福建省惠安县高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

福建省惠安县2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期中试题考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分 2017.11.10 班级 座号 姓名 第卷（选择题 共100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. how does the woman make her garden look lovely? a. by hiring a gardener.b. by planting more roses.c. by looking after it carefully.2. what is the man doing? a. instructing.b. interviewing.c. asking for help.3. what is the probable relationship between the two speakers? a. policeman and thief. b. mother and son. c. teacher and student.4. what will the woman do next? a. apologize to the man.b. pack the shoes for the man.c. try to find the shoes for the man.5. what are the speakers talking about? a. a website. b. online shopping. c. the mans grandma.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，你将有时间阅读每个小题，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. why does the man call the woman? a. to remind her of a letter. b. to invite her parents to the trip. c. to ask her to hand in the report tomorrow.7. when does the conversation take place? a. on sunday.b. on friday.c. on wednesday.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. what is the woman doing? a. asking for directions.b. checking job information.c. having an interview.9. what do we know about the woman? a. she is a student reporter.b. she teaches second-year students.c. she has been working for three years.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. where does the conversation take placer? a. in a store. b. in the classroom. c. in a coffee bar.11. why does bill sometimes get angry at the man? a. hes too noisy. b. he doesnt tell the truth.c. he makes the room messy(散乱的). 12. what did bill do during the vacation? a. he took a long trip. b. he visited the mans family. c. he listened to the radio.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. when does the woman go to the restaurant? a. in the morning.b. in the afternoon. c. in the evening.14. what does the woman like most in the restaurant? a. the quiet environment. b. the tv programs. c. the newspapers.15. what does the man have for lunch? a. pancakes. b. fish pie. c. sausages(香肠）.16. what does the man say about his favorite restaurant? a. its new and clean.b. the food is tasty and cheap.c. a film star often eats there.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. how can we use the public services? a. we use them free of charge.b. we pay for them through taxes.c. we pay for them when we need them.18. what is the chief duty of every government? a. to collect taxes.b. to teach and train citizensc. to protect people and possessions.19. how did the government raise money in the past? a. by selling public lands.b. by selling coal and other natural products.c. by selling services that make our life comfortable.20. what is the speech mainly about? a. environmental pollution and protectionb. taxes and services for the public.c. police efforts in protecting people.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)(a)pacific science center guidevisit pacific science centers storedont forget to stop by pacific science centers store while you are here to pick up a wonderful science activity or remember your visit. the store is located(位于) upstairs in building 3 right next to the laster dome.hungry our exhibits will feed your mind but what about your body? our caf offers a complete menu of lunch and snack options, in addition to seasonals. the caf is located upstairs in building 1 and is open daily until one hour pacific science center closes.rental informationlockers are available to store any belongs during your visit. the lockers are located in building 1 near the information desk and in building 3. pushchairs and wheelchairs are available to rent at the information desk and denny way entrance. id required.support pacific science center since 1962 pacific science center has been inspiring a passion(热情) for discovery and lifelong in science, math and technology. today pacific science center serves more than 1.3 million people a year and beings inquiry based science education to classrooms and company events all over washington state. its an amazing accomplishment and one we connect science without generous support from individuals, corporations, and other social organizations. wish to find various ways you can support pacific science center.21. where are you buy a at science center?a. in building 1.b. in building 3.c. at the last denny.d. at the denny way entrance.22. what does pacific science center do for schools?a. train science teachers.b. distribute science books.c. inspire scientific research.d. take science to the classroom.23. what is the purpose of the last part of the text?a. to encourage donations.b. to advertise coming events.c. to introduce special exhibits.d. to tell about the centers history.