【英语】福建省长泰一中2015-2016学年上学期期中考试

长泰一中2015/2016学年上学期期中考试高二英语试卷本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。

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。

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。

选出最佳选项。

1. What’s the man going to do on Sunday?A. Visit his mother.B. Repair his house.C. Do some gardening.2. Where did the woman know the earthquake?A. In the newspaper.B. On the radio.C. On TV.3. What is the usual price of the books?A. $ 2.5.B. $ 5.C. $ 10.4. What does the woman think of the book?A. It is boring.B. It is very good.C. It is just so-so.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. Gloves.B. Goats.C. Leather.第二节：(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)请听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. Where are the speakers?A. At a clothes shop.B. At a car shop.C. At a furniture shop.7. Why does the woman prefer the domestic (国内的) car?A. It is beautiful.B. It is cheaper.C. It saves energy.8. What will the woman probably choose at last?A. A white one.B. A blue one.C. A yellow one.请听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What does the man want to insure(投保)?A. Teapots.B. Ships.C. Televisions.10. What does the woman think of TLO?A. It is suitable.B. It is risky.C. The cost is lower.11.What kind of insurance dose the man choose at last?A. WPA.B. FPA.C. All risks.请听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. How does the woman suggest the man go to the Statue of Liberty?A. By boat.B. By bus.C. On foot.13. Which place has many wonders?A. Times Square.B. Central Park.C. Empire State Building.14. Where does the man want to go at the end of his trip?A. Shops.B. Concerts.C. Museums.请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. How did the woman know the man’s company is looking for a secretary?A. On the Internet.B. On the radio.C. In the newspaper.16. Why does the woman want to get this job?A. She has been fired.B. Her former company was closed down.C. She has been in her former company for a long time.17. How much is the woman’s salary in her first three months?A. $ 1,050.B. $ 1,150.C. $ 1,500.请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Why did the speaker think of herself lucky?A. She was the only child in her family.B. Her father could look after her.C. Her father was very famous.19. Where did the speaker get on the school bus?A. At the bus stop six blocks away.B. Near the usual bus shop.C. In front of her house.20. What did the speaker often do when she was in college?A. She made telephone calls to her father.B. She had lunch with her father.C. She made lunch for her father.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共10小题;每小题2分，满分20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。

