福建省长泰一中高二英语上学期期中试题 理.doc

福建省长泰一中2014-2015学年高二英语上学期期中试题 理第卷(选择题共105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7.55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 will the speakers have to get to the sports meeting?a. at 7:15. b. at 7:45. c. at 8:00.2. what could andy most probably be? a. a student. b. a policeman. c. a teacher. 3. what is the relationship between the two speakers? a. husband and wife. b. teacher and student. c. father and daughter.4. what is the man good at ?a. playing the piano. b. teaching english. c. singing songs.5. where is the man probably now?a. at home. b. in a hotel. c. in a restaurant. 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，从每题所给的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7题。6. who is the man speaking to ?a. dr. smith. b. a hotel manager. c. a medical receptionist.7. whats the problem of the man?a. something is in his ear. b. his ears are ringing. c. hes in great pain.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. why does the man like the womans old apartment?a. it was cheap and modern. b. the neighbors were friendly. c. it was near his working place.9. what does the woman dislike ?a. her former neighbors. b. her new apartment. c. her present job.10. what can we know about the mans old apartment?a. its rent was very high. b. the neighbors were friendly. c. the things in it werent fixed properly.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. where is the man working now?a. in a library. b. in a bookstore. c. in a factory.12. what can we know about the mans old job?a. he could read when he was free. b. he was better paid. c. he was very busy .13. what does the woman ask the man to do?a. visit her friend from the us. b. visit her and have dinner with her family. c. have dinner together in a restaurant.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. whats the man concerned about now?a. telephone. b. windows. c. weather.15. how does the man feel now? a. angry. b. disappointed. c. anxious.16. what is the man going to do? a. go outside. b. make a call. c. go to the neighbors.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. why will the speaker be out of the office today?a. she is sick. b. she is on a business trip. c. she has an appointment.18. what is mr. johnson probably? a. a manager. b. a customer. c. a repairman.19. what does the speaker ask sam to do? a. fix her broken desk. b. post her package if possible. c. send an email to mrs. wilson.20. what is the relationship between sam and the speaker? a. colleagues. b. classmates. c. strangers.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）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，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。21. in a way，_ global warming is a challenge for man，so we must overcome it to build _ fine world. athe；/ ba；the c/；a da；/22. yuan longping is such a(n) _ scientist that he has been praised and rewarded many times. afrightening bamazing cdisturbing doutstanding 23. david woke up one morning to find both water and electricity _ because he hadnt paid the bills. acut off bcut down ccut in dcut out24. all_ to the earthquake-hit areas were cut off, which made the rescue much more difficult.a. means b. approaches c. plans d. projects25. if you hurry up, i think it quite _that you will catch the flight to hong kong. there are 40 minutes left.a. probably b. possiblyc. likely d. certainly 26. thanks to the partys opening and reform policy, people in china are _ than they were thirty years ago. a. well off b. quite better off c. more better off d. much better off 27. most members of the committee were in favour of the suggestion; only a _ were against it. a. majorityb. minorityc. quantity d. amount28. the way he suggests to us doesnt make_a. difference b. sense c. use d. opinions29. ive been told that the medical team, _ five doctors and ten nurses, _ sent to the flood-stricken area. a. consisted of; are to be b. is consisted of; will be c. consisting of; is to be d. consists of; will be 30. his collection of ancient pots, old uniforms of the kings and splendid wedding dresses of royal family _ a small fortune. a. are worth b. is worthwhile c. is worth d. are worthwhile 31. a liar cannot make himself _.a. believe b. believing c. believed d. to believe32. its quite strange that the man sleeps with his mouth _ and his eyes _. a. closing; open b. closed; opened c. closing; opening d. closed; open33. because all the other classmates had known each other quite well, he found himself, the new comer of the class, _ whenever there were some class activities. a. stood out b. left out c. picked out d. crossed out 34. news reports say peace talks between the two countries with no agreement reached.a. have broken out b. have broken down c. have broken in d. have broken up35. its a very interesting book. _. and thank you very much for letting me keep it so long. a. dont mention it. b. thats all right. c. im glad you like it. d. i hope you like it. 