By subway.
12. What will the woman probably wear at the party? A. Casual clothes.
B. Formal dress.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。 13. Who is the man? A. A researcher.
B. A policeman.
14. What does the driver look like? A. He is not young.
B. He has thin lips.
15. What was the woman doing when the accident happened? A. Driving a car. B. Hurrying to pay a bill. grandson.
16. What did the man do first after knocking the woman down?
C. It’s the wrong color.
C. Disappointed.
C. By car.
C. Work suit.
C. A witness.
C. He is very tall.
C. Walking fast to her
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A. He took the woman to the hospital. B. He got out of his car to have a look. C. He drove his car away at once. 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题
17. What is the main topic of the monologue(独白) ? A. Decisions.
B. Dangers.
C. Plans.
18. What can we learn from the monologue? A. Choosing a high school is the most difficult. B. Decision-making is easy for all people. C. Indecisions can be a serious problem.
19. How many choices are there in ordering a coffee according to the speaker? A. Just two.
B. At least four. C. Less than three.
20. Why is it hard to make a decision according to the speaker? A. You don’t want to think too much. B. You don't know how to make a decision. C. There're too many choices to choose from. 二、阅读理解
Yesterday night, over a dinner with my elder brother’s family, a topic of happiness came up. My wife, Marla, a psychologist, was sharing Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of “flow” with us. Marla explained that according to the research on flow, people are happiest when they are absorbed in a task that is just challenging enough for them to experience a sense of mastery(熟练).
A few moments later my brother, Yuri, offered the following opinion: “The first and only, necessary and sufficient factor for happiness is to stop associating happiness with pleasure. The two — happiness and pleasure — have nothing to do with each other.” This morning, with my cup of coffee, I searched through a pile of books on my bedside table and—at the bottom—found a book by Bertrand Russell, I started reading but didn’t finish. In it, I found the following thought:
“The human animal, like others, is adapted to a certain amount of struggle for life, and when by means of great wealth homo sapiens can gratify all his whims (突发奇想) without effort, the mere absence of effort from his life removes an essential ingredient of happiness.”
The conversation came full circle: people are happiest when they are in a state of flow
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(Csikszentmihalyi’s language )…which is the effortful devotion in a moment…which has nothing to do with pleasure.
Indeed, as Yuri insisted : happiness–as–pleasure is a myth; the association between happiness and pleasure is nothing but a semantic(语义的) habit; psychologically, the two—happiness and pleasure—are arguably different; and breaking up this association between pleasure and happiness might, in fact, be a powerfully first step in pursuit of happiness.
As I look back on that exchange, I recall that there was an effort, a struggle to find a common understanding about this seemingly difficult idea—a struggle that made me happy. 21．The author wrote this text mainly to ________. A. look back on the happy night B. advise readers to read Bertrand Russell C. tell readers how to be happiest
D. show different opinions on family gathering
22．According to Marla, people feel happiest when they ________. A. get what they want without effort B. master the happiness around them C. involve themselves in a challenging task D. experience things that can bring pleasure
23．What writing style is used by the author to explain happiness? A. Giving examples. B. Using quotes.
C. Making comparisons. D. Offering arguments. 24．The best title of the text may probably be ________. A. The struggle for life B. Happiness as pleasure C. A topic over the dinner D. The effort for happiness
A machine that takes sweat-laden (浸满汗水的) clothes and turns the sweat into drinking water is in use in Sweden. The machine makes the clothes turn round quickly, heats them to remove the sweat, and then passes the steam through a kind of special material to make purified water.
Since it has been brought into use, its creators say more than 1000 people have drunk others’ “sweat” in Gothenburg. They add the liquid is cleaner than local tap water.
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