(b)dear amanda,as the dean of yale college, i am writing to congratulate you on your academic success and to introduce you to yales diverse opportunities.as you consider your college options, i hope that yale remains among your top choices.this is part of an e-mail i received this fall. i admit it made me feel pretty special to have yale, one of the best universities in the world, approach me, a fairly average high school senior from new jersey.but why me? my grades are nothing to brag about. i didnt qualify for the national merit scholarship competition. i havent led a team sport or conducted scientific research.later, i learned that each year, yale sends mailings to roughly 80,000 potential students for its freshman class of 1,300.for the class of 2018,yale rejected 93.7 percent of its applicants. and, according to the college board,95 percent of yales enrolled(注册入学)students were in the top 10 percent of their high school classes.colleges want a top ranking by u.s. news & world report. one way to get it? low acceptance rates, which come from attracting lots and lots of applicantsand then rejecting almost all of them.so schools mail fancy brochures and send sincere e-mails to many more students than theyll accept.top schools defend their marketing, arguing that theyre reaching students who otherwise might not applybecause they dont think they could get in, or dont realize that most top schools offer lots of need-based financial aid. as william fitzsimmons, dean of harvard admissions, said: “there are so many students out there in the world who might not automatically think about harvard as a place to go. the chances of reaching the top of anything are not good, but is that a reason not to try?”but most of the students fitzsimmons is talking about dont consider harvard because theyre not academically qualified. kids like me dont need false hope. approaching students with a slim chance of getting in just creates more confusion and disappointment.so yale (and brown and columbia), stop selling me on impossible dreams.24. why did yale send the author an e-mail?()a. to show its a top college.b. to persuade her to apply to it.c. to introduce its diverse courses.d. to send its congratulations to her.25.the underlined part “brag about” in paragraph 3 probably means .a. worry aboutb. think aboutc. be proud ofd. be ashamed of26.we can infer from fitzsimmons words that .a. a good beginning makes a good endingb. a brave attempt is a half successc. the older, the wiserd. no pains, no gains27. what does the author think of the approaches of top colleges?()a. she finds them easy to understand.b. she seems satisfied with them.c. she considers them necessary.d. she finds them annoying. （c）baby girls make their way to dolls as soon as they can crawl and boys will head for the toy cars, a study has shown. the findings, the first to show consistent differences in very young babies, suggest there is a biological basis to their preferences.dr. brenda todd carried out an experiment involving 90 babies aged between nine months and 36 months. they were allowed to choose from seven toys. some were boys toys :a car, a digger, a ball and a blue teddy (泰迪熊). the rest were girls toys: a pink teddy, a doll and a cooking set. they were placed a meter away from the toys, and could pick whichever they pleased. their choices, and the amount of time they spent playing with each toy were recorded.of the youngest children (between nine months and 14 months),girls spent much longer playing with the doll than boys, and boys spent much more time with the car and ball than girls did. among the two-and-three-year-olds, girls spent 50 percent of the time playing with the doll while only two boys briefly touched it. the boys spent almost 90 percent of their time playing with the car, which the girls barely touched. there was no link between the parents views on which toys were more appropriate for boys or girls, and the childrens choices.dr. brenda todd said, “children of this age are already exposed to much socialization. boys may be given toys that move while girls get toys which may help shape their preferences. but these findings are consistent with the former idea that children show interest in particular kinds of toys. there could be a biological basis for their choices. males through evolution have been well adapted to prefer moving objects, probably through hunting instincts (本能),while girls prefer warmer colors such as pink, the color of a newborn baby.”28. baby girls and boys have different preferences perhaps because .a. baby boys are much more active b. baby girls like bright colors betterc. parents have an effect on their viewsd. there may be a biological difference29. which is the only toy that boys and girls both like to play with?()a. a ball. b. a teddy. c. a car. d. a doll.30. from paragraph 3,it can be inferred that .a. nine-month-old baby boys play with no dollsb. two-year-old baby girls play with the car and ball sometimesc. the older the babies are, the more obvious their preference isd. parents should teach baby boys and girls to play with each others toys31. from the results of the study, dr. brenda todd drew a conclusion that .a. adults bring about babies preference by chanceb. babies preference isnt affected by social surroundingsc. baby boys preferring moving toys will be good at huntingd. baby girls preferring warmer colors will be warm-hearted (d)what exactly is intelligence? there arent any easy answers. despite the progress that has been made in genetics and psychology, human intelligence has remained one of the most controversial areas of modern science, until now, that is, for the discovery of a gene(基因)linked to intelligence has made the experts think again.robert plomin of the institute of psychiatry in london and his colleagues in the us have been looking into genetic make-up. from their research, they have discovered that a slightly different gene is more common in those with a high iq. plomin analyzed dna from two groups of 51 children aged between 6 and 15.what he found was that the first group had an iq of 136,putting them in the top 5% of the population, while the other group had an average iq of 103.an analysis of their genes showed that 32% of children in the higher group had the gene in question, while only 16% in the second group did. however, there is a lot more research to be done, and plomin himself is cautious at this early stage. he suggests that there are probably many genes that contribute to intelligence, rather than just one.several studies have shown a strong link between iq and career success, although some psychologists remain unconvinced about this. professor michael rowe, who has written a book called genius explained, is one of these.