APut yourself in these tourists’ position. You are walking an icy mountain path in the Alps in Europe. Suddenly you spot a body on the ground, face downward and stuck to the ice. You think someone may have been murdered or in a fatal accident. So you rush back and call the police. The police, however, quickly realize that this body is different from others they’ve found on the mountain. For one thing, it is mostly undamaged. For another, its skin is dried out, like a mummy’s(木乃伊). And there is an old small stone knife beside the body.The body turned out to be much older than the tourists could have guessed. When specialists had a chance to examine it, they discovered it had been there for about five thousand years!How could a body stay preserved for all this time? Two things probably helped. First, the place where the man died was somewhat sheltered, so a nimals couldn’t get at it. Then he was quickly covered by falling snow. Wind blowing through the snow probably “freeze-dried” his body, removing all moisture(水分) from it.Objects found with the body told something about the Iceman’s life. He wore a well-made fur jacket and trousers. He clearly had been hunting, because he carried arrows, and animal bones were nearby. He also had a grass cushion for sitting or sleeping on. Perhaps he was tired when he lay down for the last time.The body was found in 1991, when some of the ice on the mountain melted. Searching for the cause of the Iceman’s death, scientists put the body back into cold conditions---and hoped.21. What does the underlined word “spot” in the first paragraph probably mean?A. layB. digC. findD. carry22. Which of the following is NOT the reason that the police realize that the body is different from others?A. The body’s skin is like a mummy’sB. Beside the body is an old small stone knife.C. The body is much older than others.D. The body is mostly undamaged.23. At what time of a year was the Iceman probably died?A. Early fall.B. Late spring.C. Summer.D. Winter.24. This passage is mainly to _____________A. tell us what life was like 5, 000 years ago.B. warn us not to go to the Alps.C. introduce a mysterious Iceman to us.D. explain the mystery of the Alps.BElectricity shortage leaves Afghanistan in the dark. Electricity is in short supply in the Middle Eastern Nation of Afghanistan. Only 6 percent of the country’s residents have electric power, according to the Asian Development Bank, an organization that works to reduce poverty.Some residents in Kabul received only 3 hours of electricity a day last fall. Others received none. Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan. “It’s dark everywhere,” says city resident Gul Hussein. “Some of our neighbours are using candles.”Experts say water shortage is partly to blame. Water is used to make electricity. In Kabul, power becomes rare in midsummer, when the region’s hydroelectric(水力发电的) dams dry up. Hydroelectricity is made by the force of falling water.Kabul’s growing population is also a cause. Since the late 1990s, the city’s population has jumped from less than 1 million to more than 4 million people. Now even more electricity is needed.Despite receiving millions of dollars in international aid, the country’s electr icity shortages continue. Still, Afghans hope for a solution. One plan is to import, or bring in, power from the nearby country Uzbekistan. Afghan officials also spoke with U.S. president about the nation’s need to make its own electricity.“Life takes power,” says Jan Agha, a worker from Kabul. “If you have electricity, life is good; but if there’s no electricity, you go around like a blind man.”25. One reason for electricity shortage is _________A. the lack of international aidB. the shortage of hydroelectric damsC. the increase of populationD. the low temperature in midsummer26. Which of the following will probably a solution for the problem of electricity shortage?A. To build more hydroelectric dams.B. To advise people to use less electricity.C. To buy electricity from America.D. To produce electricity on its own.27. Which one should be the best title for the passage?A. Water Shortage in AfghanistanB. Population Lead to Lack of ElectricityC. Electricity Shortage in AfghanistanD. Help Needed in AfghanistanCDefinition of HappinessA proverb from ancient China was widely spread in the West: “If you want to be happy for a few hours, go to get drunk; if you want the happiness to last three years, get married; if you want lifetime happiness, take up gardening.” The reason for the last is this: Gardening is not only useful, but it helps you to identify(与……一致) yourself with nature, and thus brings you new joy each day besides improving your health.A research of a US university that I’ve read gives a definition of happiness as what makes a person feel comfortably pleased. To put it specially, happiness is an active state of mind where one thinks o ne’s life is meaningful, satisfactory and comfortable. This should be something lasting rather than transitory (短暂的).Lots of people regard it the happiest to be at leisure (空闲). But according to a study, it is not a person with plenty of leisure but one at work that feels happy, especially those busy with work having little time for leisure. Happiness does not mean gains one is after but a desire to harvest what one is seeking for. People often do not treasure what they already have but desire what they cannot get. That is somewhat like a man with fond dreams of numerous lovers while unwilling to settle down with the woman beside him.Happiness is a game balancing between two ends — what one has and what one wishes for, i.e. one’s dream and the possibility to realize it. The study comes to this conclusion: A happy manis one who aims high but never forgets his actual situation; one who meets challenges that develop his ability and potentiality; one who’s proud of his achievements and the recognit ion given to him. He has self-respect and self-confidence; treasures his own identity and loves freedom. He is sociable(好交际的) and enjoys wide range communication with others; he’s helpful and ready to accept assistance. He knows he is able to bear sufferings and failures; he is sensible enough to get fun from daily work. He is a man capable of love and passion.28. According to the passage, gardening can bring lifetime happiness because _______.A. it is a business that brings moneyB. it ca n strengthen gardeners’ ability to remake natureC. it can make gardeners enjoy very happy marriageD. gardeners can build good relationship with nature29. It can be concluded from the research of the university that most people feel happy when______________________.A. they are at leisureB. they are engaged in workingC. they are gardeningD. they have numerous lovers30. The writer mentioned a man with fond dreams of numerous lovers in order to _____.A. gi ve an example of a person who doesn’t value what he already ownsB. show that this kind of person has plenty of leisure time to do what he wantsC. make it clear that only this kind of person can enjoy happinessD. show the serious problem in marriage in modern society第二节七选五（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。