2019-2020学年福建省莆田第二十五中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版

2019-2020学年福建省莆田第二十五中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版

莆田第二十五中学2019-2020学年上学期期中考试卷 高二英语 第Ⅰ卷 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. What does the woman offer to do for the man?‎ A. Get him some coffee. B. Treat him to lunch. C. Look for his lunch box. ‎ ‎2. How much did Henry probably weigh a month ago?‎ A. ‎50 kg. B. ‎60 kg. C. ‎70 kg. ‎ ‎3. Where is the man going?‎ A. ‎5th Avenue. B. ‎6th Avenue. C. ‎8th Avenue. ‎ ‎4. What is the man’s opinion about soap operas?‎ A. Relaxing. B. Boring. C. Interesting. ‎ ‎5. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. A photographer. B. A vacation. C. A photo. ‎ 第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）‎ 听下面5段对活或独白。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秒钟的作笞时间。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。‎ ‎6. What are NOT on the list of the clothes?‎ A. Sweaters. B. Scarves. C. T-shirts. ‎ ‎7. What is the woman doing?‎ A. Shopping with the man. B. Packing for a trip. C. Giving advice. ‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。‎ ‎8. What does the man mainly do in his spare time?‎ A. He learns a language. B. He plays the piano. C. He does some sports. ‎ ‎9. Why did the man give up skating?‎ A. He lost interest in it. B. He didn’t have enough time. C. He got injured in his leg. ‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。‎ ‎10. What is the problem with the woman?‎ A. She is worried about the exams. ‎ B. She has gained much weight. ‎ C. She doesn’t feel very well. ‎ ‎11. What advice does the man give the woman?‎ A. Drink less coffee. B. Eat more meat and fruits. C. Go to bed before 10:00 pm. ‎ ‎12. What exercise does the man recommend the woman to take?‎ A. Running B. Dancing. C. Walking. ‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。‎ ‎13. What does the woman have to do to get scholarships?‎ A. Speak English well. B. Apply by Monday. C. Get the highest grades. ‎ ‎14. What is the woman trying to do?‎ A. Make a survey. B. Ask for advice. C. Make a complaint. ‎ ‎15. Which subject does the woman like best?‎ A. English. B. Math. C. Art. ‎ ‎16. What does the man think of the woman’s dream job?‎ A. Impractical. B. Perfect. C. Dull. ‎ 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。‎ ‎17. What was the survey on?‎ A. Hotel services. B. Hotel rooms. C. Hotel complaints. ‎ ‎18. How many hotel staff were surveyed?‎ A. 400. B. 75. C. 39. ‎ ‎19. What were most of the unusual complaints about?‎ A. Food. B. Rooms. C. Location. ‎ ‎20. Why did the man at a luxury hotel in London complain?‎ A. He didn’t get a discount. ‎ B. The guest in the next room snored. ‎ C. The room didn’t have a sea view. ‎ 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 The UK has a whole host of things to do for free or at a low price and there are a number of websites devoted to bringing you the best. Take a look at our guide to some of our favorite UK cities London If you live in or near London and have access to the Internet, you'll discover many choices of free entertainment. The Londonist is an amusing website that offers-daily-and weekly breakdowns of the free and cheap events in the city. Categories include art, comedy music, food and drink, theatre. festivals and talks. Head over to Londonist. com for the latest schedule of affordable entertainment. Time Outs website(Timeout. com/London )also has lots of information about free fun in the lively capital.‎ Find out why the 60s really cemented(巩固)London as counterculture capital of the UK in our shop.‎ Manchester Manchester‎ is probably one of the top creative centers England( if not the UK). If you need any further convincing evidence, then head over to Creative Tourist, where you can find bags of daytime and nighttime entertainment that's easy on the pocket. While you're there you can also check out Liverpool and ‎Sheffield Manchester‎ is a historical city, which has shaped life in Britain. Take a look in our shop.‎ Glasgow If Manchester is the creative center of England then Glasgow has to be the creative center of Scotland. You can visit Scotland's Center for Design and Architecture at The Lighthouse, or go over to the Gallery of Modern Art, and then there's the wonderful and strange Hunterian Museum For a lowdown on the best free of Glasgow, take a look at VisitScotland.‎ For a look at Glasgow’s picturesque qualities click here.‎ ‎21. Which website can you visit to learn about everyday events in the capital of the UK?