福州八中2014—2015学年第二学期期中考试高二英语

考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分

2015.4.16

第一卷

（计分100分）

I 听力测试30分

第一节（共5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 did the man probably leave the gate?

A. At 12:00. B. At 12:30. C. At 1:00.

2. What does the woman suggest?

A. Seeing the movie. B. Going to bed early. C. Staying up till eleven.

3. Where does this conversation most probably take place?

A. In a restaurant. B. In a grocery. C. In a library.

4. Ho does the man feel about the bus service?

A. Dissatisfied . B. Pleased. C. Puzzled.

5. What is the man doing?

A. Making a phone call. B. Making a visit. C. Making an appointment.

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至7题。

6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Dinner. B. TV program. C. Weather.

7. Why have they decided to go inside?

A. They feel rather cold outside.

B. They try to avoid the sunshine.

C. They want to watch a TV program.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. How does the man seem to feel after this job interview?

A. Anxious. B. Hopeful. C. Desperate.

9. How many candidates were able to go to the second interview?

A. 4. B. 12. C. 16.

10. Why would they like Mark to come back to work?

A. They are brothers. B. They are relatives. C. They are friends.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Does the woman know much about computers?

A. Yes. B. Not much. C. Not a little.

12. Where did the man get his knowledge about computers?

A. From a video game. B. From a magazine. C. From an article.

13. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. Different uses of computers.

B. Software for accounting systems.

C. Booking tickets through computers.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What is the purpose of Diana’s new project?

A. To teach students some basic writing skills.

B. To write articles for the Campus Literature Review.

C. To help those who want to get their works published.

15. What is Diana’s suggestion to Tom?

A. Keep trying even if he is turned down.

B. Ask an experienced writer to be his consultant(顾问).

C. Try to publish his works in the creative writing class.

16. Why does Tom agree to join the group?

A. He can get his poems published.

B. He can contribute essays to the group.

C. He can get some advice from other members.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the problem of some of the university students?

A. They don’t spend all their time on studies.

B. They don’t know what to do with their free time.

C. They don’t have choices for outside class activities.

18. How is the students’ high school life?

A. Controlled and busy. B. Regular and colorful. C. Active and independent.

19. According to the speaker, what is the role of outside class activities at university?

A. To make students healthier.

B. To improve students’ text scores.

C. To enrich students’ experience.

20. What does the speaker advise his students to do?

A. Learn to enjoy themselves.

B. Learn to be their own masters.

C. Learn to develop their potential.

II.单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

21. The new tax policy only affects people on yearly incomes over $120,000, __________, the very rich.

A. by the way B. as a result C. in other words D. as a manner of

22. Recently, to expand employment, the Chinese government has ______ a policy of encouraging college graduates to take positions in rural areas.

A. adopted B. admired C. adapted D. admitted

23. If nature doesn’t provide man with the necessary material, it is the laboratory _____ he will turn to for help.

A. where B. that C. which D. what

24. My laptop computer, ____ I can’t go on with my work, broke down the other day.

A. which B. that C. without which D. for which

25. ____ of danger on the road at night, the girl had to go home with a friend____ her.

A. Being warned; accompanied B. Having warned; accompanying

C. Warning; accompanying D. Having been warned; accompanying

26. You are so dependent that I’m afraid you can’t adjust yourself to _______ alone for a time.

A. leave B leaving C. be left D. being left

27. The purpose of the campaign is to raise the public’s _______ of the danger of passive smoking.

A. awareness B. connection C. existence D. consciousness

28. The computer software is old, ，very out of date．

A. or rather B. rather than C. other than D. more than

29. Over the past month, Chinese cinema ________ the great success of Disney’s live-action version film Cinderella.

A. witnessed B. has witnessed

C. would witness D. had witnessed

30. In the face of all these difficulties, we’re not discouraged and ______ good spirits.

A. go up B. hold up C. pick up D. keep up

31. Little Tom went to the stadium in a hurry, only______ the game had been put off.

A. being informed B. informed C. to be informed D. to inform

32. The teacher recommended that the students ______ the following books.

A. read B. reading C. to read D. must read

33. Fully ________ in looking after three children at home, she no longer has time to enjoy the various activities in the club.

A. devoted B. prepared C. acknowledged D. occupied

34. Today acupuncture(针刺疗法) has become popular round the world, __________ other traditional Chinese medicines.

A. so are B. nor are C. so have D. nor have

35. — It is an hour before we can board the train. Shall we just wait here or go to have a cup of coffee?

— ________.

A. Help me out B. That is great C. It’s up to you D. Take your time

III.阅读理解：40分(共20小题；每小题2分，共40分)

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。

A

I had worked long and hard on this project．Knowing it was finally completed gave me great Satisfaction．“Perfect！”I said “Now, all I have to do is to keep the dogs off it．”I went about setting up barriers using old fence, deck chairs, planters, and anything I could find so as to avoid footprints both on the oil paint and our carpet. It worked perfectly ．

Just before returning to the house and to a much needed shower, I took one last look at this fine work of art．“What is that?” I said．“Where did that come from ?”

Clearly marked and evenly spaced across the entire area, the tiny marks ran in straight lines．I carefully stepped to our flower garden．It was there I found several of the small markings. Now, almost frozen in place by this shocking discovery, I remained in position so as to prevent further damage to my work．Just then, off to my left, it appeared．A chipmunk （花栗鼠）. He was as surprised as I was. We stood there face to face looking at each other, wondering who would make the first move ．

The warm, humid air was now getting the best of me. Sweat now ran freely over my head, and in poor timing into my eyes. I reached up to rub them and when I opened my eyes he was gone ．

My only satisfaction was in thinking that when he returned home he tracked oily footprints into his own home. And , hoping he was married , his wife would not let him live it down for the rest of his life. I stood up, shook my head, laughing about it and walking into my house．

Yes, I tracked oil on the carpet. I am married. My wife will not let me live it down for the rest of my life.

36. We can know from the passage that the chipmunk_________________．

A. made fun of the author B. stole something important in the house

C. spoiled the author’s work D. came for some food

37. What did the author do to the chipmunk ?

A. He made fun of it B. He frightened it away

C. He tried to catch it but failed D. He didn’t do any harm to it

38. We can conclude from the passage that____________．

A. the author was not satisfied with his family life

B. the author was quite satisfied with his project

C. the barriers the author set up were quite successful

D. the chipmunk had a happy family just like the author

B

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