“ the people with the highest iqs are not usually the ones who do best in their careers.”many psychologists now believe that when it comes to intelligence, iq isnt everything. many alternative views have been put forward recently. one example is the idea of multiple intelligences, which was developed in the 1980s by harvard psychologist howard gardner. this offers a much broader view than the iq theory, including creativity and communication skills as relevant factors in intelligence.tony buzan, brain expert and author of master your memory, is enthusiastic about this belief, arguing that true geniuses(天才)do indeed appear to combine high levels of each type of intelligence. he lists alexander the great, pablo picasso and albert einstein as examples. at the same time, buzan believes that everyone can develop their intelligence, only if they take the trouble to exercise their brain. perhaps there s hope for us all!32. what is the topic of the passage?()a. the relationship between genes and intelligence.b. iq benefits a lot from high intelligence.c. how to develop intelligence.d. what makes intelligence.33. why does the author use data in paragraph 2?()a. to make a suggestion. b. to draw a conclusion.c. to prove an idea. d. to give an example.34. what can we learn from the passage?()a. robert plomin confirms genes have something in common.b. howard gardner thinks intelligence includes various factors.c. michael rowe approves of a strong link between iq and career.d. tony buzan agrees geniuses exercise brain to improve intelligence.35. what does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 4 refer to?()a. the development of intelligence.b. the idea of multiple intelligences.c. iq isnt everything for intelligence.d. alternative views have been put forward.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。if anyone had told me three years ago that i would be spending most of my weekends camping. i would have laughed heartily. campers, in my eyes, were people who enjoyed insects bites, ill-cooked meals, and uncomfortable sleeping bags. they had nothing in common with me. 36 .the friends who introduced me to camping thought that it meant to be a pioneer. 37 we sleep in a tent, cooked over an open fire, and walked a long distance to take the shower and use the bathroom. this brief visit with mother nature cost me two days off from work, recovering from a bad case of sunburn and the doctors bill for my sons food poisoning.i was, nevertheless, talked into going on another fun-filled holiday in the wilderness. 38 instead, we had a pop-up camper with comfortable beds and an air conditioner. my nature-loving friends had remembered to bring all the necessities of life. 39 we have done a lot of it since. recently, we bought a twenty-eight-foot travel trailer complete with a bathroom and a built-in tv set. there is a separate bedroom, a modern kitchen with a refrigerator. the trailer even has matching carpet and curtains. 40 it must be true that sooner or later, everyone finds his or her way back to nature. i recommend that you find your way in style.athistimetherewasnotent.bthingsaregoingtobeimproved.cthetriptheytookmeonwasaroughone.diwastolearnalotaboutcampingsincethen,however.eimustsaythatihavecertainlycometoenjoycamping. f. after the trip, my family became quite interested in camping.g. there was no shade as the trees were no more than 3 feet tall. 第三部分语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c和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。when i first met alexander he said to me in russian: “nalei umye chai”=“pour me some tea”. i got very angry and 41,“pour it yourself. ”translated into english without “could you .?”and a “please”, it sounded really 42 to me. but in russian it is fineyou dont have to 43 any polite words.however, when i took alexander home to meet my parents in the uk,i had to give him an important 44 in pleases and thank yous, which he thought were completely 45,to teach him to say sorry 46 someone else stepped on his toe, and to smile all the time.alexander 47 that in england he felt “like the village idiot” 48 in russia if you smile all the time people think that you are 49.in fact, this is exactly what my husbands friends thought of me the first time i went to russia, where i 50 at everyone, and translated every “please” and “thank you” from english into russian!another thing that alexander just couldnt 51 was why people said things like “would you mind passing me the salt, please?” he said, “its 52 the salt, for goodness sake!”he also watched 53 when at a dinner party in england, we swallowed some really 54 food and i said “mm.delicious”. in russia, people are much more 55.the first time alexanders mother came to our house for dinner in moscow, she told me that my soup 56 more flavorings(调料). afterwards, when we 57 about it my husband said, “do you prefer your dinner guests to 58?”at house we now have an agreement. if we are speaking russian, he can say “pour me some tea” and just make a 59 like a grunt(咕哝) when i give it to him.60,when we are speaking english, he has to add a “please”, a “thank you”, and a smile.41. a. ordered b. cried c. answered d. appealed42. a.