第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。cecile and i have been friends since college, for more than thirty years. our friendship has 36 constant. we have seen each other through all the times when we really need a friend. in 37 of our friendship, cecile and i took our first 38 trip together. the first day of our trip ended in santa fe, new mexico. 39 from the long drive, we decided to go to the restaurant for dinner. we sat down and 40 our meal. as we talked, i noticed a(n) 41 couple sitting a short distance away from us. the look of 42 on the womans face attracted me. she stared into the face of the man as he talked, 43 me of a teenager in love! i called ceciles 44 to the couple. as we watched, the man reached 45 to place a gentle kiss on the womans cheek. she 46 . “now thats what i call real love! i imagine theyve been married for a long time.” i said. “ 47 maybe,” remarked cecile, “they havent been together long.” “well, whatever the case, its 48 they care much for each other,” i said. cecile and i watched and listened 49 to their conversation. she smiled and 50 whatever he said. we were touched by the warm scene we were witnessing. then the 51 changed. the womans wrinkled but beautiful face was suddenly covered with a 52 look. she asked the man in a sweet voice, “do i know you? what is this place?” “you know me. im ralph, your husband. were in santa fe,” the man said. “oh, i 53 to have forgotten. im not sure,” she said. “thats okay, sweetheart. youll be all right,” he 54 her, kissing her cheek again. tears coursed down our cheeks as cecile and i looked at each other. “we were right,” she said 55 . “it is the real thing. that is love.”36.a. becomeb. remained c. grownd. developed37.a. celebration b. termsc. favord. congratulation38.a. air b. boatc. road d. bicycle39.a. boredb. sufferedc. excitedd. tired 40.a. orderedb. cookedc. preparedd. finished41.a. youngb. friendlyc. elderly d. rich42.a. adoration（爱慕） b. doubtc. hoped. envy43.a. showingb. tellingc. reminding d. introducing44.a. ideab. intentionc. time d. attention 45.a. awayb. over c. aroundd. off46.a. smiledb. disagreedc. angeredd. moved47.a. thoughb. orc. therefored. otherwise48.a. naturalb. importantc. obvious d. moving49.a. madly b. shamefullyc. casuallyd. unashamedly 50.a. picked upb. agreed with c. stuck tod. questioned on51.a. scene b. placec. topicd. sense52.a. frightenedb. confused c. disappointingd. puzzling53.a. seem b. feelc. used. need54.a. answered b. comforted c. toldd. encouraged55.a. quickly b. eagerlyc. thoughtfully d. cheerfully 第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题，每题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） get a free year！order now and get a free year of parents magazine！thats 2 full years(24 issues) for the regular 1year ratejust $12. but hurry，this offer wont last！(u. s. orders only，please)every issue of parents is filled with practical advice from leading doctors and child experts. . . toys and games that develop readertested products and more!100% moneyback guarantee：you must be pleased，or you may cancel any time during the life of your subscription and get all 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questions.59from parents magazine，we can get the following things except _. aadvice from child expertsbtoys developing readertested productscsuggestions on taking care of the children from doctorsdtips on good habits of childrens learning english （b）hong kong hong kong disneyland is too crowded, a senior chinese tourism official said today, hinting that another disney park is necessary to accommodate demand from chinas huge population.the comments by shao qiwei, director of chinas state administration of tourism, came a day after shanghais mayor han zheng said the city was preparing to build chinas second disney theme park. “china has a very large population. we now have 1.3 billion people. the market is very large. as far as i know, hong kong disneyland is now very crowded,” said shao, whose comments were broadcast on hong kongs cable tv. the hong kong theme park, which opened in september, was widely criticized in january when it turned away（不准入内） hundreds of lunar new year holiday makers from mainland china because the park was full. chaos(混乱) erupted when angry crowds tried to force their way into the park. the embarrassing incident prompted a public apology from hong kong disneyland managing director bill ernest and a dressing down from hong kongs leader donald tsang. authorities are carefully studying the issue of overcrowding in preparation for the possible building of the disney park in shanghai, shao said.the official xinhua news agency reported tuesday that no agreement has been reached on the park in shanghai, quoting senior vice president of walt disney parks and resorts, leslie goodman. hong kong disneyland is a joint venture between the walt disney co. and the local government, which shouldered the bulk of the parks construction fees. 60. why is it necessary to build a disney park in shanghai?a. hong kong disneyland is too small and very crowded. b. hong kong disneyland cant meet the need of the large population.c. hong kong disney park was criticized by tourists. d. hong kong disneyland is far from the mainland.61. hundreds of visitors from mainland china got angry because _.a. the services in the park were not as good as expected b. chaos happened at the entrance to the parkc. the park was too crowded d. they were not allowed to go into the park 62. the building of a disney park in shanghai _.a. remains to be discussed with the walt disney co. b. is financed the walt disney co. c. will be in the charge of the shanghai government d. has been agreed to by the walt disney co.