福建省福州市八县（市、区）一中2019_2020学年高二英语上学期期中联考试题.docx

福建省福州市八县（市、区）一中2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中联考试题 考试日期：11月15日 完卷时间：120分钟 满分：150分第I卷(共90分)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。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 suggest the man bring?A. Milk. B. Coffee. C. Tea.2. What does the man like to do before an exam?A. Do sports. B. Read a lot. C. Relax at home.3. What did the man do last night?A. He held a party.B. He lost his phone.C. He bought something in a shop.4. How many people will go to the football match?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.5. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Mother and son. B. Brother and sister. C. Teacher and student.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。6. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a bookshop.B. At a museum.C. At a library.7. Which direction does the woman point the man?A. Straight ahead.B. To the right.C. To the left.听第7段材料，回答第8-10题。 2019-2020学年第一学期八县(市)一中期中联考高二英语试卷（第1页，共10页） 2019-2020学年第一学期八县(市)一中期中联考高二英语试卷（第2页，共10页）8. How did the man injure himself? A. By biking. B. By playing soccer. C. By riding his skateboard.9. Where will the woman take the man?A. To the hospital.B. To the school gate. C. To his coachs office.10. What is the woman trying to do?A. Comfort the man. B. Make fun of the man. C. Check the mans injury.听第8段材料，回答第11-13题。11. Where does the man want to go?A. To his office. B. To the airport. C. To Johnsons house.12. Which way does the man say to avoid?A. The freeway. B. The bridge. C. The small roads.13. How soon will the man probably get to his destination?A. In 20 minutes. B. In 30 minutes. C. In 45 minutes.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. What did Helen decide to do?A. Go on a business trip. B. Look for a new job. C. Start volunteering.15. What does the man think Helen should do? A. Have a relaxed life. B. Run her own business. C. Join a community group.16. What is Jessicas attitude toward Helens decision?A. Concerned. B. Surprised. C. Supportive.17. Where are Helens kids now?A. At primary school. B. At college. C. At work.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。18. What is the speaker mainly talking about?A. All kinds of animals. B. His job as an animal doctor.C. Special treatment for animals.19. What animals does the speaker see the most?A. Rabbits. B. Cows and sheep. C. Dogs and cats.20. How was the giraffes neck problem solved?A. With a piece of metal. B. With a piece of plastic. C. With a piece of water pipe.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的4个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A Forget losing weight or saving moneywe suggest one simple task to add to your list of inspiring New Years decisions: read a book. Trust us, and your brain will thank you. Not only does reading increase the amount of daily pleasure in your life, but it could also delay dementia (痴呆) and even help you live longer.But still, picking the perfect novel isnt easy. Thankfully,Business Insiderasked a Harvard professor to recommend the one book he thinks every student should read in 2019and we suggest adding it to your list, too. (No time for all the books on your list? Heres a shortcut: Read the endings to some of the worlds most famous books, instead.)Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard, recommendsThe Internationalistsby legal scholars Hathaway and Shapiro. The book makes a surprising statement that the Kellogg-Briand Paris Peace Pact (条约) of 1928, which declared war illegal, has caused a steady drop in war throughout history.“But in their fascinating and evidence-rich book, they make a lifelike case,” Pinker said. “And likeThe Clash of CivilizationsandThe End of History, the book presents a sweeping vision (视野) of the international scene, making sense of many developments in the news and recent history.”Other professors at Harvard recommended classics likeAnna Kareninaby Tolstoy, as well asJust Mercyby Stevenson,The Theory of Moral Sentimentsby Adam Smith, and Robot-Proof by Joseph Aoun.So, go ahead and give (at least) one of these books a read in 2019! And while youre at it, you should add the following 20 books you really should have read by now to your list, too21. Which has the closest meaning to the underlined word “shortcut”in the 2nd paragraph?A. A time-saving way to read books. B. A lazy persons way to read books.C. A quick way to know about endings of books.D. A wise way to deal with too many books to read.22. What or who has reduced the number of wars throughout history?A. The Paris Peace Pact. B.The Internationalists.C. Hathaway and Shapiro. D. A wide vision of the international scene.23. What may be written in the next or last paragraph of the passage?A. More advice on reading books. B. The names of the 20 books recommended.C. The main contents of the 20 books recommended. 