福建省福州文博中学高二英语上学期期中试题(答案不全)

福建省福州文博中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题班级姓名座号成绩
第Ⅰ卷（选择题共115分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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三个选项中选出最人佳选项，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。

例：How much is the shirt?
A.￡19.15.
B.￡9.15
C.￡9.18
答案是B。

1.Who is coming for tea?
A.John.
B.Tracy.
C.Mark.
2.What will the man do next?
A.Leave right away.
B.Stay for dinner.
C.Catch a train
3.What does the man come for?
A.A meeting.
B.A lecture.
C.A party.
4.What size does the man want?
A.9.
B.35.
C.39.
5.What are the speakers talking about?
A.Life in Southeast Asia
B.A holiday tour.
C.Weather conditions.
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.What is the man doing?
A.Giving a speech.
B.Chairing a meeting.
C.Introducing a person.
7.Why does the woman sing so well?
A.She has a great teacher.
B.She is young.
C.She teaches singing.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.What is the second gift for Jimmy?
A.A car.
B.A watch.
C.A computer.
9.Why does Jimmy feel happy?
A.He lives with his parents.
B.He’s got what he dreamt of.
C.He’s received lots of presents.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What is the relationship between the speakers?
A.They are friends.
B.They are strangers to each other.
C.They are husband and wife
11.Why does the woman come to talk with the man?
A.To get a job.
B.To take a test.
C.To see the secretary.
12.What does the man mean by saying sorry?
A.He can’t hear the woman clearly.
B.He doesn’t need a designer.
C.He can’t help the woman.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What do we know about the woman?
A.She lives close to the office.
B.She is new to the company.
C.She likes the big kitchen.
14.How does the man go to work?
A.On foot.
B.By bus.
C.By car
15.Why was Susan late for work?
A.She missed the bus.
B.Her train was late.
C.Her car broke down.
16.What will the man do the next day?
A.Go to work by train.
B.Visit Lily in her flat.
C.Leave home earier.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.Where can you most probably hear this talk?
A.In a class of the English language.
B.In a class of the Greek language.
C.In a class of the French language.
18.How long does the class last?
A.11 weeks.
B.13 weeks.
C.15 weeks.
19.What is “the short-cut” to learning words according to the speaker?
A.Taking more courses.
B.Reading basic words aloud.
C.Learning how words are formed.
20.Why is the class popular?
A.It is not offered each term.
B.It’s taught by Professor Morris.
C.It helps to master some useful rules.
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)
21________ in his papers, he didn’t notice his teacher coming.
A.Having absorbed
B.Absorbed
C.Absorbing
D.Being absorbed
22Are you going to ______ the evening class tonight?
A.take part in
B.join in
C.attend
D.join
23The drunken driver,rather than the passers-by， ______ for the traffic accident.
A.was to be blamed
B.was to blame
C.were to blame
D.were to be blamed
24Only when I left my parents for Italy ______ how much I loved them.
A.I realized
B.I had realized
C.had I realized
D.did I realize
25The company is starting a new advertising campaign to _____ new customers to its stores.
A.join
B.attract
C.stick
D.transfer
26Before leaving the reading room,please carefully put every book_______.
A.in place
B.in return
C.in turn
D. In reward
27Whether he will agree with us doesn’t _______.
A.make any difference
B.make any differences
C.do any difference
D.do any differences
28Mr Smith _______ an important part when he gave the lecture last Friday.
A.left out
B.picked out
C.let out
D.took out
29The young man acted strangely during the interview.He made a bad _______ on the employer.
A.impression
B.expression
C.experience
D.opinion
30________ work experience,he failed to finish the work on time.
cked
cking
cked of
cking of
31The shop assistant was dismissed as she was _______ of cheating customers.
A.accused
B.charged
C.scolded
D.cursed
32Not until I came across the word a third time _______ the meaning of it.
A.I did understand
B.did I understand
C.understand I
D.I understood
33----Who is to blame for the accident?
----The manager, not the workers,They just carried out the order ______.
A.as told
B.as are told
C.as telling
D.as they told
34The number of people out of job _______ over 4000,but a number of them _______ to apply for different jobs.
A.are,are trying
B.are,is trying
C.is,are trying
D.is ,is trying
35----It’s already 10 years since we parted from school.Shall we have a get-together this month?
-----_______.
A.It’s a pleasure.
B.That’s all right
C.I can’t agree more
D.It’s very kind of you
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。

