福建省福州文博中学高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

福州文博中学2015-2016学年第二学期高二英语科期中考试（题目卷）（完卷时间：120分钟，总分：150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，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 jessicas birthday?a. sep. 8.b. sep. 9. c. sep. 10.2. which hotel does the woman live in now?a. china great hotel.b. holiday inn. c. hilton.3. why will the woman not go to the zoo tomorrow?a. the man will be with his son. b. she will attend a meeting. c. itll snow heavily.4. where does the conversation probably take place?a. at a bus stop. b. at a railway station. c. in a bank.5. when did the woman arrive?a.8:00. b.8:30. c.8:45.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6-7题。 6. whats the relationship between the two speakers?a. teacher and former student. b. boss and employee. c. husband and wife.7. what happened to the man?a. he failed his final test. b. he was out of work. c. he gave the students a test. 听第7段材料，回答89题。8. whats the possible relationship between the two speakers?a. salesperson and customer.b. old school friends. c. fellow workers.9. what do we know about the woman in the dialogue?a. she is fond of her work. b. shes tired of traveling. c. she is interested in law.听第8段材料，回答第1011题。10. what is dr. perkins doing at the moment?a. having a meeting. b. giving a lecture. c. giving an operation.11. why does the man want to talk to dr. perkins on the phone?a. to see him about his illness.b. to ask dr. perkins to give a lecture. c. to discuss something with the doctor.听第9段材料，回答第1214题。12. why does the man want to hire a car?a. to see his friends. b. to visit the city. c. to go shopping.13. what is the rental money for a santana? a. 200 yuan a day. b. 300 yuan a day. c. 400 yuan a day.14. what car does the man finally decide to hire? a. a jetta. b. a xiali. c. a santana.听第10段材料，回答第1517题。15. where does the conversation take place?a. at an airport. b. on a plane. c. at a shop.16. what is the woman doing at the moment?a. checking the luggage. b. helping the man with the luggage. c. doing a survey.17. what does the man think of the prices of the duty-free items? a. very high. b. a little high. c. low.听第11段材料，回答第1820题。18. what is this radio program mainly about?a. food. b. travel. c. weather.19. what will the weather be like in santa monica?a. cloudy. b. fine. c. cold. 20. what can we learn about santa monica beach?a. its a parking spot. b. its a swimming area.c. it has good waves for surfing.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。on christmas day in 2003, nancy brown went to see the film cheaper by the dozen at an amc movie theater. the theater was 21 . when the film was over, brown, then 63, followed the large audience through the hall toward the 22 . as she passed the concession stand（小卖部）, she 23 tripped and fell to the ground. about ten minutes 24 , an amc employee had mopped up a spilled drink in the area and 25 a sign saying wet floor over the spot. it was an a-frame signthe kind used by 26 everywhere made of bright yellow plastic, with caution 27 red capital letters across the top. the sign had 28 probably heavily stepped by the crowdand brown hadnt seen it lying 29 on the floor. “there were people all around me,” she explained. “ 30 i had been looking down, i probably 31 have run into them.” her left foot 32 in the handle of the sign, and she fell forward, hit her forehead on the floor. an ambulance 33 her to the hospital. she had broken several bones in her left foot, so she had to 34 a cast（石膏）for four months. two years later, brown had back surgery to rid 35 of injuries she believed shed suffered in the fall. a month after the 36 , in december 2005, brown and her husband 37 amc, claiming the movie-theater chain should 38 for her injury caused by a “tripping risk” in an area that they knew would be “trafficked by customers.” the browns 39 $383,000 to cover pain and suffering and medical 40 . amcs lawyer, christopher ziegler, wondered, “where else would you put a wet floor sign than where people are walking?”21.a. organized b. desertedc. crowdedd. furnished 22.a. exitb. entrancec. staged. window23.a. simplyb. particularlyc. graduallyd. suddenly 24.a. earlierb. laterc. soonerd. longer25.a. removedb. placedc. collectedd. hid 26.a. hotelsb. restaurantsc. businessesd. offices 27.a. onb. byc. throughd. in 28.a. got overb. fallen overc. run overd. taken over29.a. flatb. openc. closed. quiet30.a. whenb. afterc. ifd. unless31.a. shouldb. mustc. mayd. would 32.a. burstb. caughtc. lostd. pulled33.a. ranb. picked c. rushedd. dropped34.a. wearb. dressc. holdd. hang35.a. themselvesb. herselfc. oneselfd. itself36.a. operationb. accidentc. falld. injury37.a. challengedb. accusedc. criticizedd. mentioned38.a. standb. changec. longd. account39.a. offeredb. refusedc. paidd. demanded40.a. profitsb. fundsc. expensesd. fares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 every day lillian weber makes another dress for a small child shell never meet. “i could probably make two a day，but i only make one.” she says . the dresses are collected and sent overseas to little girls in africa by a christian group called “little dresses for africa”in the past two years shes made more than 840 dresses and she plans to make 150 more by may 6th of next yearyou see，by next may，lillian will turn 100 years old and it will be her one thousandth dressin lillians scott county farmhouse are completed dresses for little girls，made from a pattern，but each with extra individual details，designed to give each child a little extra pride“she personalizes them all,” says lillians daughter，linda purcell“its not like