2019-2020学年第一学期八县(市)一中期中联考高二英语试卷（第3页，共10页） 2019-2020学年第一学期八县(市)一中期中联考高二英语试卷（第4页，共10页）D. The brief introduction of the 20 books recommended.BFailure is an unavoidable part of life. Though science has named some life skills that promise success, were told over and over again that no great success was ever achieved without failure - or many failed attempts. One of lifes most important lessons, therefore, has to be how to handle failure best. But what is the message?For starters, ignore advice from anyone that tells you, “Dont beat yourself up about it,” no matter how well-meaning they are. According to the new research from the University of Kansas, we absolutely should be beating ourselves up when we fail. Marketing professor Noelle Nelson and her team found that the more emotional a persons response is to failure, the more likely they are to achieve better results the next time they deal with a related task.The researchers carried out two experiments in which undergraduate students were required to perform specific tasks. In one experiment, they were asked to search online for a squeezer and report the lowest price they could find with the possibility of winning a $50 cash prize. However, the task was controlled, and all participants were told (by a computer) that the lowest price was $3.27 less than their reported price. Consequently, no participant won the cash prize. When the results were announced, some participants were asked to focus on their emotional response, and others on their cognitive (认知的) response. During the next similar task, participants who focused on their emotional response to failure made more effort than those who focused on a cognitive response.Everybody has their own unique challenges, responsibilities, duties, and projects, but these findings are related to all of us. Your personal failure may be a cake that fails to rise, a presentation that goes wrong, or a deadline that gets missedit doesnt matter. What matters is how you react to it. Instead of thinking about the failure, let yourself feel bad about it. Then follow this advice on how to bounce back after your failure.24. Whats the relationship between failure and success?A. Failure promises success. B. Failure is the key to success.C. Failure does damage to success. D. Well-handled failure is good for success.25. Why does the writer support beating oneself up when failing?A. Its a well-meaning suggestion for failure.B. Its been proved by the study of a university.C. Being emotional is good for his future success.D. It can make people less emotional about failure.26. Which can be the best title for the passage?A. Personal Failure Is a Cake That Fails to Appear B. The Most Productive Way to Handle Any FailureC. Different Methods to Change Failure into Success D. The Reason Why Failure Is the Mother of Success CWould you buy a car that released calming smells into the air when you are stuck in heavy traffic? Would you buy a robot that smells like a human being?Many people have seen the 3-D computer-made environments of virtual (虚拟的) reality (VR). Now these virtual worlds will not just look and sound real. Researchers have created VR environments that even smell like the real things. With the new technology, users open a virtual door and step into a new environment, like a rainforest. After they enter this virtual world, special equipment releases forest-like smells into the air to make the experience seem more real.Suzanne Fisher-Murray said, “It is a really wonderful experience that you have because you reexploring this environment and you have smells with it.”In the United States, Smell-O-Vision was designed to provide smells during the showing of a movie. The Smell-O-Vision system was once popular in the 1960s. Now, Emanuela Maggioni says it is close to becoming popular again. “People will be impressed by the connection with emotions, memories, and . the sense of smell,” Maggioni said. “It is unbelievable what we can do with technology.”The uses for smell technology are not just limited to films and the performing arts. Researchers showed a computer program where users could imagine themselves driving a car. The system included a special smell-spraying machine. Dmitrijs Dmitrenko said, “We want to deliver the smell of lavender (薫衣草) every time the person drives over the speed limit. We choose lavender because its a very calming smell.”Scientists are experimenting with smell instead of sounds or image-based warnings on telecommunications equipment. And businesses are already using smell to influence peoples behavior. “Not only.in stores. But on the other side, you can create and stimulate (刺激) immediate buying,” Maggioni said. “So youre in a library and you smell coffee and actually you are unconsciously having the need to drink a coffee.”27. Using smell technology, researchers make VR environments _.A .have a smell of a rainforest B. even smell like real onesC. look like a 4-D environment D. impress people with a virtual world28. The example of Smell-O-Vision proves that _.A. smell technology has been tried before B. America is the first to use smell technologyC. cinemas are the most suitable for smell senseD. it was out of date to use smell-spraying devices29. How is smell technology used by businessmen?A. To make buyers understand salesmen better.B. To remind people of their unrealistic buying.C. To help customers choose their favorite goods. 2019-2020学年第一学期八县(市)一中期中联考高二英语试卷（第5页，共10页） 2019-2020学年第一学期八县(市)一中期中联考高二英语试卷（第6页，共10页）D. To encourage people to buy something suddenly.30. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The advanced smell-spraying machines.B. The developments of smell technology. C. A major breakthrough of smell technology.D. The sense of smell in human communication.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）To an outsider, any culture can seem confusing. And the UKs got a thing or two that raises a few eyebrows. However, understand the reasons and things might be less puzzling. 