福州文博中学2012-2013学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题含答案

福州文博中学2012-2013学年高二下学期期中英语试题
命题人：高一集备组（完卷时间：120分钟，总分：150分）
第I卷（选择题共115分）
一.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．When does the man’s train lea ve?
A. At 5:30
B. At 6:00
C. At 7:00
2. What do we learn about the man?
A. He loves the smell of the coffee
B. He couldn’t go to sleep because his eyes hurt.
C. He has to prepare for the exam.
3. How often was the newspaper published in the past?
A．Once a week B. Once a month C. Twice a month
4. What is the woman doing?
A. Helping the man start a company.
B. Raising money for the Hope Project.
C. Collecting information on the Hope Project.
5. What do we know about the speakers?
A. They’ve been to America.
B. They went to study in America.
C. They wrote a book about America.
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。

6. What happened to the woman’s credit card?
A. It was missing.
B. It was at the hotel.
C. It was stolen.
7. What did the woman go to the shopping mall for?
A. To buy a hat.
B. To buy some snacks.
C. To buy a pair of shoes.
8. Which is the correct order of the places the speakers went to？
A. Shopping mall-hotel-ATM.
B. Hotel-ATM-Shopping mall.
C. Hotel-shopping mall-ATM.
听下面一段对话，回答第9至11题。

9. What is the flight number?
A. HU7138.
B. HU1783.
C. HU7183.
10. How does the woman feel about her flight being delayed?
A. Sad.
B. Happy.
C. Disappointed.
11. From which gate will the flight board?
A. Gate 5.
B. Gate 15.
C. Gate 16.
听下面一段对话，回答第12至14题。

12. Where is the woman going to a week later?
A. To Beijing.
B. To Stockholm.
C. To Sydney.
13. What is the woman planning to do tomorrow evening?
A. Visit an important customer.
B. Have dinner with Jerry and Samantha.
C. Invite Samantha to a party.
14. Who is probably Samantha?
A. Maggie’s customer.
B. Maggie’s boss.
C. Je rry’s wife.
听下面一段对话，回答第15至17题。

15. What attracts the woman most at Carrefour?
A. Its high-quality service.
B. Its wide range of products.
C. Its prices.
16. Which of the following goods are mentioned in the conversation?
A. Cakes, meat and shampoo.
B. Bread, bowls and clothes.
C. Sausages, toothpaste and tissues.
17. What does the woman NOT like about the supermarket?
A. The service.
B. The crowds.
C. The goods.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至20题。