‎ A Time Out B. Londonist C Visitscotland D. Creative Tourist.‎ ‎22. What does the underlined phrase "easy on the pocket” mean?‎ A.Available. B Reasonable.‎ C. Affordable. D. Comfortable.‎ ‎23. Where can you probably find the passage?‎ ‎ A. On the Internet B. In a geography book.‎ ‎ C. In a tourist brochure. D. In a fashion magazine.‎ B It was nearly dark, the sun was dropping down the mountains far away. Little Tom came back home, with tears in his eyes.‎ ‎“What's the matter, Tom? How's your trip？” his mother asked with a big smile. “I failed. The mountain is so high and full of big or small stones on the way. I still go ahead. But I was tired and it was so late that I had to come back.”Tom cried. “It doesn't matter, you are only 14 years old after all. You will have another chance.” his mother said. “But, standing at the top of the mountain is my dream！”Tom said. His father came over and asked, “Did you see the green trees on your way to the mountain？”“Sure, and there are a lot of beautiful flowers by the side of the road.” Tom replied. “Did you hear the birds singing？” his father asked. “There were many kinds of birds singing in the trees, and the sound was very sweet.” Tom said. “Did you feel the beauty of nature？” his father asked. “Yes, the blue sky, the white clouds, the green trees and the colorful flowers made a nice picture.” Tom answered. “That's enough！” his father smiled and said, “Please remember, son. For often, achieving what you expect ‎ is not the most important thing. Although you didn't reach the top of the mountain, you got a lot on the way.”‎ It is true that not every goal will be achieved, not every job will end up with a success, and not every dream will come true. The most beautiful scenery is on the way.‎ 24. Why did Tom feel sad after the trip?‎ A. It was too late and nearly dark. ‎ B. He was too tired to continue his trip.‎ C. He failed to reach the top of the mountain.‎ D. There are too many big or small stones on the way.‎ ‎25. What was NOT mentioned by Tom about his sightseeing?‎ A. Wild animals. B. Green trees. C. Colorful flowers. D. Singing birds.‎ ‎26. What does father's words mean? ‎ A. Achieving something is not important.‎ B. We are not always able to get what we expect.‎ C. We don't have to reach the top of the mountain.‎ D. It is more important to learn something on the way of climbing.‎ ‎27．What is the best title of the passage?‎ A. Cheer up the Sad Son B. Enjoy the Scenery on the Way C. Fail to Reach the Top D. Make Every Dream Come True C Monkeys seem to have a way with numbers.‎ A team of researchers trained three Rhesus monkeys to associate 26 clearly different symbols consisting of numbers and selective letters with 0-25 drops of water or juice as a reward. The researchers then tested how the monkeys combined—or added—the symbols to get the reward.‎ Here's how Harvard‎ Medical ‎School scientist Margaret Livingstone, who led the team, described the experiment: In their cages the monkeys were provided with touch ‎ screens. On one part of the screen, a symbol would appear, and on the other side two symbols inside a circle were shown. For example, the number 7 would flash on one side of the screen and the other end would have 9 and 8. If the monkeys touched the left side of the screen they would be rewarded with seven drops of water or juice; if they went for the circle, they would be rewarded with the sum of the numbers—‎17 in this example.‎ When the team examined the results of the experiment more closely, they noticed that the monkeys tended to underestimate(低估)a sum compared with a single symbol when the two were close in value—sometimes choosing, for example, a 13 over the sum of 8 and 6. The underestimation was systematic: When adding two numbers, the monkeys always paid attention to the larger of the two, and then added only a fraction(小部分)of the smaller number to it.‎ ‎"This indicates that there is a certain way quantity is represented in their brains, "Dr. Livingstone says. “But in this experiment what they're doing is paying more attention to the big number than the little one.”‎ 28. What did the researchers do to the monkeys before testing them?‎ A. They fed them. B. They named them.‎ C. They trained them. D. They measured them.‎ ‎29. How did the monkeys get their reward in the experiment?‎ A. By drawing a circle. B. By touching a screen.‎ C. By watching videos. D. By mixing two drinks.‎ ‎30. What did Livingstone's team find about the monkeys?‎ A. They could perform basic addition. B. They could understand simple words.‎ C. They could memorize numbers easily. D. They could hold their attention for long.