福建福州八中2012015學(xué)年高二上學(xué)期期末考試英語(yǔ)試題

1、福建省福州市第八中學(xué)2014-2015學(xué)年高二上學(xué)期期末考試英語(yǔ)試題I聽(tīng)力測(cè)試30分第一節(jié)（共5題；每小題1.5分，滿分7. 5分）聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的 A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選 出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)完每段對(duì)話后，你有 10秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回 答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。What is the man going to do on Sunday?A. Visit his mother.B. Repair his house.C. Do some gardening.How many middle school students went

2、to plant trees?A. About 800.B. About 400.C. About 200.What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?A. Mother and son. B. Boss and employee. C. Teacher and student.What is the woman studying this year?A. Yoga.B. Cooking.C. Dancing.Where did the man spend his holiday last year?A. In Spai

3、n.B. In Italy.C. In Greece.第二節(jié)（共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22. 5分）聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A. B.C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將 有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽(tīng)完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。 每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。聽(tīng)第6段材料，回答第6. 7題。What does the man want to do?A. Buy another sweater. B. Exchange a sweater. C. Return a sweater.Whats the pro

4、blem of the sweater the man bought?C. Its quality.C. A small town.C. By bus.C. Interesting but expensive.A. Its size.B. Its color.聽(tīng)第7段材料，回答第8至10題。Where does Mary come from?A. London.B. Manchester.How does the woman go to work in London?A. On foot.B. By underground.What does the man think of going by

5、 bus?A. Cheap and interesting. B. Cheap but boring. 聽(tīng)第8段材料，回答第11至13題。What does the woman have to do?A. Fill out a form. B. Register for a course. C. Finish her homework.Where did the woman spend her childhood?A. Texas.B. Japan.C. California.Why does the man ask the woman those questions?To determine

6、 her nationality.To locate her mother.To find out her native language.聽(tīng)第9段材料，回答第14至16題。How does the man feel about his job now?A. Bored.B. Inspired.C. Satisfied.Why does the man want to talk to his manager?A. He doesnt want to work there.He doesnt want to work overtime.He doesnt want to type all day

7、 long.What does the woman advise the man to do?Ask for a pay rise.Leave and find a new job.Go on working in the centre.聽(tīng)第10段材料，回答第17至20題。What caused the accident?A. A car following Jack. B. A truck in front of JackC. A car from a side road.What was Jacks driving speed?A. 15 kilometres an hour B. 50

8、kilometres an hourC. 150 kilometres an hourWhat can be inferred from the accident?Nothing was done until the policemen came.Another driver should be responsible for the accident.Another diver was due to careless driving and complicated traffic.What do you think of the man and woman?They are kind and

9、 helpful.They are self-protective.They are troublesome.II單項(xiàng)填空（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）Did you hear of the terrible stampede（踩踏）accident in Shanghai?Yes. If only those poor people their lives!A. didn tB. haven t lostC. hadn t lostD. wouldn t loseThere are approaches to English teaching. But not all of them

10、 are equallyefficient for our Chinese students.A. diverseB. accurateC. acturalD. desperate-The girl looks so beautiful. Is she a model or a film star?-. She s a teacherA. You betB. Forget about itC. Far from itD. Whatever you sayTo our surprise, most people living nearby choose to the noise from the

11、factory and even keep quiet when interviewed by reporters.A. hold on toB. keep up withC. pay attention toD. put up withIt seems that living green is easy and affordable. A small step makes a bigdifference.A. generally26. We think that itA. what; thatB. fortunatelyC. hardlyD. surprisingly，s loves the

12、rwOdd it is today.B. that; whatC. which; what D. which; that Can I ask you a few straightforward questions?No problem. I like when people are open and direct.A. thisB. itC. /D. that-My uncle suggests I abroad.-I would rather you at home.A. go; stayB. went; stayedC. went; stayD. go; stayedwith necess

13、ary knowledge and skills, Tom went to the job market with much confidence.A. Being equippedB. EquippingC. Having equippedD. EquippedPressed from his parents, and that he has wasted too much time, the boy isdetermined to stop playing video games.A. realizingB. realizedC. to realizeD. being realizedOc

14、casions are quite rare I have the time to spend a day with my kids.A. whoB. thatC. whichD. whenAccording to a report, cigarette smoking in all indoor public places in someprovinces soon.A. will banB. has bannedC. will be bannedD. has been banned33.the inborn advantages, Zhou Jielun worked hard befor

15、e he became famous because he loved music.A. In spite ofB. In common withC. In place ofD. In time ofEducationists across China are experimenting and new assessing systems appropriate to 髓scs式評(píng)價(jià)）students1 performance in schoolA coming, outB trying outC. giving outD making outStudying V?endy7s menu, I

