福建省泉州市泉港区第一中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题

1、泉港第一中学2017 -2018 学年第一学期高二期中测试英 语（总分150 分，考试时间120 分）第一节 ( 共 5 小题；每小题1 分，满分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 woman doing now?A. Watching TV.B. Taking part in an activity.C. Preparing for an exam.2. Where does the con

2、versation probably take place?A. In an office.B. In a store.C. In a hotel.3. When will the speakers meet?A. At 6:20.B. At 6:10.C. At 5:40.4. In which country does Jane want to spend her holiday?A. America.B. Korea.C. Japan.5. What do we know about the woman?A. She is fired.B. She didn t work hard.C.

3、 She can take a day off tomorrow.第二节 ( 共 15 小题；每小题1 分，满分15 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。听下面一段对话，回答第6 和第 7 两个小题。- 1 - / 146. What could the man be?A. A taxi driver.B. A policeman.C. A hotel clerk.7. Where

4、 does the woman think she lost her cell phone?A. In a park.B. In a supermarket.C. On her way to the hotel.听下面一段对话，回答第8 和第 9 两个小题。8. Where willThe Magic Flutebe on this weekend?A. At the Orpheum theatre.B. At the Caldonion theatre.C. At the Poseidon theatre.9. What will the man do tonight?A. Invite J

5、oan to dinner.B. Give Joan a call.C. Buy tickets.听下面一段对话，回答第10 至第 12 三个小题。10. What is Isabels?A. A restaurant.B. A toy shop.C. A clothing shop.11. Who bought an evening dress?A. Cindy .B. Wendy .C. Mrs. Miles.12. What will the speakers do first?A. Refuel the car.B. Go to a party.C. Have lunch.听下面一段对

6、话，回答第13 至第 16 四个小题。13. What is the man?A. A salesman.B. A teacher.- 2 - / 14C. A student.14. What is the second point being talked about?A. The man s education.B. The man s marriage.C. The man s demand.15. How does the man find the job?A. Challenging.B. Relaxing.C. Interesting.16. What will the man

7、do?A. Have another interview.B. Wait for the reply.C. Think about the business trips.听下面一段独白，回答第17 至第 20 四个小题。17. What did the speaker like best?A. Big Ben.B. Tower Bridge.C. The Tower of London.18. Where did the speaker take a photo?A. At Trafalgar Square.B. At Madame Tussauds.C. At the Royal Shake

8、speare Theater.19. How old are the houses in Stratford?A. About 500 years old.B. About 1,000 years old.C. About 2,000 years old.20. Why does the speaker give the message?A. To introduce his blog.B. To tell about his trip in England.C. To recommend people to visit London.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40 分）第一节（共15 小

9、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、 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡- 3 - / 14上将该项涂黑。ATravelaboard our modern-equipped cruise shipNationalGeographic Explorer witha team of expert naturalists and historians as we visit the islands of South Georgiaand the Falklands.Days 1&2 Miami/Buenos Aires, ArgentinaLeave M

10、iami on an overnight flight to Buenos Aires, Argentinas capital.Checkin to the excellent Sofitel Buenos Aires Hotel before having a guided overview ofthe city, seeing its Beaux Arts palaces.Day 3 Buenos Aires/Ushuaia/EmbarkFly to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world.Join a cruise of the Beagl

11、eChannel before boarding our ship.Day 4 At SeaSettleintoshipboardlife,listeningtoinformaldiscussionsfromournaturalists to prepare us for the wildness ahead in theFalklands.Spendtimeon deckand on the bridge, watching seabirds.Days 5&6 Falkland IslandsEach Falklandislandis differentin itsbeauty.Walkon

12、 white-sandbeaches;sailbelow cliffs; and hike across windswept grasslands.The Falklands boast the largestalbatross (信天翁 ) colony in the world, thousands of Magellanic penguins, as wellas herds of fur and elephant seals.Days 7&8 At SeaDuring our days at sea, some lectures will be given.So we can lear

13、n about thefascinating history of Antarctic exploration, as well as the flora (植物群 ) andgeology of South Georgia.Days 9 through 13 South Georgia IslandThe followingdays are devotedto exploringthe amazing coastlineof South GeorgiaIsland.Thescheduleisflexible,andthroughoutourjourneytherewillbeopportun

14、ities for walking, hiking, kayaking, and taking Zodiac excursions.Days 14 through 16 At SeaWith whales beneath and birds above, head out on deck to see and hear the shipcrunch through the ice.Days 17&18 Ushuaia/Buenos Aires/MiamiOur journey ends in Ushuaia, with time to explore before boarding our f

15、light to- 4 - / 14Buenos Aires, and an overnight flight to the US.21 If youre interested in the largest albatross colony in the world, youlllook forward to _.ADay 3B Day 4CDays 5 & 6D Days 7 & 822 The travelers can learn about the history of Antarctic exploration through_.Areading booksB attending l

16、ecturesCwatching movies D visiting museums23 What will the travelers spend the most time in doing?AShipping through the ice.BVisiting Argentinas capital.CTravelling in Falkland Islands.DExploring South Georgia Island.BI serve as an educatorand healthcare provideras well,therefore,I have workedwith n