‎ ‎31. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?‎ A. Entertainment. B. Health. C. Education. D. Science.‎ D What will man be like in the future---in 5, 000 or even 50 000 years from now? We ‎ can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.‎ Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is relatively a short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain's capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change to the head, in particular, the forehead will grow larger.‎ Nowadays our eyes are in use constantly. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man' s eyes will grow stronger.‎ On the other hand. we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time. however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.‎ But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in the course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.‎ Perhaps all these give the impression that in the future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, In spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.‎ ‎32. What does the passage mainly talk about?‎ A Man’s life will be different in the future.‎ B Future man will look quite different from us.‎ C. Man is growing taller and uglier as time passes.‎ D. Man's organs, functions will be useless in the future.‎ ‎33. What serves as the evidence that man is changing?‎ A Man has got stronger eyes now than he ever had.‎ B Man’s hair is getting thinner and thinner.‎ C. Man's arms and legs have become lighter and weaker.‎ D. Man has been growing taller over the past 500 years.‎ ‎34. Which of the following is TRUE about a human being in the future?‎ A. He is hairless because hair is no longer useful.‎ B. He has smaller eyes and wears better glasses.‎ C. He thinks and feels in quite different ways from us.‎ D His fingers grow weaker because he doesn’t have to use them.‎ ‎35. What can we infer from the passage?‎ A Human beings will become less attractive in the future.‎ B Less use of a bodily organ may lead to its degeneration(退化)‎ C. Human beings all hope for a change in the future life.‎ D. We are certain about our future life and appearance.‎ 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。‎ When everything goes wrong, always look at what you have, instead of what you have lost.  Because it’s not what the world takes away from you that counts; it’s what you do with what you have left. 36 ‎ Pain is part of growing.‎ Sometimes life closes doors because it’s time to move forward. 37 When times are tough, remind yourself that no pain comes without a purpose. Remember that there are two kinds of pain: pain that hurts and pain that changes you. When you roll with life, instead of resisting it, both kinds help you grow.‎ ‎ 38 ‎ ‎ Every time you get hurt, you heal. After darkness there is always light – you are reminded of this every morning, but still you often forget, and instead choose to believe that the night will last forever. It won’t. Nothing lasts forever.‎ Complaining changes nothing.‎ ‎ 39 It’s always better to attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt ‎ to do nothing and succeed. It’s not over if you’ve lost; it’s over when you do nothing but complain about it. If you believe in something, keep trying. Don’t let the shadows of the past darken the doorstep of your future.‎ The best thing you can do is to keep going.‎ Don’t be afraid to get back up----to try again, to love again, to live again, and to dream again. Don’t let a hard lesson harden your heart. Life’s best lessons are often learned at the worst times and from the worst mistakes. There will be times when it seems like everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong. ‎40 ‎ A. Everything in life is temporary. B. And even if you fall short, keep going. C. Your scars are symbols of your strength.‎ D. Those who complain the most, accomplish the least. ‎ E. Here are a few tips to inspire you when you need it most.‎ F. That’s a good thing because we often won’t move unless life forces us to .‎ G. When you feel like quitting, remember that sometimes things can be right eventually.‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用（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。