One dark stormy night, an elderly couple hurried into a hotel and asked whether they could be put up for th e night. “I’ m very 36 ,” the clerk on night shift said politely, “we are all 37 tonight. But you could stay in my room if you don’t 38 . As I’m on duty, I’ll be staying up in the office anyway,” The young man gave the 39 _ advice.
The elderly couple 40 his offer with gratitude(感激). They 41 for the inconvenience they had caused him. The next day, the rain stopped and it cleared up. When the old gentleman went to pay his 42 , the clerk behind the counter was that
same helpful young man. “The room you and your wife stayed i n is not a proper guest room in this hotel, 43 you don’t need to pay,” said the clerk, with the same friendly smile.
The old gentleman nodded in 44 , “You are an employee that every boss in the hotel business would 45 . Perhaps 46 I’ll build a hotel for you. ” The clerk was amazed but, deciding that the guest must have been joking, he gave the remark no more 47 .
Two years later, the young man received a registered letter(挂号信) from the old gentleman, in which he 48 the experience of that dark stormy night. The letter also enclosed（附上） a formal 49 and a round-trip air ticket to New York, asking the young man to pay a visit.
At a street comer in Manhattan, the young man met his 50 guest. The old gentleman, pointing to a magnificent new 51 towering over the crossroads, said, “Look, that is the hotel I 52 to build for you. I hope you will manage it for me. Remember what I said then? Well, I was serious about it.”
“But…will there be any conditions, sir? Why do you choose me? And who are you?”
“My name is William Aster. There’s not any condition. 53 I told you before, you are the best employee…!”
This building was none 54 the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Starting business in 1931, this hotel has been a symbol of supreme status and honor in the city of New York. The young man who became its first 55 was George Boldt, the man who turned Waldorf into one of the most glamorous hotels in the world.
36. A. sorry B. happy C. anxious D. lucky
37. A. advertised B. decided C. booked D. taken
38. A. mind B. bother C. trouble D. complain
39. A. reliable B. valuable C. precious D. sincere
40. A. accepted B. thanked C. refused D. weighed
41. A. applied B. prepared C. blamed D. apologized
42. A. service B. house C. food D. bill
43. A. but B. however C. so D. yet
44. A. relief B. appreciation C. surprise D. silence
45. A. give up B. dream of C. devote to D. fight for
46. A. any time B. another day C. the other day D. some day
47. A. value B. thought C. judgment D. attention
48. A. called on B. called at C. called for D. called up
49. A. invitation B. check C. card D. letter
50. A. old B. interesting C. former D. new
51. A. house B. building C. room D. park
52. A. wanted B. agreed C. promised D. longed
53. A. Since B. Once C. As D. Because
54. A. other than B. more than C. rather than D. less than
55. A. employer B. manager C. housekeeper D. president
第三节阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分）
A
A student was one day taking a walk with his teacher. As they went along, they saw a pair of old shoes lying in the path. They were a poor farmer’s, who was working in the nearby field.
The student turned to the teacher, saying: “we will hide his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those trees, and wait to see what he will do.”
“My young friend,” answered the teacher, “we should never make fun of the poor. Why not put a coin in each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch?” The student did so and they both hid themselves behind the trees. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes.
After putting on his coat, he put his foot into one of his shoes, and felt something hard. Then he bent (弯腰) down to feel what it was, and found the coin. Surprised, he looked at the coin, turned it around and looked at it again. He then looked around, but no person was seen. He put the money into his pocket, and continued to put on the other shoe. His surprise was doubled on finding the other coin.
He couldn’t control his feelings and fell to his knees, looked up to the sky and expressed his thanks. Then he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread. He said the help would save them from dying.
The student stood there deeply moved, and his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the teacher, “are you not much happier than if you had hidden the shoes?”
56. According to the passage, the teacher is _____.
A. quiet and honest
B. kind and friendly
C. patient and clever
D. strict and careful
57. When the farmer saw the second coin, he _____.
A. was very excited and grateful
B. was worried and looked up at the sky
C. was surprised and decided to find the owner
D. spoke of his difficulties and asked for more help
58. At the end of the story, the student _____.
A. was very proud of himself
B. was very pleased with his life
C. felt very sorry about his first idea
D. felt sad for not taking his teacher’s advice
59. What can we learn from the passage?
A. It is never too late to learn.
B. All good things come to an end.
