2018-2019學(xué)年福建省福州市福清市華僑中學(xué)高二(上)期中英語試卷

1、2018-2019 學(xué)年福建省福州市福清市華僑中學(xué)高二（上）期中英語試卷副標(biāo)題題號IIIIIIIVVVI總分得分一、閱讀理解（本大題共15 小題，共30.0 分）ASome people seem to have extraordinary memories Zheng Aiqiang ， a memory athlete on TV show Super Brain ， can remember 2， 660 numbers in just one hour!You would think people like this have special brains But according

2、to a recent study by researchers from the US and the Netherlands， the brain structures of ordinary people and 23 of the worlds leading memory athletes show no difference Thats because good memories can be trained New research in the journal Neuron （神經(jīng)元期刊） suggests that you can become a super memoriz

3、er with just six weeks of hard training Researchers found that technique（技巧） called loci ，invented by ancient Greeks， can greatly help improve memory By using loci ， you are using your imagination to improve the brains memory networks You can link （關(guān)聯(lián)） something you need to remember with a place tha

4、t you know very well For example， to remember a list of numbers，imagine yourself walking through your house Each thing is linked to a number For example， zero could be handle （把手） on the door and five could be the painting on the wall In one study， some ordinary people were given 20 minutes to remem

5、ber 72 words First they could only remember 26 of them But when they were taught loci ， they could remember 62 words Not everyone can become a memory champion But everyone using the technique can improve a lot from the level theyre at ， said Boris Konrad ， one of the researchers in the study1. Accor

6、ding to the study ， _ a memory athletes have special brainsb ordinary people and memory athletes have similar brain structuresc hard training can make a person a super memorizerd the ancient Greeks had the most powerful memory at that timeA. abB. cdC. bcD. ac2.When using loci to remember something ，

7、you link the thing with a _ A. numberB. placeC. nameD. painting3.Which of the following about the study is NOT true ？ _A. People were given 20 minutes to remember the 72 words B. They could remember 26 words in their own way C. They could remember all the words by using loci D. Loci helped them reme

8、mber 36 more words BMany people tend to complain about not having good friends in their lives Sadly， they seem to think that their own company is not enough to make them happy Nothing could be further第1頁，共 14頁from the truth though In order to get along with others ， the first thing you need to do is

9、 learnto get along with yourself Only in this way will you succeed in developing healthy， solidrelationships with others Listen to your inner voice Remember that inner voice that keeps whispering to you what you really want and need as well as what you do not really want and need It is about time yo

10、u started listening to it In order to get to know yourself in depth ， it is important to learn and accept what you want and what you do not want Learn to enjoy your own company You will be surprised to find out how many things you can do by yourself and actually have fun in the process Reading roman

11、tic novels ， poetry or science fiction is only a few of the things that you can do by yourself ， which not only can offer you hours of enjoyment ， but also the chance to get to know yourself better Satisfy yourself Pay special attention to your personal hygiene（衛(wèi)生） Do your hair and nails often and e

12、xperiment with new styles Follow a healthy diet and exercise regularly to stay in good shape No matter how busy your daily schedule is ， always find at least an hour per day for yourself ， when you can either relax doing absolutely nothing ， or doing something that you enjoy most Learn to respect yo

13、ur own boundaries Find out what your boundaries are and learn to respect them You are the only one who knows what you can accept and what you cannot 4.ou want to have a good relationship with others ， you should first _A. get into the habit of living aloneB. learn to be your own best friendC. always

14、 tell the truthD. make many friends in society5. What is the purpose of listening to your inner voice ？ _A. To keep a good state of mind B. To know more about yourself C. To enjoy the time by yourself D. To form a relationship with others 6.In order to please yourself ， the writer gives some suggest

15、ions EXCEPT _A. eating healthilyB. exercise regularlyC. experimenting with new hair styleD. keeping on cleaning the house7. What is the structure of the passage？ _A.B.C.D.CChina is known as a state of manners and ceremony Many proverbs have been passed down from generation to generation such as poli

16、te behavior costs nothing or showing respect each other and so on For instance， there is an interesting short story Once upon a time， a man went on a long tour to visit his friend with a swan as a gift But it escaped from the cage on the第2頁，共 14頁wayThough he tried hard，he got hold of nothing but a f

17、eatherInstead of returning home， he continued his journey with the swan featherWhen his friend received this unexpected gift ， he was deeply moved And the saying The gift is nothing much ， but its the thought that counts was spread far and wide Chinese used to cup one hand in the other before the ch

18、est as a greeting This tradition has a history of more than 2 ， 000 years and nowadays it is seldom used except in the Spring Festival And shaking hands is more popular Bowing ，as to show respect to the higher level， is often used by the lower like subordinates（下級）， students， and attendants But at p

19、resent Chinese youngsters prefer to simply nod as a greeting When you start a talk with a stranger， the topics such as weather， food， or hobbies may be good choices to break the ice For a man， a chat about sports， stock market or his job can usually go on smoothly Similar to Western customs， you sho

20、uld be careful to ask a woman private questions However ， relaxing talks about her job or family life will never put you into danger Though Chinese are said to be implicit（含蓄的），they are actually humorous enough to be pleased about the jokes of Americans 8. Whats the purpose of telling a story about

