福建省福州文博中学高二英语上学期期中考试试题.doc

福建省福州文博中学2013-2014学年高二英语上学期期中考试试题一. 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 is the man doing?a. he is driving. b. he is working. c. he is watching tv. 2. why does the boy feel excited?a. he sees a wonderful toy. b. his mother praises him. c. he is interested in the art course. 3. what is the woman going to do probably according to the man?a. to buy an expensive stereo.b. to put her money in the bank.c. to get the money all of a sudden. 4. what are the speakers mainly talking about?a. classical music. b. literature. c. hobbies.5. what can we learn from the conversation?a. the man watched the game and enjoyed it.b. the man regretted to have missed the game.c. the man will take part in the game tonight. 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，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至8题。6. when can the man get his newspapers?a. in the morning and afternoon. b. in the morning and evening. c. in the afternoon and evening. 7. how many newspapers has the woman subscribed?a. none. b. one. c. two. 8. what do the newspapers need to support its stuff according to the man?a. circulation. b. good service. c. advertising.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. why did the boy think the school needed a recycling program?a. the headmaster said so. b. he saw much rubbish. c. its his hobby. 10. what did the boy place in the school?a. dustbins. b. shelves. c. boxes. 11. what do others in the school do to save natural resources?a. they use less paper. b. they picked rubbish. c. they planted more trees.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. what kind of house does the woman want to buy?a. modern and new. b. big and old. c. beautiful and modern.13. what does the man suggest the woman do?a. buy a modern house. b. clean the rooms always. c. buy an old house.14. what do we know about the woman?a. she prefers to live in small rooms.b. shell buy a house near the university.c. she has spent a long time looking for a house. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. what did the indians get in return for their land?a. 24 dollars. b. 1,626 dollars. c. 3,000 dollars.16. who bought the land from the indians?a. a man from holland. b. a man from britain. c. a man from spain. 17. what do we know about the name of this land?a. it was the british colonists who once named it new amsterdam.b. it was the americans who changed the name to new york later.c. it was after a city in holland that the land was once named. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. how does the speaker like the man named bill?a. he thinks bill is fond of eating but fed up with work.b. he thinks bill is not a well-educated person.c. he thinks highly of bill.19. why did bill want to get a job?a. he wanted to get a good pay.b. he didnt like to stay at home.c. he was hungry and had no money. 20. what did bill want to do first?a. to have a big meal.b. to begin his job at once.c. to go to a restaurant for dinner. 第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）21. though _ money, his parents managed to send him to university. a. lacked b. lacking of c. lacking d. lacked in22it was proved that drunkdriving was_for the death of five people in nanjing. ato blame bblamed cbeing blamed dblaming23why did the policeman question bob yesterday?he was _of taking part in the car bombing.adoubted bconsidered creminded dsuspected24could you help me look through the name list in case i_someone?no problem. aput away bleave out ctake off dpick out25id be grateful if you would send me a reply at your earliest_.apreference bpleasure cconvenience dconnection26we all know that，_，the situation will get worse.anot if dealt carefully with bif not carefully dealt withcnot if dealt carefully with dnot if carefully dealt with27mr li kept in_touch with his students while he was in australia.aconstant binstant ccontent dconsistent28the tower_in the 1800s is the oldest building in this area.ato be completed bcompleting ccompleted dbeing completed29dont play computer games any longer；you must_what is important for your future development. adepend on bconcentrate on cbase on dtake on30he failed the midterm examination and only then_how much time he had wasted.ahe realized bdid he realize che had realized dhad he realized31joan always helps her father even if going to school _ most of her day. a. saves up b. makes up c. takes up d. puts up32. having arrived at the station, _.a. it was found that the train had left b. the train had leftc. the train was found left d. he found that the train had left33. hardly _ his work _ the telephone rang. a. had he finished; when b. did he finish; when c. he had finished; than d. he finished; than34. the young man acted strangely during the interview. he made a bad _on the employer. a.expression b. impression c. experience d. opinion 35. - are you going to visit him? - well, _.a. never mind. b. my pleasure. c. it doesnt matter. d. it depends.