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约5710字。有听力。

　　衡水市第十四中学2013-2014学年高二下学期期末考试
　　英语试题
　　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，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 man think of the lecture? 
　　A. Boring.  B. Historic.  C. Educational.
　　2. What makes the man upset?
　　A. His kids.  B. His books.    C. The walls of his shop.
　　3. What will the man probably do next?
　　A. Confirm his booking.
　　B. Go to the hotel.
　　C. Book a room.
　　4. What does the man say about the cars?
　　A. They are clean and practical.
　　B. They make people’s life much easier.
　　C. They have caused some environmental problems.
　　5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
　　A. A family.  B. A wedding.  C. A dinner party.
　　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。
　　听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。        
　　6. How much is the dress probably?
　　A. $200.    B. $600.    C. $1,500.
　　7. How does the man feel about the woman?
　　A. Angry.   B. Excited.   C. Disappointed.
　　听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。        
　　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。
　　A
　　I went to a nearby car factory today with my uncle, who works there. One thing I noticed was that most of the work was done by robots. Welding (焊接), painting, testing and many other jobs are performed by robots. The whole dashboard (仪表板) is put into a car by a robot. It would have taken two men to do so in the past, and it would have hurt their bacite a bit.
　　It got me thinking: Is it a good thing that robots are replacing factory workers? On the one hand, robots generally do a more accurate job than people. They are not likely to make many mistakes. If something goes wrong with one car, an alarm goes off. They do exactly the same thing every time, but a human wornable