18. Who often go to the Zoo with the girl?
A. Her classmates.
B. Her grandparents
C. Her parents.
19. Why does the girl feel sorry for the tigers?
A. They’re dangerous.
B. They’re not free.
C. They have nothing to eat.
20. What do the tigers do every day?
A. Play with a ball.
B. Walk on water.
C. Walk around in the cages.
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.------ Do you mind if I open the window?
------- __________. I feel a bit cold.
A. of course not
B. I’d rather you didn’t
C. Go ahead
D. why not
22.The April Fool’s tradition is said _________ in the sixteenth century.
A. to start
B. to be starting
C.to be started
D. to have started
23. Jenny refused to act as a beggar because she was afraid of __________.
A.making fun of
B. laughing at
C.being made fun of
D. being laughed
24. His acting career was _________ by a car accident that left him disabled.
A. cut out
B. cut off
C. cut down
D. cut up
25. Interest, as well as talents,________important when one looks for a job.
A are B. were C. is D.was
26. The accident happened on such an evening with strong winds ____ by heavy rain.
A.adapted
B.acknowledged
C.accompanied
D. abandoned
27. If you want to succeed, you must work hard and _______ you should be sure of
success.
A. after all
B. above all
C. in all
D. all in all
28. Magaret was so _______ to hear any news of her lost son that she was almost driven mad.
A. relevant
B. annoyed
C. bound
D. dying
29. Having been bitten twice, the postman lets us tie the dog,_______he will not send letters for us.
A. however
B. meanwhile
C.otherwise
D. whatever
30. It is recommended that the project ________ until all the preparations have been made.
A. is not started
B.will not be started
C. not be started
D. is not to be started
31. We tried all the possible ways ________ we could think of to solve the problem, but none of them seem to work.
A. where
B.that
C.which
D.by which
32. Have you listened to the song Yesterday once more , ____ singer died in her early years.
A. that
B. of which
C. who
D. whose
33. The village has developed a lot, ______ we learnt farming two years ago.
A. when
B. which
C.that
D. where
34. With the development of economy , even people in remote villages can have access _____ computers.
A. with
B.to
C. of
D. on
35. The manager was unable to attend the meeting but he sent his assistant as a _____.
A. comfort
B. substitute
C. favor
D.draft
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella. He has had it _36 and as he is very __37 it, it still looks as good as new.
“That umbrella must have 38_ you a great deal of money, Uncle.” I said to him one day.
“No,” he replied, “_ 39_ ”
“Was it a present?” I asked again.
“No,” said he.
“Then how did you get it?” I asked.
“Well,” he answered, “it is a strange true story. About ten years ago, I was walking along a quiet London street one evening 40 it suddenly rained. I had no raincoat and no umbrella. No buses ran through that street and there were no 41_ in sight. As I was on my way to a party, I didn't want to get __42_ . So I stood at a doorway and waited for the rain to stop. By and by it grew quite _43_ .There wasn't a person around, and _44 it rained and rained. _45 a young man came to the place where I was standing, _46 a large umbrella over his head. __47 I hoped he would 48 me to walk to the next corner with him in order that I could get a taxi, I stepped 49 the dark doorway where I had been standing, and said: “_50 , where are you going with that umbrella?”
_51 by my sudden appearance, the young man 52 the umbrella, which,
I'm afraid, he had just stolen, ran away, and 53 into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and continued my walk. I knew it would be _54_ in this big city to try and discover the owner and so I've kept it 55 .”
36. A. for months B. for years C. since childhood D. for a few days
37. A. satisfied with B. afraid of C. proud of D. careful with
38. A. given B. cost C. saved D. made
39. A. very little B. I don't know C. not a penny D. quite a lot
40. A. when B. though C. because D. after
41. A. bicycles B. policemen C. friends D. taxis
42. A. tired B. back C. wet D. away
43. A. dark B. fine C. dirty D. dangerous
44. A. naturally B. suddenly C. always D. still
45. A. At once B. At last C. As usual D. As well
46. A. selling B. carrying C. moving D. showing
47. A. As B. Although C. While D. If
48. A. order B. persuade C. allow D. promise
49. A. into B. out of C. towards D. along
50. A. By the way B. Help C. Excuse me D. Stop
51. A. Punished B. Discouraged C. Warned D.Frightened
52. A. raised B. took C. dropped D. forgot
53. A. disappeared B. lost C. pulled D. turned
54. A. endless B. interesting C. exciting D. hopeless
55. A. ever since B. for a while C. for you D. Forever
第三部分阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
A
I had managed to sell all my papers and was coming home in the snow. It was that strange hour in New York when the workers were walking towards home in the evening. I recognized my father near Cooper Union, a frozen figure in an old overcoat standing by a banana cart (手推车). He looked so lonely; tears came to my eyes. Then he saw me, and his face lit with his sad, beautiful smile.
“Arch,” he said, “so you have sold your papers! Come and eat a banana.”
He offered me one, but I refused it. I felt it important that my father sell his bananas, not give them away. He thought I was shy, and joked with me, and made me eat the banana. It smelled of wet snow.
“You haven’t sold many bananas today, Dad,” I said.
“What can I do? No one seems to want them,” Dad said.