‎ All of us can give others a hand as long as we are willing to do so. Actually, there are some people doing kind things all the time. Spreading kindness, one good deed at a time, is Karla Gibson’s mission. “I wish everyone could join me. There are so many 41 things going on in the world; I mean every day,” said Karla. Karla had the 42 and sense of duty in December of 2013. The single mother of three said she tended to feel depressed around the holidays, so she 43 to do something to cheer others up. She started a Facebook page and 44 her good deeds each day, from feeding the homeless to giving Easter gifts to the incarcerated (囚犯). She hoped to 45 others.  “We have to do something. Our 46 can make a difference in someone’s day. ‎ You 47 know when someone might be having their worst day, and then something like buying them a coffee can change their whole attitude,” Karla 48 Karla’s greatest 49 so far had to do with coffee. On September 27th, Karla’s birthday, she went to her local Starbucks and gave the 50 $127 to pay for other people’s drinks. She sat at the end of the drive-through holding a 51 that read, “Have a great day.” She ended up 52 about 23 customers. “It was really fun. It was 53 one of the best birthdays ever.” she said. Her kindness that day didn’t go 54 . One couple was so grateful that they surprised her with flowers and balloons to show their 55 . Karla’s acts of kindness have become a 56 affair. Her two sons are always 57 others. “Sometimes I’ll ask Kyle, ‘So, did you do anything extra nice today?’ and his answers are like ‘Somebody 56 something in the hallway and I picked it up’ or ‘I held the door for someone’, that kind of thing,” said Karla. It’s because of Mom that the boys think it’s 59 to give a hand to others. “I think it’s a great idea of hers. It’s always nice to help someone out 60 they really need it,” said Karla’s 15-year-old son Chad. 41. A. good     B. bad         C. new       D. casual 42. A. commitment  B. appointment  C. preference   D. success 43. A. managed  B. agreed       C. hesitated   D. decided 44. A. did         B. mentioned     C. shared       D. missed 45. A. greet     B. inspire         C. introduce   D. remember 46. A. kindness  B. happiness     C. stories       D. sadness 47. A. still       B. often         C. never       D. even 48. A. whispered  B. explained     C. reported   D. replied 49. A. surprise     B. challenge     C. concern   D. moment 50. A. cashier     B. customer     C. beggar       D. secretary 51. A. mark     B. sign         C. symbol   D. flag 52. A. paying for  B. picking up     C. paying off   D. picking out 53. A. occasionally  B. usually       C. probably   D.‎ ‎ hardly 54. A. unoccupied  B. unnoticed     C. unorganized  D. unquestioned 55. A. wisdom   B. existence     C. generosity   D. appreciation 56. A. society     B. love         C. holiday   D. family 57. A. encouraging  B. inviting     C. helping   D. affecting 58. A. dropped     B. bought         C. found       D. fell 59. A. strange     B. lucky         C. cool       D. funny 60. A. after      B. though         C. unless       D. when 第 II 卷 第三部分 英语知识运用 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ John Snow, 61 well-known doctor in London, became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people 62 (expose) to cholera, a 63 (dead) disease of its day. Many thousands of people died when there was an outbreak 64 no one knew the cause of it. John wanted to help solve the problem.‎ He got interested in two theories 65 _(explain) how cholera killed people. He believed in the second theory 66 suggested that people 67 (absorb) the disease with their meals. In 1854, he was ready to test the two 68 (theory),when another break hit London. 69 the help of the map he made, he got a valuable clue about the cause of the disease and was able to announce that the water was 70 (blame).‎ 第四部分 书面表达 第一节 句子填空（共20小题，每题0.5分，满分10分）‎ ‎71. How many countries does the UK _________ _________?英国是由几个部分（国家）组成的？‎ ‎72. However, the southern part of Ireland _________ _________ and _________ _________ to form its own government.然而，爱尔兰的南部不愿意组建联合王国，它分离出去并建立了自己的政府。‎ ‎73. _________ _________ _________ the four countries do work together in some ‎ areas, but they still have very different institutions.值得赞扬的是，这四个国家的确在一些方面共同和作品，但是有些制度荏苒区别很大。‎ ‎74. I still _________ _________ that I am _________ _________ this prize that I won last year.我还是无法相信我是在接受去年获得的这个奖励。‎ ‎75. At first my new surroundings _________ _________ _________ _________开始的时候，新的环境让我难以忍受。‎ ‎76. Hit by_________ _________ _________ fresh air, my head ached.由于缺乏新鲜空气，我感到头痛。‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 最近,你校英语俱乐部举行题为”Our Future life”的征文大赛，请你写一篇不少于100词的英语短文，从以下几个方面展望一下未来的生活：‎ 1. 去月球上度假 2. 在海底生活 3. 每家都有可视电话（videophone）和机器人 4. 孩子们可以在家里通过电视和广播接受教育。‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