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福州八中2013-2014学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分 第一巻（满分100分）i. 听力 （每题1.5分，共20题；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 did the man do on sunday?a. he played basketball.b. he saw a movie.c. he met his friends.2. what does the woman imply about laurie?a. she taught herself to play the guitar.b. she does not have musical talent.c. she cant play the piano.3. what is the woman looking for?a. a school.b. a church.c. a hospital. 4. what does the woman suggest the man do?a. go to the grocery store.b. do shopping online.c. go to the internet cafe.5. what are the speakers mainly talking about?a. a gift.b. the weather.c. their mother.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. what will the man do after the interview?a. pick up his children.b. call the woman. c. look in his diary.7. what is the relationship between the speakers?a. interviewer and interviewee.b. manager and secretary.c. husband and wife. 听第7段材料，回答第8-10题。 8. when did the man start school?a. in 1965.b. in 1969.c. in 1974. 9. how did the man go to school?a. by bike. b. on foot.c. by bus.10. what was the worst punishment the man got at school?a. he wrote a sentence many times.b. he had to stand for hours.c. he was hit by a teacher. 听第8段材料，回答第11-13题11. how long are most shops open in new york?a. 9 hours.b. 10 hours.c. 12 hours.12.where are the speakers?a. in paris.b. in london.c. in new york.13. what does the woman think of americans?a. rude.b. frank(直率的).c. hospitable(好客的). 听第9段材料，回答第14-16題。14. where does the conversation take place?a. in a studio.b. in a valley.c. in a hotel.15. what happened to the man in the end?a. his ears got hurt.b. he was bitten by a horse.c. he was saved by the guide.16. why did the horse run off?a. it hated the man.b. it didnt want to be number two.c. it was bitten by another horse. 听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。17. what do we know about the speaker?a. she used to go abroad every year.b. she doesnt like sleeping bags.c. she bought two houses.18. why didnt the speaker use the sheets at first?a. she thought they were too old.b. she didnt like the material they were made from.c. she was afraid that they might be damaged in the wash.19. how long does it take to launder(清洗) the sheets?a. 3 days.b. 5 days. c. 7 days.20. what does the speaker think of having the sheets laundered?a. worthwhile.b. expensive. c. unnecessary.ii. 单项选择 （每题1分，共15题；满分15分）21. we are sparing no efforts to create _ more peaceful and more advanced world, _ place where everyone enjoys his life and freedom.a. a; a b. /; the c. the; a d. the; the22. onreceivingaphonecallfromhiswife_shehadafall, mr. gordonimmediatelyrushedhomefromoffice.a. saysb. saidc. sayingd. tosay23. all visitors to this village _ with kindness.a. treat b. are treated c. are treating d. had been treated24. it is _ he often fails in exams _ makes his parents worried about him. a. what; thatb. that; what c. that; thatd. /; that25. - please call me at 7:00 tomorrow morning. im kind of forgetful. - dont worry about that. youll surely be _. a. informedb. reminded c. warnedd. instructed26. idefinitelyappreciate_whenicanwalkawayfrommycomputerafteralongdayoftypingandhavepain-freearms!a. thatb. it c. you d. one27. maybeifi_ science,andnotliteraturethen,iwouldbeabletogiveyoumorehelp.a. studiedb. wouldstudyc.hadstudiedd. wasstudying28. thefactthatsomanypeoplestillsmokeinpublicplaces_ thatwemayneeda nationwidecampaigntoraiseawarenessoftherisksofsmoking.a. suggestb. suggestsc. suggestedd. suggesting29. shelooksveryhappy.shehavepassedtheexam.iguessso.itsnotdifficultafterall.a.shouldb.couldc.mustd.might30. _ abroad for more than two years, he returned to his hometown.a. studied b. studyingc. having studied d. to study31. she has tried her best. please dont be too _ about her job. a. special b. responsible c. unusual d. particular32. -thank you for your timely help. - my pleasure. it is hardly talking about.a. worthy b. worthwhile c. worth d. useful 33. peters jacket looked just the same as jacks, but it cost _ his.a. as much twice as b. twice as much asc. much as twice as d. as twice much as34. not until he left his home _ to know how important the family was for him.a. did he begin b. had he begun c. he began d. he had begun35. -do you know if linda is willing to take charge of the program? -_, does it?a. it takes no timeb. it counts for nothingc. it doesnt make sensed. it doesnt hurt to askiii. 阅读理解（每题2分，共20题；满分40分） a when i was about 12, i had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. week by week her list grew: i was very thin, i wasnt a good student, i talked too much, i was too proud, and so on. i tried to hear all this as long as i could. at last, i became very angry. i ran to my father with tears in my eyes. he listened to me quietly, then he asked. “are the things she says true or not? janet, didnt you ever wonder what youre really like ? well, you now have that girls opinion. go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. pay no attention to the other things she said.” i did as he told me. to my great surprise, i discovered that about half the things were true. some of them i couldnt change (like being very thin), but a good number i couldand suddenly i wanted to change. for the first time i got a fairly clear picture of myself. i brought the list back to daddy. he refused to take it. “thats just for you,” he