第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）sometimes things happen beyond expectation. a 10-year-old boy decided to study judo（柔道） _36_ he had lost his left arm in a car accident. he began his _37_ with an old japanese judo teacher. he was doing well, but he could not _38_ why the teacher had taught him only one move for quite a long time. “sir,” the boy finally said, “i think i should _39_ more moves.” “but this is the _40_ move you will ever need to know,” the master replied. not quite understanding, the boy kept _41_. several months later, the teacher _42_ the boy to his first tournament（锦标赛）. _43_ himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. the third match proved to be more _44_. however, after some time, the opponent（对手） became impatient. the boy used his one move to _45_ the match. now the boy was in the finals. this time, his opponent was bigger, stronger and more _46_. concerned that the boy might get _47_, the referee(裁判) wanted to stop the match. “no,” the teacher _48_, “let him continue.” soon his opponent made a mistake. _49_ the boy used his move to attack him. the boy won the match and became the champion. on the way home, the boy and the teacher _50_ every move in every match. then the boy asked _51_was really on his mind. “how did i win the tournament _52_ only one move?”“you won for two reasons,” the teacher answered. “first, youve _53_ one of the most difficult moves in judo. and second, the only known _54_ for that move is to grasp your left arm. but youve lost it.” the boys biggest _55_ had become his biggest strength.36. a. because b. and c. although d. while37. a. lessons b. games c. talks d. stories38. a. discover b. understand c. examine d. forget39. a. learn b. notice c. advised. change40. a. easiest b. only c. best d. first41. a. improving b. following c. checking d. training42. a. took b. left c. paid d. lost43. a. disappointing b. frightening c. surprising d. worrying44. a. serious b. careful c. powerful d. difficult45. a. win b. play c. miss d. watch46. a. developed b. terrified c. advancedd. experienced47. a. bored b. hurtc. changed d. broken48. a. insisted b. announced c. reported d. repeated49. a. especially b. probably c. actually d. immediately50. a. reviewed b. designed c. suggested d. continued51. a. who b. what c. which d. how52. a. for b. in c. with d. from53. a. ordered b. mastered c. managed d. supposed54. a. condition b. influence c. defense d. process55. a. kindness b. happiness c. weakness d. sadness第三部分 阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)ayears ago, i lived in a building in a large city. the next building was only a few feet away from mine. there was a woman living there, and i had never met her, yet i could see she sat by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading. after several months had gone by, i began to notice that her window was dirty. everything was unclear through the dirty window. i would say to myself. “i wonder why that woman doesnt wash her window. it really looks terrible.”one bright morning i decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.late in the afternoon when i finished the cleaning, i sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. what a surprise! across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible (看见). her window was clean!then it dawned on me. i had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time i was watching hers through my own dirty window. that was quite an important lesson for me. how often had i looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings? since then, whenever i wanted to judge (评判) someone, i asked myself first, “am i looking at him through my own dirty window?” i try to clean the window of my own world so that i may see the world about me more clearly. 56. the writer couldnt see everything clearly through the window because _. a. the womans window was dirtyb. the writers window was dirtyc. the woman lived nearbyd. the writer was near-sighted57. “it dawned on me” probably means “_”. a. i began to understand itb. it cheered me upc. i knew it grew lightd. it began to get dark58. its clear that _.a. the writer had never met the woman before b. the writer often washed the windowc. they both worked as cleanersd. they lived in a small town59. from the passage, we can learn _.a. one shouldnt criticize others very often b. one should often make his windows cleanc. one must judge himself before he judges othersd. one must look at others through his dirty windowsbsaturday, march 24th we have arrived in the hot, wet city of bangkok. this is our first trip to thailand(泰国). all the different smells make us want to try the food. we are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. the hotel we are staying is cheap, and very clean. we plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to chiang mai in the north.tuesday, march 27thbangkok is wonderful and surprising! the places are interesting. we visited the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables. everything is so colorful, and we have taken hundreds of photographs already! later today we will leave for chiang mai. we will take the train north, stay in chiang mai for two days, and then take a bus to chiang rai.friday, march 30thour trip to chiang rai was long and boring. we visited a small village in the mountains. the village people here love the quiet life-no computers or phones. they are the kindest people i have ever met. they always smile and say “hello”. kathy and i can only speak a few words of thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness. i feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year.60. it seemed that visitors in bangkok. a. often feel hungry. b. can always find cheap things. c. cant take any photos. d. can enjoy themselves.61. which of the following is true? a. chiang mai is a beautiful city in the south of thailand. b. the