（c） on the first day of class, mr whiteson gave us a lecture about a creature (生物) called cattytiger, a kind of cat-like animal that completely disappeared during the ice age. he passed round a skull (头骨) as he talked, and we all felt interested and took notes while listening. later, we had a test about that.when he returned my paper, i was very, very surprised. there was a very large cross through each of my answers. and so it was with everyone elses in our class. what had happened? everyone was wondering and couldnt wait to get the answer.very simple, mr whiteson explained. he had made up all that story about the cattytiger. there had never been such an animal. so why none of us noticed that and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers?needless to say, we got very angry. what kind of teacher was this?we should have guessed it out, mr whiteson said. after all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattytiger skull (in fact, a cats), hadnt he been telling us that it completely disappeared during the ice age? clearly he was telling a lie. but we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. we should learn something from this. teachers and textbooks are not always correct.63. we failed in the test because we didnt . a. think carefully b. show interest in what mr whiteson said c. listen to the teacher carefully d. take notes while listening64. we got angry because . a. mr whiteson didnt tell us the truth about cattytiger b. there was no cattytiger c. we didnt know why he played the joke on us d. we failed in the test 65. mr whiteson gave us a special lesson . a. to show his special way of teaching b. to help us learn our lessons better c. to play a joke on us d. so that we would no longer believe him66. mr whiteson meant that . a. teachers couldnt make any mistakes b. textbooks might be wrong sometimes c. we shouldnt believe our teachers because sometimes they might tell lies d. we should speak up if we thought our teacher or the textbook was wrong (d)blue is the most attractive eye colour according to a new research. blue eyes like those belonging to sexy star angelina jolie are the most appealing colour according to a pool of 3,000 1824yearolds by fresh look one day colour. angelina，her partner brad pitt and his exwife jennifer aniston all have blue eyes and all been named in a top twenty of the worlds most desirable eyes. the survey found that young folk with blue eyes is generally seen as being more flirtatious，sexy and kind. and when asked if they would change the colour of their eyes if they could，only one in ten blueeyed people wanted to，significantly less than people with other colour eyes. one in three people who didnt have blue eyes wanted a change. one quarter of respondents have considered wearing coloured contact lenses to change their eye colour temporarilyand blue is the most wanted colour. green was the second most popular colour for those wanting a new look，with respondents saying greeneyed people were usually mysterious and creative. people with brown or hazel eyes were perceived to be more trustworthy than people with other eye colours. people with grey eyes were generally thought to be more intelligent than other people，and they were also described as usually being shy. blue was the most common eye colour among respondents，with 41 percent of those who answered the survey having baby blue peepers and 39 percent having brown or hazel eyes. the survey also found that 18 percent of people dont know what colour eyes their partner has. 67according to the new research，when considering changing their eye colour，the number of the people who will choose _ ranks the second. abrown bgreen cgrey dhazel68according to the study result，if you were a manager and you wanted to find a most reliable person，youd better hire one who has _ eyes. agreen bblue cbrown dgrey69the underlined word “peepers” in the passage could be replaced by_. ababies bcolours crespondents deyes 70which of the following is the best title of the passage?awho have the most charming eyes in the world?bbluethe most attractive eye colour. ca survey result on eye colours. ddifferent eye colours in the world. 第四部分 写作（共三节，满分45分）第一节 单词拼写（根据句意及所给首字母写出正确的单词）（共10小题；每空一词，每小题1分，满分10分）71. after all his