said. “you know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. but you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feel hurt. when something said about you is true, youll find it will be of help to you. dont shut your ears. listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.” daddys advice has returned to me at many important moments. in my life, ive never had a better piece of advice.36. which do you think would be the best title for this passage?a. not an enemy, but the best friend b. the best advice ive ever hadc. my father d. my childhood37. what does “week by week her list grew” mean? a. week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.b. she had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.c. i was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.d. week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.38. why did her father listen to her quietly?a. because he believed that what her daughters “enemy” said was mostly true.b. because he had been so angry with his daughters shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.c. because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.d. because he wasnt quite sure which girl was telling the truth.39. what did the father do after he had heard his daughters complaint?a. he told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said.b. he criticized (批评) her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.c. he told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true.d. he refused to take the list and have a look at it. bis crying good therapy? experts say yes. having a good weep at the weekend is becoming more popular among office workers in china. “i need to cry to let my feeling out,” said 22-year-old guo meng, a smart-looking young woman. “i remember one day when i got home i felt so down but i had no one to talk to, so i just curled up(蜷缩) with my teddy bear and cried myself to sleep,” guo said. the next day, she said, she felt much better and life seemed not so bad after all. because crying is taken as a sign of weakness, people make a great show of being strong and not displaying emotion. psychologists and medical practitioners agree that crying is beneficial for mental health but people still regard it as a sign of failure and bottle up their feelings. a famous chinese author once said to cry is normal, and even brave. those who display their emotions can deal with their troubles bravely after the tears dry, while those who soldier on let problems fester（恶化）. in the chaoyang district of beijing, there is a special place for people to cry their sadness out. it is called “cry bar”. on the door of each of its “cry rooms” there is a saying encouraging people to let the tears flow freely. “crying is a kind of therapy, but it needs some direction,” said milulu, a psychologist. “people should realize the point of crying is to relieve pressure, but some of the young people who come to the cry bar simply sit and weep. the purpose of crying is to make it easier to improve your life after the tears dry, not to get lost in bad memories.” crying is only one way of relieving pressure, and we need to face problems squarely and solve them once the tears have dried, said mululu.40. crying _ made guo meng feel better.a. with some friendb. all the night with a toyc. during her sleep d. in bed before sleep41. according to the third paragraph, people usually make great efforts to_.a. get rid of their sadness b. bottle up their feelingsc. act on psychologists advice d. face their troubles bravely42. what should the customers do at the cry bar?a. think of every sad experience theyve had and cryb. keep crying as loudly as long as possible.c. satisfy any desire to cry and weep until it is gone.d. hold back their tears until they cant help but cry.43. from the text, we can learn that crying _.a. is to relieve pressure b. must help to solve problemsc. means facing problems squarely d. cant weaken sad feelings.cwhat happens to a teenage kid when the world he thought he knew suddenly changes? find out in little brother by american author cory doctorow. it is a fascinating book for a new generation of sci-fi readers.marcus yallow, 17, from san francisco is much more comfortable in front of a computer than obeying the rules of society. smart, fast and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting （骗过） his high schools monitoring system. this way he and his friends get to head off to play a popular online game in real life.while they are playing, a bomb explodes on the bay bridge. marcus stops a military vehicle to get help for his injured friend, but this simple act throws him into a department of homeland security （dhs） secret prison.there he is treated as a possible terrorist. he is eventually let go after four days, but his injured friend disappears. when he returns, marcus discovers that there are many security measures in place and that now all citizens are treated like potential terrorists.while some consider this government action necessary for public safety, marcus sees this as a complete destruction of the rights he is supposed to have as a citizen. he knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him with only one thing to do: to take down the dhs himself. he helps organize a large network called xnet to spread the truth, anonymously(匿名地). the book presents a young man who is irresponsible, but learns about himself, and grows, in