writer left chiang mai to chiang rai by bus. c. chiang rai is a boring city in the mountains. d. the writer is traveling alone in thailand.62. the people in the village . a. are friendly to others. b. like to speak english. c. are very weak. d. hope to live in the cities.63. the best title of this article is . a. my first travel b. the outside world c. traveling in thailand d. a country on the traincthe chinese word “shanzhai” means a small mountain village, but now it becomes an accepted name for fakes (假货), after “shanzhai cell-phones” produced by small workshops in southern china became popular in the mainland market over the past two years.besides “shanzhai” electronic products, there are “shanzhai” movies, “shanzhai” stars and even a “shanzhai” spring festival gala (联欢晚会), a copy of the 25-year-old traditional show presented by cctv on chinese lunar new years eve.“shanzhai” has become a culture of its own, meaning anything that imitates something famous.in chongqing, “shanzhai” version “birds nest” and “water cube” woven by farmers with bamboo attract wide attention from tourists. both are copies of the famous olympic buildings in beijing.a literature critic said that taking the “shanzhai” gala as an example, when the traditional cctv program becomes less and less attractive to the audience, the “shanzhai” version appears timely to attract people. “although it is often connected with poor techniques and operation, shanzhai culture meets the psychological needs of common people and could be a comfort to their minds,” he said. to the mainstream (主流的) culture, the rise of “shanzhai” culture is a challenge and a motivation (动力). people believe different kinds of cultures developing together is a perfect situation and it is for the public to choose. 64 the chinese word “shanzhai” may have started with _. a. fake cell-phonesb. electronic productsc. spring festival gala d. olympic buildings65 according to the passage, “shanzhai” culture refers to _.a. the action that a person imitates famous peopleb. products with poor techniques and qualityc. anything that imitates something famous d. those similar names to famous brands66 we can infer that the mainstream culture _. a. is held back by “shanzhai” culture b. is the challenge of “shanzhai” culture c. will be replaced by “shanzhai” cultured. may develop faster because of the challenge of “shanzhai” culture67 which of the following might be the best title of the passage? a. “shanzhai” culture will definitely disappear b. “shanzhai” culture takes on life of its own c. “shanzhai” culture the mainstream cultured. “shanzhai” culture the mountain village culture dif you can speak english，you know a lot of english words. you can read，speak and understand. but there is another kind of language you need to knowthe language of the body，a part of what is called non-verbal communication. all over the world，people “talk” with their eyes. when japanese people meet，they put their hands together. what do american and british do?americans are more informal than the british. they like to be friendly. they use first name，they ask questions and they talk easily about themselves. when they sit down，they like to relax in their chairs and make themselves comfortable.british people are more quiet. they take more time to make friends. they like to know you before they ask you home.when british and american people meet someone for the first time，they shake hands. they do not usually shake hands with people they know well. women sometimes kiss their women friends， and men kiss women friends （on one cheek only）.when a man meets a man friend，he just smiles，and says “hello”. men do not kiss each other. even fathers and sons do not often kiss each other.68.body language is .a. the system of human expression newly invented recentlyb. the system of human expression by means of wordsc. the system of human expression by sign，movements，etc.d. a common system of human expression with words and signs69 people use body language .a. in asiab. in america c. in britaind. all over the world70.when an american man meets a woman friend，he .a. kisses herb. just smiles c. says “hello”d. shakes hands71.from the passage we can come to the idea that . a. most of the body language in different countries may be differentb. most of the body language in different countries is the samec. all the body language in different countries is differentd. none of the body language in different countries is the sameesatellites are an important part of our ordinary livesfor example, the information for weather forecasts is sent by satellitesome satellites have cameras which take photographs of the earth to show how clouds are movingsatellites are also used to connect our international phone callscomputer connections of the world wide web and internet also use satellites. many of our tv programs come to us through satellitesairplane pilots also sometimes use a satellite to help them find their exact locationwe use satellites to send television pictures from one part of the world to anotherthey are usually 35，880 kilometers above the equatorsometimes we can see a satellite in the sky and it seems to stay in the same placethis is because it is moving around the world at 11，000 kilometers an hourexactly the same speed that the earth rotatesa satellite must orbit the earth with its antennae(天线)facing the earthsometimes, it moves away from its orbit，so there are little rockets on it wh