36 .In a world where 61% of nations drive on the right, Brits drive on the left. Why? Most people think it goes back to Medieval (中世纪), maybe even Roman times. 37 when you remember that right-handed people wear a sword on their left side. Travelling on the left allowed you to keep your weapon arm toward your opponent (对手), who would be on your right. This practice continued until the 18th century when a law was passed requiring all traffic crossing London Bridge to keep to the left.Visitors to the UK that have just washed their hands in an old-fashioned sink(水槽) might be wondering why one tap is only for hot water, the other cold. 38 . So, why? It relates to a time when hot and cold water were kept separate to prevent pollution. Drinkable cold water came from a main supply, but hot water came from tanks and was not considered suitable for drinking. So they were kept apart.Millions of people drink tea worldwide, but the Brits put milk in theirs. Why? This mysterious practice relates to the quality of china cup used in the 18th century when tea was first imported. For the majority of Brits, the cups available couldnt stand the heat of the boiling water and would break, so milk was added first. 39 . And this practice soon became a national habit. 40 . As you can see, Brits have perfectly clear reasons for left-hand driving, two-tap sinks and tea with milk. Even if they still seem strange, at least now youre in the know.A. This makes it difficult to improveB. There is a method to the madnessC. This unusual behavior makes senseD. You can know the origins of the practicesE. Either can make washing very uncomfortableF. This cooled the cup enough to resist the boiling waterG. Here are the reasons for three of Britains more puzzling practices第三部分：完形填空(共20小题；每小题l5分满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并标在答题卷的相应位置。Im a 43-year-old mother of three young kids with a Master of Science degree. I also 36 pizzas for a living. I started doing it after 37 home with my children for four years. Caring for your kids all day is a 38 opportunity for many women, but it wasnt right for me. I began suffering from 39 and decided to get a job so Id have more of my own identity. Now I work nights when husband is home so we dont have to 40 child care.After I learned the basics of pizzas deliverylike getting the 41 together and not getting lostI began my new career. Being 42 and organized by nature, I studied the tipping patterns of the town.Our community had a small, expensive liberal-arts 43 full of students who ordered lots of pizzas. Most of the kids were friendly and polite. 44 Friday and Saturday nights, some of the dorms had huge parties. 45 the stairs were sticky from beer and the music was so loud they couldnt 46 me knock on the door, the crowds of happy students shouting, Pizza! Pizza! always let me through.The first few days of each month, one of us drivers would take 47 turn covering the public-housing developments. These customers did not always tip well, 48 I always liked seeing the children and adults sitting outside and 49 the evenings when the weather was nice.I also deliver to multimillion-dollar homes now, but the 50 I make in tips has stayed the same. As I 51 to these beautiful houses, its easy to fantasize about a 52 tip. The person who answers the door always 53 young and, like the members of my own family, 54 educated. All I usually get is a brief Thank you and a dollar or two.People might say Im crazy to waste my education, but I have 55 most of them dont: a job I love.36.A. buyB. waitC. turnD. deliver37.A. stayingB. cleaningC. coming D. going38.A. bad B. fantastic C. dull D. terrible39.A. depression B. satisfaction C. expression D. education40.A. call forB. depend onC. learn aboutD. know of41.A. goods B. news C. books D. orders42.A. competitive B. lazy C. changeable D. quiet43.A. bar B. college C. company D. house44. 2019-2020学年第一学期八县(市)一中期中联考高二英语试卷（第7页，共10页） 2019-2020学年第一学期八县(市)一中期中联考高二英语试卷（第8页，共10页）A. On B. In C. At D. Of45.A. After B. When C. Though D. If46.A. have B. make C. notice D. hear47.A. our B. their C. your D. my48.A. thus B. but C. even D. then49.A. describing B. enjoying C. considering D. expecting50.A. amount B. number C. degree D. weight51.A. pick outB. make outC. drive up D. show up52.A. generous B. honest C. friendly D. modest53.A. sees B. watches C. looks D. stares54.A. high B. highly C. deep D. deeply55.A. who B. which C. what D. that第II卷（共60分）第一部分 单词拼写（每小题1分，满分10分）根据汉语、首字母或语境提示写出单词。56. The social media company has previously provided French Courts with data related to people _(怀疑) of terrorism and violent acts.57. Always read the i_ on the bottle carefully and take the right amount of medicine.58. What first _(吸引) me to her was her sense of humour.59. The car should cost r_ 50,000 pounds but Im not sure. 60. Almost all job applicants are determined to leave a good i_ on a potential employer.61. Teachers have to _(持续) update their knowledge in order to maintain their professional.62. I promised him to go, but the heavy rain really places me in a d_. Im not sure whether I will go or not.63. The US State Department is requiring that visa applicants information on their social media accounts be _(提交).64. Pressure _(应用) to the wound will stop the bleeding.65. More and more people choose to shop in a supermarket as it offers a great v_ of goods.第二部分 根据所给的汉语提示完成句子。（共20空；每空0.5分，满分10分）66. 约翰斯诺得出一个结论，是受污染的水携带病菌。John Snow drew that it was the water _ carried the germs.67. 让他高兴的是，他找到了一个有家具的公寓。 , he found