It was true. The crowds pushed home; the sky darkened over the New York buildings; the tall street lamps were lit; street cars and bikes went by. Nobody and nothing in the great city stopped for my father’s b ananas.
“I ought to yell ,” said my father sadly. “I ought to make a big noise like other peddlers (小贩), but it makes my throat sore. Anyway, I’m ashamed of yelling; it makes me feel like a fool.”
I had eaten one of his bananas. A voice deep down told me that I ought to pay for it somehow. I must remain here and help my father.
“I’ll yell for you, Dad,” I volunteered.
“Arch, no,” he said, “go home; you have worked enough today. Just tell momma I’ll be late.”
But I yelled and yelled. My father, standing by, spoke words of praise, and said I was a wonderful yeller. However, nobody else paid attention; nobody listened and came to buy our bananas.
My father tried to stop me at last. He said, “That was wonderful yelling, Arch. But it’s just we are unlucky today! Let’s go home.”
I insisted on keeping up my yells. But at last my father persuaded me to leave with him.
56. Which of the following can NOT be used to describe the son?
A. Hard-working.
B. Kind.
C. Shy.
D. Determined.
57. The son yelled in order to _____.
A. prove he was angry
B. show his excitement
C. get the praise of his father
D. help his father sell bananas
58. What happened to the father and the son at last?
A. They ate up all their bananas.
B. They sold out all their bananas.
C. They went home without selling any bananas.
D. They sent all their bananas to passers-by for free.
59. What is the main idea of the text?
A. The hard lives of factory workers.
B. How to survive in a hard environment.
C. The love between the father and the son.
D. Misunderstanding between the father and the son.
B
Every year gray whales swim a 10,000 miles round-trip, from the cold waters near Alaska, down the coast of North America to the warm waters near Mexico, and back again. It is one of the longest migrations (迁徙) of any mammal.
All day, all summer long, in the cold waters near Alaska, gray whales eat and eat.
Instead of teeth, gray whales have baleen, they are used to getting food from ocean water. They get big mouthfuls of muck (淤泥) from the ocean floor, then push that muck right back out through their baleen. The mucky water flows through, but tiny animals get trapped in the baleen and licked up.
When the water starts to freeze, the whales begin their long trip south. They swim night and day, without stopping to eat or rest. During the long journey, migrating whales may push their heads out of the water to see where they are.
Two months later, the whales reach Mexico. Babies are born here in warm, shallow waters called lagoons. Ocean lagoons have no food for the adults, but the babies are safer here than in the open seas. All winter the babies grow big and strong.
In spring first the dads and teenagers leave the lagoons, then the moms with babies. Migrating gray whales swim close to shore, especially moms with babies. The ice is melting up north, and it’s time for the hungry whales to make the long journey back to their summer feeding grounds.
60. The underlined phrase “licked up” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_____”.
A. given up
B. ended up
C. broken up
D. eaten up
61. During their long journey to Mexico, gray whales _____.
A. always swim under the ocean
B. find food to supply their energy
C. face the colder and colder water
D. travel to the lagoons without a break
62. Where do mother gray whales give birth?
A. In warm shallow waters near Mexico.
B. Off the coast of North America.
C. In the open seas near Mexico.
D. In cold waters near Alaska.
C
Here is your best chance to travel around the UK in 2013: More than 200 B&Bs （bed & breakfast）across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are selected to offer you amazing services for your stay at their lowest prices! Don’t miss it. Just collect the vouchers（活动券）in our B&B Daily printed from 01/04/2013 to 07/04/2013 and book the stays for your travel following the terms and conditions below:
●The offer includes a room for the night and a breakfast the next morning.
●The offer is of two kinds: ￡20 per room, per night, valid（during stay period of
02/04/2013—31/05/2013 and then again 01/09/2013—31/10/2013；￡35 per room, per night, valid during stay period of 01/06/2013—31/08/2013.
●The offer is valid for a basic twin or double room only.
●The stay must be booked directly with the chosen B&Bs before 28/04/2013.
●Each voucher can only be used by the holder to book one room for one night.
●If voucher holders book either the ￡20 or ￡35 per room per night, any
additional services such as lunch, evening meal or activities may require an extra charge. But these are not required in order to take up the offer. Please check directly with your chosen B&Bs to see what extra services are available.
●V ouchers must be presented on arrival. If no vouchers are presented, the B&Bs
may reserve the right to charge at full price for every night of stay.
●V ouchers may not be used together with any other offer.
●The voucher holders must pay for the stay in full at the time of booking.
Additional ￡10 may be paid to confirm the booking and will be returned on arrival.
●The B&Bs reserve the right to refuse voucher holders’ bookings for people under
the age of 18.
64. The voucher can be used for a stay at the chosen B&B on ______.
A. 09/01/2013
B. 04/02/2013
C. 01/03/2013
D. 28/04/2013
65. How much should be paid for a two-night stay in October 2013 at a chosen B&B?
A. ￡70
B. ￡40
C. ￡35
D. ￡30
66. What right do the B&Bs reserve?
A. To charge extra ￡10 for bookings with no vouchers.
B. To refuse bookings for guest under the age of 18.
C. To charge at full price for stays not confirmed.