good enough that she makes the dressesand she has to put something on the front to make it look special , to give it her touch(装饰) .”what started as a hobby has become a daily labor of love“i just think shes somebody to look up to，somebody not just sitting around and wasting her life,” says tonya urbatsch，who nominated(提名) lillian for the “pay it forward ” award“im amazed at her every day,” adds linda“im very，very proud of my mother.” family and friends will continue to be proud of lillian，well after her 1000th dressafter all，1000 is just a number“when i get to that thousand，if im able to，i wont quitill go at it again”when lillian is finished with her dresses，her daughters deliver them to “little dresses for africa”，founded in 2008 in michiganits founder，rachel oneill，says 2.5 million dresses have been distributed to orphanages，churches，and schools in africarachel says shes traveling to africa again and hopes to be able to present to a child one of the dresses personally made by lillian41according to the passage，lillian _ . awill have made 990 dresses by may 6th of next year bwill keep making dresses after turning 100 years old cmakes dresses to win the “pay it forward” award dmakes dresses to kill the time42it can be inferred from the passage that lillian _ . amakes only one dress a day because she is too old btakes pride in being nominated for the award cpresents the dresses to african girls personally dexpresses her love for african girls through every special dress43the sentence underlined in paragraph 3 probably shows that alillian makes the dresses with great enthusiasm and patience blillian is too old to make the dresses well clillian isnt satisfied with the dresses she made d. lillian isnt good at making dresses44what would be the best title for the passage?alittle dresses for africab“pay it forward” awardc99-year-old sewing for africa every day d1000 dresses for africabit was saturday morning. i heard loud noises of moving furniture in the next room. i could almost feel the excitement of john who was soon going to get a room of his own. i remember my own feelings when i was 13. i knew how much he longed for his right to privacy (私人空间) when he was sharing a room with his younger brother, robot. he said, “mum, can i please have a room of my own? i could use jeffs. he wont mind.”it was true that jeff had graduated from college and flown from the nest. but would he mind? the room was the place where i told him a thousand stories and we had a thousand talks. as close as we were, though, the time came when jeff needed a door between us. his life was spreading into areas that had less to do with family. i no longer could-or should-know everything about him.it turned out that getting jeffs permission was easy. he said, “of course, mum, it would be selfish of me to hold on to it.” then his voice softened, “mum, i wont be living at home again-you know that.” behind his glasses, his eyes were lit with all the love. there were no door closed here-they had all opened up again.as john and i were cleaning the room, i fixed my eyes on jeffs things around me and could almost touch the little boy i knew was gone forever. i looked at the room and, in my heart, i let it go. to hold on would be, as jeff said, selfish. now it was time for john, shouldering through the door, his eyes bright with promise of independence, to disappear behind the door. it was time for letting go to happen again.45. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. john was moving to live with his brother. b. john was eager to get a room of his own.c. jeff volunteered to give his room to john. d. jeff refused to let his brother have his room.46. the underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably means “_”.a. jeff finally flew out of the house b. jeff would have less to do with his familyc. jeff needed his right to privacy d. jeff got tired of those familiar stories47. how did the author feel about her childrens sense of independence?a. delighted. b. jealous. c. confused. d. embarrassed.48. it can be inferred from the passage that _.a. the children did not like to live with adults b. all her three kids made the author feel depressedc. none of the members in the family thought the same wayd. the author loved and missed the time together with her kids cthe news that zhou hao chose to drop out from beijing university and transfer to a technical college raised a heated discussion among high school students. the following are some of the students views.fan xianjie: i support zhous choice. zhou went to beijing university because of the pressure from his parents and teachers, who ignored his interests. now he has made his own choice to drop out and do what he really wants to do. his bravery deserves our respect and understanding.dan jinyu: i do respect zhous decision. but if i were him, i would definitely have followed my heart at the very beginning, because dropping out and then learning something new wastes a lot of time. zhou has now got what he wanted. but not everyone is as brave as him. so we should think twice and try our best to reach our goals when making decisions.luo jiayin: zhous surprising choice is mostly because of his parents ignorance toward his interests in the first place. parents should give their kids more freedom to choose what their kids really want instead of what they think is right. luo zhouhai: zhou is brave to pursue his dream and has the right to choose a major that he is really interested in. nowadays, there are still many people who value famous universities diplomas more than a persons actual skills. as our society