the course of the story. as part of this learning and growing he becomes aware of very serious issues about his society.44. what kind of article does this passage belong to? a. a fascinating story.b. a book review.c. a news report.d. a tv programme.45. marcus yallow was sent to prison because_.a. he killed his friend b. he bombed a military vehiclec. he did something that a possible terrorist could dod. his injured friend disappeared46. from the second paragraph we can infer that_.a. marcus yallow is much more comfortable obeying the rules of society b. marcus yallow is smart, fast and wise in real lifec. marcus yallow always plays online games in real lifed. marcus yallow is expert at the network world47. in the end of the book, marcus yallow _.a. is supposed to be more irresponsibleb. becomes aware of very serious issues about his societyc. presents a young man who is irresponsibled. plays a popular online game in real lifedwhats on stagean acrobatic(杂技)show: to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the china acrobatic troupe(剧团)will present “ the soul of china”, where the seemingly impossible is made real. chills(寒意)will run down your spine(脊柱) as you watch breathlessly as performers take their art and their bodies to the edge. time: 7:30 p. m. , september 13-19place: capital theatre, 22 wangfujing dajie, dongcheng districtexhibitionsjoint show: a group ink painting exhibition is running at the huangshicheng art gallery in beijing. about 50 works by 25 young artists including ge yun and yu yang are on display. time: 9:00 a. m. 5:00 p. m. until september10place: huangshicheng art gallery, 136 nanchizi dajie, dongcheng districtoil paintings: the wangfung art gallery will host a joint show of oil painting by 10 young and middle-aged artists. on display are more than 30 of their latest works, which capture the wondrous variety of life in unique styles. time: 9:00 a. m. 4:00 p. m. until september15place: 136 nanchizi street, dongcheng districtliterature museum: the national museum of modern chinese literature offers an in-depth study of the evolution of chinese literature from 1919 to 1949. time: 9:00 a. m. 4:00 p. m. , dailyplace: 45 anyuan donglu, chaoyang district (shaoyaoju area)concertsbeijing rocks: “the fashion night of chinese rock” is set to bring rock fans out by the thousands next month. nine chinese rock bands will perform at the concert, including older generation bands, middle generation and some recent arrivals. the audience will be given a chance to decide what songs they want to hear, which is sure to bring a storm. time: september 16place: the olympic centerbelgium orchestra(管弦乐队): la petite bande, the baroque orchestra of belgium, will perform in beijing at the grand theatre of the cultural palace of nationalities as part of activities across the world to commemorate(纪念) the 250th anniversary of bachs death. time: 7:30 p. m. september 11-14place: grand theatre of the cultural palace of nationalities48. what do you think of the acrobatic show mentioned here?a. when you watch it, you will certainly feel cold. b. something strange will puzzle everyone, including scientists. c. unexpected things will make you excited and surprised. d. even the bravest ones will be too frightened to go on watching. 49. the most characteristic thing about the fashion night of chinese rock is that_. a. it will let the audience choose the musicb. it is to bring thousands of rock fans out of their homesc. it will certainly cause a rock storm throughout chinad. it is to be held in memory of one of the greatest musicians50. suppose it is september 14th today, how many activities can people choose to attend?a. 2.b. 3.c. 4.d. 5. 51. on the whole, we can conclude_. a. people in beijing prefer modern culture to something traditionalb. there are usually more cultural activities in september than in any other monthc. most of the cultural activities in beijing are for foreign visitors onlyd. we can enjoy a large variety of cultural activities in beijingepeople born in winter are more likely to suffer mental health disorders, according to a recent study carried out by researchers at vanderbilt university in tennessee.researchers raised baby mice from birth to weaning (断奶) in either “summer” light cycles of 16 hours of light and 8 hours of dark or “winter” cycles of 8 hours of light and 16 hours of dark. a third group experienced 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark a day.then half the winter mice stayed in a winter cycle, while half switched to a summer schedule. the summer mice were similarly split. the mice raised in equal periods of light and dark were split into three groups, one of which stayed on the 12hour schedule, one of which joined the winter group, and one of which joined the summer group.after 28 days, it turns out the summerborn mice behaved the same whether they stayed on the summer cycle or switched to winter. but among the winterborn mice, those stayed in winter kept their previous schedule, while those that switched to summer stayed active for an extra hour and a half, which indicates that mice born and weaned in a winter light cycle showed dramatic disruptions in their biological clocks.the finding is the first of its kind in mammals, and it could explain why people born in winter are at higher risk for mental health disorders including bipolar depression, schizophrenia and seasonal affective disorder.“we know that the biol