D. To request extra charges as tips.
67. By taking up the offer, the voucher holders can choose to ______.
A. book either a basic twin or double room at the chosen B&Bs
B. have lunch or evening meal without paying extra money
C. use the B&B offer together with other offers
D. book the stays through B&B Daily
D
Welcome to your future life!
You get up in the morning and look into the mirror. Your face is firm and young-looking. In 2035, medical technology is better than ever. Many people your age could live to be 150, so at 40, you’re not old at all. And your parents just had an anti-aging(抗衰老的) treatment. Now, all three of you look the same age!
You say to your shirt, “Turn red.” It changes from blue to red. In 2035, “smart clothes”contain particles(粒子) much smaller than the cells in your body. The particles can be programmed to change your clothes’color or pattern.
You walk into the kitchen. You pick up the milk, but a voice says,”You shouldn't drink that!” Your fridge has read the chip that contains information about the milk , and it knows the milk is old. In 2035, every article of food in the grocery store has such a chip.
It’s time to go to work. In 2035, cars drive themselves. Just tell your “smart car” where to go. On the way, you can call a friend using your jacket sleeve. Such “smart technology” is all around you.
So will all these things come true? “For new technology to succeed,”says scientist Andrew Zolli , “it has to be so much better that it replaces what we have already.”The Internet is one example what will be the next?
68. We can learn from the text that in the future__________.
A. people will never get old
B. everyone will look the same
C. red will be the most popular color
D. clothes will be able to change their pattern
D. Cars will be able to drive automatically.
71. What is the text mainly about?
A. Food and clothing in 2035.
B. Future technology in everyday life.
C. Medical treatments of the future.
D. The reason for the success of new technology.
E
In a recent announcement, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide.
Beginning this fall, a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edX. “Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses,” Harvard President Drew Faust said during a meeting to announce the plan.
MIT has offered a program called OpenCourseWare for ten years that makes materials from more than 2,000 classes free online. It has been used by more than 100 million people. In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, for people who complete certain online courses. Harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program.
The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform.
MIT President Susan Hockfield said more than 120,000 people signed up for the first MITx course. She said Harvard and MIT hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open-source edX platform.
“Fasten your seatbelts,” Hockfield said.
Other universities, including Stanford, Yale and Carnegie-Mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online.
The Harvard-MIT program will be monitored by a not-for-profit（非盈利的）organization based in Cambridge, to be owned equally by the two universities. Both MIT and Harvard have provided $30 million to start the program. They also plan to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful.
72. According to this text, edX (in paragraph 2) is _______.
A. a part of the free MIT OpenCourseWare
B. a free computer program by MIT and Harvard
C. a Harvard-MIT platform of free online courses
D. a free program online for universities worldwide
73. What is said about online education in the text?
A. Universities have been trying online courses.
B. About 2,000 online courses have been offered.
C. Over 100 million people have finished courses online.
D. Stanford and Yale together have courses similar to edX.
74. The underlined part in the text probably means “”.
A. Get ready for the difficulties
B. Get ready for this educational change
C. Get prepared to complete the online courses
D. Get prepared to make materials for the edX courses
75. What can be said about MITx according to the text?
A. It is first offered as part of the edX learning program.
B. It is another free MIT-Harvard online learning program.
C. It is a standard to recognize online learners’ achievement.
D. It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT.
第II 卷非选择题(共两节，满分35分)
第一节．短文填词(每空1分,共10分)
Sport is necessary, for everyone. It helps you keep fit.
Fitness is i________ if you want to be healthy throughout 76________ your life. The best way to keep fit is to get plenty____exercise 77_________ by doing sport. According to___(科学家), doing sport can 78_________ benefit people a lot mentally as well as physically. The ______ 79_________ sport they do，the happier they will f_____. Besides，sport can 80_________ help people develop will and determination. These qualities
help people a_______their goals because they will not give up so 81_________ easily when____(面对)difficulties. What’s more, sport builds 82_________ team spirit，___________ is good for the whole society. It helps 83_________ people work _________(密切地) and smoothly and think about 84_________ others，not just themselves.
In c_______，sport is good for your health and happiness，85_________ and for society.
第二节.书面表达(25分)
假如你叫李华，是某市一中学生，打算给市长写一封信，反映学校门前交通拥挤的现象。

包括以下要点：
现象：
1、学校对着大街---公园路，学生上学和放学正好是交通的高峰时间，出入害怕；
2、许多家长接送孩子上学，使得交通更加拥挤。

建议：
1、在路上修一座过街天桥;
2、你的其他建议…….
要求：
1. 注意书信的格式。

2. 字数：120词左右。

参考词汇：天桥：overpass
Dear Mayor，
I’m a student of No.1 Middle School. I’m writing to you
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely,
Li Hua。