21、sending a swan feather ？ _A. To make you pleasedB. To tell us that many proverbs have been passed down in China C. To introduce the next paragraph D. To give us an example about Chinese interesting story 9. What does the underlined word counts mean in the first paragraph ？ _A.Figures outB.C.Means a

22、lotD.CalculatesComes to10. In Paragraph 2，the author mainly wants to introduce _A. the Chinese body languageB. the way the lower show respect to the higherC. the traditional Chinese mannersD. the development of Chinese manners11. The passage is mainly about _ A. Chinese proverbsB. Chinese humorC. Ch

23、inese mannersD. Chinese body languagesDThere is a common belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling No school I have taught in has ever considered spelling unimportant as a basic skill There are ，however， quite different ideas about how to teach it ， or how much priority

24、（優(yōu)先） it must be given over general language development and writing ability The problem is ， how to encourage a child to express himself freely in writing without holding him back with spelling If spelling becomes the only point of his teachers interest ， clearly a bright child will be likelyto play

25、 safe He will write only words within his spelling range （范圍） Thats why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience： This work is

26、 terrible! There are far too many spelling mistakes It may have been a sharp criticism（批評） of the pupils technical abilities in writing ， but it was also a sad thing for the teacher who had omitted to read the composition ， which contained some beautiful expressions of the childs deep feelings The t

27、eacher was not wrong to draw attention to the mistakes， but if his priority had centered on the childs ideas ， an expression of his第3頁，共 14頁disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more hope to seek improvement 12.The expression play safe probably means _A. to write carefullyB

28、. to do as teachers sayC. to use dictionaries frequentlyD. to avoid using words one is not sure of13. Teachers encourage the use of dictionaries so that _ A. students will be able to express their ideas more freelyB. teachers will have less trouble in correcting mistakesC. students will have more tr

29、ust in writingD. students will learn to spell words correctly14. The writer seems to think that the teachers judgment on that sensitive piece of writing is_ A. reasonableB. unfairC. foolishD. careless15. The major point discussed in the passage is _ A. the importance of developing writing skillsB. t

30、he importance of spellingC. the correct way of marking compositionD. the relationship between spelling and the content of a composition二、閱讀七選五（本大題共5 小題，共10.0 分）When were little ， we know nothing about the rights and responsibilities ofadulthood (1) Thus，if we like a certain toy or if we want to eat

31、a certain type of chocolate ， we think that our parents will have to buy that for us We dont care that they possibly have not enough money for that If they dont carry out our wish ，well begin to cry (2) Whenever we begin to cry ， well get what we want Still ， little by little ，we realize that our pa

32、rents cant offer us all that we want for certain reasonsWe then also understand that parents have their rights They have the right to scold us when we do something wrong or when they find out that we have lied to them (3) They choose our clothes， the food we eat， the school well study at ， the hours

33、 when we should go out to play and the time we have to return home (4) They are the ones to be blamed later if we dont receive proper education Thats why when we beat a classmate at the kindergarten， parents are the ones to apologize for our deeds in front of the teacher and the classmates parents A

34、nd when we get ill ， they are responsible for not taking good care of us and for dressing us inadequately The moment we become teenagers， we notice that we should be responsible for our behaviors in society Now we have the right to be independent (5) It is supposed that we are mature enough to solve

35、 our problems and to make people around trust us For some of us， this is a difficult test to pass ， but it is the best method to see if we are capable of taking our place in society A We think our parents should offer us all we need B We should believe we can do them by ourselves C This is a childs

36、important weapon to threaten his/her parents D Moreover ，they have the right to make choices for us when were little E As a matter of fact ， parents have a lot of things to be concerned aboutF But at the same time they are responsible for many things that happen to us GHowever ， its also time for us

37、 to give explanations when we do something wrong第4頁，共 14頁16.A. AB. BC. CD.EF. FG. G17.A. AB. BC. CD.EF. FG. G18.A. AB. BC. CD.EF. FG. G19.A. AB. BC. CD.EF. FG. G20.A. AB. BC. CD.EF. FG. G三、完形填空（本大題共20 小題，共30.0 分）DDDDDE.E.E.E.E.Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard ti

38、mes I could not find (21) work although I had a lot of experience and a Masters degree To my(22) ， I had to drive a school bus to (23) my family At the same time， I had some (24) with different companies but they all(25) to say I did not get the job I went to the bus barn（車庫）， feeling (26) Later tha

39、t afternoon ，(27) doing my rounds through the town I had an inner wave rise from deep (28) me and I thoughtWhy has my (29) become so hard ？ Immediately after this internal（內(nèi)心的） scream，I (30) the bus over to drop off a little girl As she (31) she handed me an earring saying I should keep it (32) some

40、body looked for itThe(33) was stamped with wordsBE HAPPYThen it struck me I had been putting all of my(34) into what was wrong with my life rather than what was (35)!One night there was a phone call for me from the(36) at a large hospitalShe asked me whether I(37) do a one-day training for 200 hospi