C. Where there is a will, there is a way.
D. True happiness comes from helping others.
B
There once was a little boy who wanted to meet the king. He set off, walking towards the king’s castle. After many years of walking, the king’s castle came into his view. However, as the boy drew closer to the outside of the castle, the guards noticed him.
“Get out of here!” ordered the guards.
Well, the little boy didn’t have to be told twice. He turned…and ran. All he wanted to do was to tell the king wonderful things, and see all the beautiful things in the king’s house. But he couldn’t even get near the castle! The boy finally stopped running, sat down and cried.
A young man happened to be coming down the path at the very moment. He saw the little boy and stopped. “What’s wrong, young man?” he asked.
“Sir, I walked and walked just to see the king. But these guards made me scared.
I wanted to tell the king how lovely everything is and just tell the king that I just wanted to see him.!”
The man looked at the little boy thoughtfully. “Look, why don’t you try again. I’ll come with you this time.”
The little boy got up and took the man’s hand. The king’s guards spotted them.
“Look, mister, we don’t have to do this…I don’t want you to get hurt. We can just turn around now.”
The man held the little boy’s hand and went on. The boy really thought the man might be crazy until he looked back up at the guards. They were all smiling now. The little boy was amazed.
“Who are you?” asked the little boy in astonishment.
“Why, I’m the king’s son. You can enter the castle and be with the king.”Said the man.
The little boy broke into a huge smile.
60. Why did the boy want to see the king?
A. To get some help from the king.
B. To invite the king to visit his beautiful village.
C. To share wonderful things with the king.
D. To ask the king to play with him.
61. What does the underlined sentence in the paragraph mean?
A. The little boy didn’t understand the guards words at first.
B. The guards repeated the words to the boy.
C. The little boy understood the guards’ words immediately.
D. The little boy had been to the castle twice.
62. According to the passage, the man is .
A. kind
B. ambitious
C. stupid
D. mean
63. Which of the following best suits the story’s lesson for us?
A. Anything is possible if one tried hard enough.
B. Never judge a book by its cover.
C. Life can sometimes unfair.
D. Make new friends and keep the old.
C
Melbourne, with a population of over 3.5 million, is the second largest city in Austria. It is clean, dynamic and exciting, and well-known internationally for its universities and other educational institutions. The city has well-planned tree-lined wide streets and many beautiful parks and gardens. It has a good transport system of roads, buses, trains and trams. The La Trobe University campus is connected to
the Central Business District by trams, express buses, and bus and train connections. Melbourne is a culturally rich city, and is home to large communities of people from all parts of Europe, America, Africa and Asia. The city is famous for its restaurants, theatres, music, opera, ballet, art, culture and shops, and a lively and dynamic nightlife. Melbourne people are enthusiastic about sports, and the city hosts many famous international sports events, Near Melbourne there are beautiful coastlines with excellent beaches, national parks, forests, wineries, winter snowfields and summer resorts. The climate is temperate and comfortable, with warm summers and cool winters. In summer, maximum daytime temperatures range from 26℃ to 36℃, and in winter from 12℃ to 18℃. The weather in Melbourne can be variable from day to day. Melbourne was rated the world’s best city to live in by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
64. Melbourne is well-known in the world for its .
A. large population
B. educational institutions
C. transport system
D. beautiful parks and gardens
65. According to passage, Melbourne is the city where .
A. rich people choose to live
B. the best wine is produced
C. various cultures exist
D. Asian food is popular
66. The best title for the passage might be .
A. In Ideal Place for Shopping
B. A City with the Best Climate
C. The World’s Best City to Live in
D. The world’s Most Beautiful City
D
A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy”at Microsoft. The HR (Human Resources) manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
“You are employed”. he said. “Give me your email address and I’ll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.”The man replied ,“But I don’t have a computer, neither an email”.
“I’m sorry”, said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an email, that means you do not exist. And one who doesn’t exist cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do, with only 10 dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10kg tomato crate(果篮). He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his money. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with 60 dollars.
The man realized that he can survive by this way, and started to go every day earlier, and returned late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. 5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US.