16、 found that many of the items are similar to of McDonaldsA. thoseB. onesC. anyD. allIII.閱讀理解：40分（共20小題；每小題2分，共40分）ARocky Lyons was five years old when his mother, Kelly, was driving along the country road with him. He was asleep on the front seat of their truck, with his feet resting on her lap. As

17、his mom drove carefully down the winding country road, she turned onto a narrow bridge. The truck hit a rock and slid off the road. She tried to bring it back up onto the road by pressing hard on the gas pedal and turning the steering wheel to the left. But Rocky s foot got caught betWeennhethe stee

18、ring wheel and she lost control of the truck.The truck fell into a 20-foot ravine （峽谷）.When it hit bottom, Rocky woke up.“What happened, Mama? ” he asked. “Our wheels are pointing toward the sky.”Kelly was seriously wounded and blinded by blood.“ I ll get you out, Mama, ”announced Rocky, who had sur

19、prisingly escaped injury. He climbed out from under Kelly, slid through the open window and tried to yank（用力拉）his mother out. But she didn t move.“Just let me sleep, begged Kelly, who was out of consciousness. Rocky insisted,“ Mom, you can t go to sleep. ”Rocky managed to push Kelly outof the truck

20、and told her he d climb up to the road and stop a car to get help. Fearing that no one would be able to see her little boy in the dark, Kelly refused to let him go alone. Instead they slowly moved up to the road. The pain was so great that Kely wanted to give up, but Rocky wouldn t let her.Rocky kep

21、t repeating the inspirational phrase,“I know you can, I know you can.When they finally reached the road, Rocky broke into tears seeing his mother s tcface clearly for the first time. Waving his arms and shouting, “ Please stop! ” the boy stopped a truck. His mother was sent to hospital.It took 8 hou

22、rs to rebuild Kelly s face. She looks quite dfereInu sedaohave a straight long nose, thin lips and high cheekbones; now I flat cheeks aivdgot a much bigger lips - but she has few scars and has recovered from her injuries.Rocky s heroics were big news. Everyone was surprised at this little boy s po“

23、It s not like I wanted it to happen,“ The boy explained. nyone wo uust did what ahave done. ”“If it weren t for Rocky, I d have died, “ said his mother.According to the text, Rocky and Kelly.were lost on a country roadhad limited time to find their waywere involved in a truck accidentknew little of

24、what happened to themWhen he woke up, Rocky.was frightened by his mother s bloodfound his mother had fallen asleepwas stuck against the door of the truckfound the car was turned overWhat happened to Kelly at last?She passed away.She survived and recovered from injuries.She became a hero.She had a di

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33、e to enter the attractions it covers.It can be picked up at Times Square at any time after you order it.The underlined phrase“are entitled to most probably means “are given olA. the nameB. the honorC. the titleD. the privilegeCMake Up Your Mind to SucceedKind-hearted parents have unknowingly left th

34、eir children defenseless against failure. The generation born between 1980 and 2001 grew up playing sports where scores and performance were played down because “everyone winner. And their report cards sounded more positive than ever before. As a result, Stanford University professor Carol Dweck, Ph

35、D, calls them“the overpraised generation. ”Dweck has been studying how people deal with failure for 40 years. Her research has led her to find out two clearly different mind-sets that have a great effect on how we react to it. Here s how they work:A fixed mind-set is grounded in the belief that tale

36、nt is genetic（ 遺傳的）一you re a born artist, point guard, or numbers person. The fixed mind- set believes he s sure to succeed without much effort and regards failure as personal shame. When things get difficult, he s quick to blame, lie, and even stay away from ffixtultesi.On the other hand, a growth

37、mind-set believes that no talent is entirely heaven-sent and that effort and learning make everything possible. Becausethe ego （自尊）isn t on the line as much, the growth mir-det sees failure as a chance rather than shame. When faced with a difficulty, he s quick to rethink, change and try again. Infa

38、ct, he enjoys this experience.We are all born with growth mind- sets. Otherwise, we wouldn t be able to live in the world. But parents, teachers, and instructors often push us into fixed mind-sets byencouraging certain actions and misdirecting praise. Dweck-se t:sThedUeMindPsychology of Success, and

39、 online instructional program explain this in depth. But she says there are many little things you can start doing today to make sure that your children, grandchildren and even you are never defeated by failure.What does the author think about the present generation?A. They don t do well at school.B

40、. They are often misunderstood.C. They are eager to win in sports.D. They are given too much praise.A fixed mind-set person is probably one who.A. doesn t want to work hardB. cares a lot about personal safetyC. cannot share his ideas with othersD. can succeed with the help of teachersWhat does the g

41、rowth mind-set believe?Admitting failure is shameful. B. Talent comes with one s birth.C. Scores should be highly valued. D. Getting over difficulties is enjoyable. 47. What should parents do for their children based on Dweck study? sA. Encourage them to learn from failures.Prevent them from making