17、umerous children infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The relationshipsthat I have had with these special kids have been gifts in my life. They have taughtme so many things, but I have especially learned that great courage can be found inthe smallest of packages. Let me tell you about Tyler.Tyl

18、er was born infected with HIV: his mother was also infected.From the verybeginning ofhis life, he was dependenton medications to enable him tosurvive.Whenhe was five, he had a tube surgically inserted in a vein in his chest.This tube wasconnected to a pump, which he carried in a small backpack on hi

19、s back. Medicationswere hooked up to this pump and were continuously supplied through this tube to hisbloodstream.At times, he also needed supplemented oxygen to support his breathing.Tylerwasntwillingto giveup one singlemoment of hischildhoodto thisdeadlydisease.Itwas not unusualto findhim playinga

20、nd racingaround his backyard,wearinghis medicine-laden backpackand dragging his tank of oxygen behindhim in his littlewagon.Allofus who knew Tylermarveledat hispure joyin beingaliveand the energyit gave him.Tylers mom often teased him by telling him that he moved so fast that- 5 - / 14she needed to

21、dress him in red.That way, when she peered through the window to checkon him playing in the yard, she could quickly spot him.This dreaded disease eventually wore down even the likes of a little dynamo (精力充沛的人 )likeTyler.He grew quiteilland,unfortunately,so did hisHIV-infectedmother.Whenit became app

22、arentthathe wasntgoingto survive,Tyler smomtalkedto him about death.She comforted him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, andthat she would be with him soon in heaven.A few days before his death, Tyler beckoned me over to his hospital bed andwhispered, “I might die soon.Im not scared.When Idie,

23、 please dressme inred.Mompromised she s coming to heaven, too.Ill be playing when she gets there, and Iwant to make sure she can find me.”24. What is the boy s trouble after his birth according to the passage?A. Being deafB. Being blind.C. Being infected with HIVD. Being disabled.25. Why does the au

24、thorthink the relationshipswiththe children are gifts?Becausehe _.A. made friends with the childrenB. was deeply movedC. leaned a great deal from themD. hod a lot of sympathy for them26. What do we know from the passage?A. The boy could not breathe.B. The boy had troublewithbreath.C. The boy stopped

25、 breathing at times.D. The boy breathed smoothly.27. Which of the follow might serve as a possible title for this passage?A. Mother and sonB. A caring motherC. Dying in redD. My unusual professionCYou know thesayingYoureas young as you feel.Well,theremay be some truth,according to researchers at Har

26、vard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Ellen Langer,a Harvard psychologistwho studieshow themind influencesthe body,and colleagues reviewed thescientific literature for evidence that a personsperception of their age might influence their health. They published their results- 6 - / 14in t

27、he journal Perspectives on Psychological Science.In one study that Langer led, 47 womenhad their hair done. The womenwho thought their new hairdos made them look younger did look younger to objective observers,who were shown before-and-after pictures. The women who thought they looked youngeralso sh

28、owed a drop in blood pressure. Another study involving 4,421 men found thatthise who became bald(秃顶 )at a relatively young age were more likely to get cancerand heart disease than men who did not.Similarly, another study involving 2,017menfound thatthose who losttheirhairearlywere more likelyto deve

29、lopheartdisease.“Webelievethatthe feelingsassociated withbeing olderthan ones realage accountfor some of these health outcomes,” the researchers wrote.The researchers also described studies that found that women who had childrenlater in life were more likely to be healthier and live longer than thos

30、e who hadchildren early, which they attributed to the fact that these mothers tend to spendmore time with younger women. Similarly, people who marry younger partners tend tolive longer than those who marry older partners, according to other studies.Taken together, the research“supports the general m

31、ind-body hypothesis(假说)that when a younger mind is prepared, a younger body can accompany it.”Whilethe mechanism remains unclear, the researchers figured that suggestions associatedwith aging can“make one unconsciously or consciously aware of old age and set inmotion a series of physiological proces

32、ses that can have real effects on short-termand long-term health.”28. The underlined word“perception ” in Paragraph 2 meansA. viewB. appearanceC. InfluenceD. creation.29. Which of the following statements is true according to Paragraph 3? A. Blood pressure is highly related to hairdos.B. Feeling old

33、er than real age may be tied to health problems. C. Getting cancer or heart disease is the cause of hair losing.D. The women who love hairdos look younger than those don30. It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that.A. a younger mother is more likely to live longer- 7 - / 14t.B. the younger one of a c

34、ouple lives much longerC. often staying with younger people can benefit peopleD. peoplewho want to live longer need to marry at a young age31. The passage mainly tells us that.s healthA. Getting bald too early is not good to marry youngB. Women had better give birth later in their lifeC. Feeling you

35、nger to a couple is very important to their healthD. People s feeling of their age may have an effect on their own healthDGlobal warming threatens to hold back human progress, and make unachievable allUN targetsto reduce poverty,accordingto some of the world s leadinginternationaland development groups.Inareportpublishedtoday,Oxfam,Greenpeaceandothergroup