develops, this situation will change and more and more zhou haos will appear.zhao chengyi: this incident should make all the universities in china reflect on themselves. why did zhou choose to transfer to a technical college? apart from his own personal reasons, beijing universitys lack of options in its subjects also contributed to the drop-out. to prevent such things from happening in future, universities should pay more attention to students voices.tao ruyi: i think zhou hao might not have made a sensible decision. he must have made great efforts to get admitted to beijing university. it was a pity that he dropped out.49. how many students totally supported zhous dropping out?a. two. b. four c. five d. six50. what can we infer from zhao chengyis words? a. it was zhou haos parents that were to blame for the incident. b. it was wrong for zhou hao to drop out from beijing university. c. universities should think of more options in their subjects for their students. d. beijing university should try to bring out students potential to learn more.51. the authors attitude towards zhous incident is _.a. supportive b. negative c. critical d. unmentioned52. what do you think is the best title for this passage? a. kids interests should be greatly valued b. different opinions about zhous incident c. zhous incident shocked the college studentsd. zhous bravery deserves respect and understandingdmany of us dream about getting a good job, but you can never predict for sure which questions youll be asked in a job interview. however, some are so commonly asked that you should expect to hear them, and more importantly, spend time preparing your responses to them instead of leaving them to chance. 1. “why are you leaving your current job?” interviewers ask this, because sometimes the question produces relevant information. they may learn if you were fired for poor performance, if you cant get along with your boss or if you are actually out of job. most interviewers wont care too much about the details. whatever answer youd give, keep in mind that your answer needs to be truthful, and employers may check the facts.2. “what salary range are you looking for?” its essential to prepare an answer for this question ahead of time. you need to research the market rate. employers who ask for your salary history want to figure out how much you should be earning now. one option is to respond with your salary expectations based on reality, for example, depending on benefits.3. “why do you think you are good at this job?” to get an offer, you need to show not just that youre qualified to do the job, but that youd be good at it. that means you need to talk about evidence in your past that shows your success in each of the key qualifications(合格). get well prepared for questions like “give me an example of a challenge you faced and how you solved it.”4. “what are your weaknesses?” interviewers ask this question because they want to make sure your weaknesses wont get in the way of you doing the job well. be prepared to honestly discuss your weak spots. what have you struggled with in the past? what have managers encouraged you to do differently? this type of answer will help you have an honest dialogue with the employer to figure out if this role is the right fit for you.53. by asking the first question, the interviewers intend to _.a. get some related information about the interviewee b. judge what kind of person the interviewee actually isc. learn if the interviewee was fired by the bossd. confirm whether the interviewee is honest or not 54. to get a job offer, the interviewee needs to _.a. be realistic and truthful b. demand a suitable sum of moneyc. give evidence of qualifications d. tell about how youll do the job properly55. what is the best way to talk about your weaknesses in a job interview?a. trying to avoid talking about your past. b. honestly discussing your weaknesses.c. talking about your plan to avoid them. d. claiming they wont affect the work.第二节(共5小题，每小题2分，满分l0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。vacations are important. we need to take time out from work to relax, and just beourselves. _76_ we should all be allowed to leave our jobs behind us at least for a few weeks each year and just have fun. this might be something as simple as reading a good book in front of a warm fireplace through to travelling to the most interesting places on our planet. whatever we fancy doing is worth taking time out for.workplace stress is on the rise. _77_ these include disease, depression and even death. we all seem to be running from one place to the next, never finding out where we want to go in the first place. i intend to break that trend in the coming days. _78_ i will sleep late, write, watch movies, drink the occasional glass of wine, and eat to my hearts content ignoring calorie counting. my plan is to just enjoy the fleeting moments of being alive._79_ spend your next vacation the way you want. do what will restore your mental health. youre very valuable to the people who are close to you, and to those who depend on it. like it or not, we are all interdependent in this great life of ours.you are valuable. just remember that the next time you look at the mirror and take a deep breath. remind yourself that there will never be anyone like you ever on this earth again. _80_ all you have to do is just ask yourself what you want to do.a. with it come many health problems.b. when you finally get home youll be greatly refreshed.c. i challenge each one of you to do the same.d. draw up a detailed plan so you can see more.e. life is not all abou