42、mistakes.Guide them in doing little things.Help them grow with praise.DIn the countries of South and Southeast Asia, the elephant has been an important part of the culture, economy and religion for centuries. And nowhere more so than in Thailand. Unlike its African cousin, the Asian elephant is easi

43、ly domesticated （馴化）. The rare so-called white elephants have actually lent the power of royalty （皇室）to its rulers, and until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background. To the early Western visitors, the countrys romantic name was “Land of the White Elephant.Today, however

44、, the story is very different. Out of work and out of land, the Thai elephant struggles for survival in a nation that no longer needs it. The elephant has found itself more or less deserted by previous owners who have moved on to a different economic world and a society in the western part. And whil

45、e the elephants problems began many years ago, now it has a very low national advantage.How does the national symbol turn into ignored animals? It is a story of worse environment and the changing lives of the Thais themselves. According to Richard Lair, Thailands expert on the Asian elephant and aut

46、hor of the report Gone Astray, at the turn of the last century, there may well have been as many as 100,000 national elephants in the country.In the north of Thailand alone, it was estimated （估計(jì)）that more than 20,000 elephants were employed in transport, 1,000 of them alone on the road between the c

47、ities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Saen.This was at a time when 90 percent of Thailand was still forest-a habitat that not only supported the animals but also made them necessary to carry goods and people. Nothing ploughs through thick forest better than lots of sure-footed elephants.By 1950 the elephan

48、t population had dropped, but still to the number of 13, 397. However, today there are probably no more than 3,800, with another l,350 wandering free in the national parks. But now, Thailands forest covers only 20 percent of the land. This deforestation （采伐森林）is the central point of the elephants di

49、fficult situation, for it has effectively put the animals out of work. This century, as the road network grew, the elephants role as a beast of burden decreased.48 What 匚an we know about African elephants from the passage?A. It is of little value to domesticate themB It is hard to domesticate themTh

50、ey are living a better life than Asian elephantsTheir fate is quite simil ar to that of Asian eleph ants.49. Thailand was once called Land of the White Elephant because.A white elephant was a national symbol until the 1920swhite elephant is rarely seen and thus very specialC white elephant has helpe

51、d kings to gain the ruling authorityD. this name was so romantic that it was popular among visitors50 Why is the Thai elephant out of work , according to the author?Because there are too many elephants but too few jobsBecause the elephants cant do labor work any longer.C Because the government pays

52、little attention to the problemD. Because ihe elephants are no longer useful to their owners 51. The passage is most probably from.A. a travel guideB. a history booka popular science magazineD. an official announcementEFor many centuries, countless scholars have asked the question What is beauty? As

53、 designers update the latest fashions and artists create their masterpieces, what is considered beautiful changes at an alarming pace. Fifty years ago, the full-figured American actress Marilyn Monroe was a symbol of the American aesthetic（美學(xué) 的）value；today, many Hollywood actresses efferent in appea

54、rance from Marilyn s have taken her place. However, aesthetic values not only differ from generation to generation, but do so along cultural lines as well. Often, what is considered hating one civilization is just the aesthetic appeal in another. Thus it is difficult to give an absolute definition（定

55、義）of beauty.As fundamental基石的）physicists, my colleagues and I like to believe that we are involved in a search for a beauty that affects definition. The beauty that we search for is not what is set up through the work of people and subject to the tastes, but rather what has been laid down by nature

56、Physics allows its students to look past outer appearances, into a deeper beauty. As a human being, I am attracted by the visual appeal of a wave crashing on the beach. As a physicist, however I am able to see the deeper beauty of the physical laws that govern such a phenomenon.In truth , since Albe

57、rt Einstein put forward the idea that there might be one main physical theory that governs the universe , aesthetics have become a driving force in modern physics. Einstein and other later physicists have discovered that Nature, as its most fundamental level, is beautifully constructed. The extraord

58、inary simplicity （樸素）of the laws that govern the universe is really breathtaking. As Einstein said, it would seem more likely that we should find ourselves living in a “chaoti媒秩序曲）world , in no way graspable（能理角單的）through thinking ” . Yet we are now closer than ever to afull understanding of the uni

59、verse beautiful clockwork. As new discoveries and technologies allow us to examine the physical world on deeper and deeper levels, we find that the beauty itself becomes much deeper.The reference to Manlyn Monroe in Paragraph 2 mainly serves toprovide an example of today s beauty standardsshow there

60、 is no fixed definition of aestheticsC compare traditions of the East to the West D.4scuss her abilities as an actressWhen appreciating a wave crashing on the beach , a physicist sees the beauty of A the visual attractionB. the powerful soundsC the physic al laws behindD. the lovely creaturesWhy are