41、tal workers I said (38) and got the job My day with the hospital workers (39) very well I got a great (40) and many more days ofwork To this day I know that it was because I changed my attitude to life 21.A. satisfyingB. probableC. particularD. considerate22.A. joyB. luckC. surpriseD. shame23.A. mee

42、tB. supportC. supplyD. provide24.A. meetingsB. conferencesC. interviewsD. reports25.A. cameB. expectedC. hopedD. called26.A. excitedB. disappointedC. worriedD. frightened27.A. whileB. thoughC. unlessD. until28.A. beyondB. insideC. uponD. beside29.A. studyB. busC. lifeD. position30.A. carriedB. pulle

43、dC. broughtD. held31.A. took offB. put offC. gave offD. got off32.A. as long asB. now thatC. as soon asD. in case33.A. earringB. watchC. necklaceD. bag34.A. moneyB. ideasC. strengthD. energies35.A. realB. rightC. happyD. sad36.A. nurseB. workerC. patientD. manager37.A. shouldB. couldC. mustD. ought3

44、8.A. noB. helloC. yesD. nothing39.A. wentB. lookedC. fitD. appeared40.A. comfortB. shockC. welcomeD. excuse四、語法填空（本大題共1 小題，共 15.0 分）第5頁，共 14頁41. When the construction of the new factory came to the end， a pump was put in Then， all the settlers (1) （ defeat） by a severe disease whose characteristic w

45、as similar to cholera An expert physician (2) was instructed to attend to the victims and handle thiscase showed great enthusiasm， but he didnt foresee that it was (3) hard challenge After simple enquiry ， he announced that the (4)（ pollute ）water was to blame But without positive (5) （ evident ）， p

46、eople suspected and rejected his view， saying the theory he put forward made no (6) （ sensible） Being much (7) （ strict） with himself than before ， he contributed himself to the caseApart from (8) （ make）enquiries，he made detailed charts and analyzed the data carefullyFinally ，he drew some scientifi

47、c (9) （ conclude），(10) （ link ） the disease to the radium in the pump He found out why people there gotsick immediately 五、短文改錯（本大題共1 小題，共10.0 分）42. 假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文文中共有 10 處語言錯誤，每句最多有兩處每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除和修改增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（），并在其下面寫出該加的詞刪除：把多余的詞用斜線劃掉修改：在錯的詞下面畫一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞注意： 1每處錯誤

48、及其修改均僅限一詞；2只允許修改10 處，多者（從第11 處起）不計分Last Sunday， I didnt get up early as usual In morning ， after I finished my homewo rk， I did some houseworks Then I telephoned one of my classmates to inviting him t o see a film But unlucky ， when we got to the cinema ， we found all the tickets has been sold out T

49、hen they went back to school and played football Before that， we were about to go home when we met our English teacher ， Ms Gao， that was walki ng into the school She stopped and told us that we had made a great progress in Englis h She suggested that we should read more and write more She also aske

50、d us to help those in need She hopes we would improve English together 六、書面表達(dá)（本大題共1 小題，共25.0 分）43. 假定你是高中生李華，對西方文化非常感興趣，想在假期去英國旅游請給你的英國網(wǎng)友戴維發(fā)一封電子郵件內(nèi)容： 1 旅游目的 2 旅游計劃3 需要的幫助要求：1、邏輯清楚，行文流暢；2、詞數(shù) 100 字左右Dear David ，How are you ？ Hope everything goes well with you -Best wishesYours ，Li Hua第6頁，共 14頁答案和解析1.【

51、答案】【小題1】C【小題2 B【小題3】C】【解析】CBC1C細(xì)節(jié)理解題根據(jù)第二段But according to a recent study by researchers from the US and the Netherlands ，the brain structures of ordinary people and 23of the worlds leading memory athletes show no difference可知，普通人和記憶大師的大腦結(jié)構(gòu)相似根據(jù)第三段Thats because good memories can be trained可知，通過刻苦訓(xùn)練，可以

52、使人成為超級記憶者故選 C2B細(xì)節(jié)理解題根據(jù)第四段 You can link （關(guān)聯(lián)）something you need to remember with a place that you know very well可知，當(dāng)使用該方法來記住某件事 時，你需要把它和一個地方 聯(lián)系起來故選 B3C細(xì)節(jié)理解題根據(jù)最后一段 But everyone using the technique can improve a lot from the level theyre at可知，通過使用記憶技巧，可以提升記憶力，但是并不是說能記住所有的 單詞 故選 C本文講述的是通 過刻苦訓(xùn)練，可以使人成 為超級記

53、憶 者通過使用記憶技巧，可以提升 記憶力閱讀理解考察學(xué)生的 細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做 細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇在做推理判斷 題不要以個人的主 觀想象代替文章的事 實，要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷4.【答案】【小題1】B【小題2】B【小題3 D【小題4 A】【解析】第7頁，共 14頁1B細(xì)節(jié)理解題根據(jù)第一段 the first thing you need to do is learn to getalong with yourself 你需要做的第一件事是學(xué)會與自己相處，可知如果你想和別人相處好首先要和自己成 為好朋友，答案為 B2B細(xì)節(jié)理解題根據(jù)第二段 Remember that inner vo