He started to plan his family’s future, and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker(经纪人), and chose a protection plan.
When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him for his email.
The man replied, “I don’t have an email.”
The broker answered curiously, “You don’t have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?!”
The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”
67.What caused the HR manager to decide to employ the man?
A. The man’s performance in the test.
B. The manager’s relationship with the man.
C. The need of the Microsoft.
D. The floor of the Microsoft.
68. Why did the man leave with no hope at all?
A. The man didn’t have a computer.
B. The man didn’t like the man.
C. The man’s attitude was very rude.
D. He was thought not to exist by the HR manager.
69. What did the man think after he succeeded in earning 60 dollars?
A. He could make his fortune by selling tomatoes.
B. He could survive by his own effort.
C. He can always manage to double his capital.
D. The manager would employ him at Microsoft.
70. The underlined word “empire” in the last paragraph refers to .
A. one of the biggest food retailers in the US
B. the Microsoft Company
C. the insurance company
D. his own fleet of delivery vehicles
E
There are two ways to save money traveling. The first way is to get the best deals on the specific things you want. There is a limitation to this type of approach (途径，方法) though. If you find the lowest price on the best hotel in Honolulu at the height of the season, you will save money, but still have a very expensive vacation. Trying to get exactly what you want will generally be an expensive proposition, in travel and in life.
The other approach is to be a true opportunist. This will be difficult for some of you, and entirely unacceptable to others. Nonetheless (尽管如此)，the travelers who get to travel the most, go to the widest variety of places, learn the most and do the most, are the opportunists. This will be true until you are so wealthy that you have no monetary (货币的；钱的)limits.
The first time I went to Ecuador, I went there because it was cheap. If it wasn’t, I would have had a great time—somewhere else. The trip lasted a month, and cost $1045, which included airfare and even the $130 fee for a guide to take me to the top or glacier (冰川) covered Mount Chimborazo.
I cut the cost by taking a bus from my home in Michigan to Miami, and back again when I returned from Ecuador. The round-trip ticket cost $158. The round-trip flight to Quito from Miami was only $256, because it was a courier (信使，通讯员) flight, which meant I signed for some luggage(car parts), and could only take carry-on
luggage.
Never did I feel deprived, or bored. I had a great time, eating wherever it was cheap and clean, doing all sorts of inexpensive, but interesting things, and traveling across the country to climb Chimborazo. I also met and fell in love with my wife Ana.
Being an opportunist means you’ll have just as much variety, and probably almost everything you want—eventually. You just have to stop trying to get exactly what you want exactly w hen you want it. If the guide that took me up Chimborazo hadn’t dropped his price from $200 to $130, I would have spent $2 for a bus and gone hiking on EI Altar, another great Andean mountain. That would have left me with enough money for several other minor adventures.
71. The underlined phrase “the best deals” in the first paragraph probably refers to ______.
A. the best service
B. the lowest price
C. the cheapest goods
D. the best approaches
72. The return tickets from his hometown to Quito cost the author ______.
A. $128
B. $256
C. $207
D. $414
73. The last paragraph was to tell us how to ______.
A. save money for minor adventures
B. cut down traveling costs.
C. deal with different situations
D. become opportunist
travelers
74. It’s suggested that the author _____.
A. went hiking on El Altar
B. traveled with his wife in
Ecuador
C. is an opportunist traveler
D. likes traveling around the
world
75. Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?
A. Cheap Travel Secrets
B. Travel Secrets
C. A Travel Opportunist
D. Travel Tips
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节单词填空（每题1分，满分10分）
76.Moving to the country c her of the illness.
77.In many countries, political (嫌疑犯) are kept under police observation.
78.We (安排) for a car to collect us from the railway station.
79. To his c ,Tom gave back the money he found.
80.She caught his eyes for an (瞬间).
81.As I walked through the town, I was (不断地) reminded of my childhood.
82.I i his wife of his safe arrival.
83.He was d to hear the news that he was admitted to a key university.
84.We should t them with more consideration.
85.The chemical companies are (毒害) our rivers with industrial waste. 第二节书面表达（满分25分）
你的同学小明来信告之，他现在很努力学习，不但上课非常认真，连下课后也坐在教室里
用功，但是学习效率和成绩并不理想。

由此你写信告诉他，适当的休息是很有必要。

请按下
列要点给小明回复一封信，给他一些建议：
1、十分钟的课间休息是很有必要；
2、要注意学习和休息的合理安排；
3、你是如何高效地利用时间的。

注意：词数不少于120左右。

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福州文博中学2014-2015上学期高二英语半期考答案
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