福建省永春县第一中学2018_2019学年高二英语下学期期初考试试题.docx

福建省永春县第一中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期初考试试题总分150分。考试时间120分钟。本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。第I卷（三部分，共100分）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. What is the woman planning to do this summer？ A. Travel. B. Work in Europe.C. Attend a summer camp.2. Which does the man probably prefer?A. Serious movies.B. Funny movies. C. Horrible movies.3. What does the woman need?A. Some meat.B. Some candies.C. Some vegetables.4. Where are the speakers?A. At home.B. In a restaurant.C. At a movie theater.5. What does the man want most?A. To meet the womans brother.B. To watch a football game. C. To learn something new.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、7题。6. What is the womans problem?A. She often quarrels with her mother. B. Her math score is low. C. She doesnt play enough sports.7. Where do the speakers probably go to study now?A. A high school. B. A local college. C. A middle school. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Who might Mark be?A. The mans father. B. The womans husband. C. The mans brother.9. Whats the theme of the party?A. Birthday. B. Wedding. C. Graduation.10. What did the speakers do last year? A. They went fishing.B. They went camping.C. They went hiking. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. How many countries has the man probably visited in total?A. About 6. B. About 10. C. About 16.12. What is surprising to the woman about Icelands weather?A. It was very hot there.B. It was not very cold there.C. It was very green there.13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Driver and passenger. B. Husband and wife.C. Fellow workers.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Who is probably the oldest?A. The man. B. The woman. C. The mans brother.15. What does the man say about college life?A. It gets better every day. B. It is much harder than high school. C. He misses his mothers cooking.16. What has changed recently for the man?A. He cooks a lot more often. B. He eats healthier food now. C. He has more freedom now.17. What is the woman concerned about?A. If the man can get a good job. B. If the man misses high school friends. C. How much time the man spends studying.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Who will help people apply to the program?A. Diet experts. B. Fitness experts.C. The speaker.19. What type of exercise is mentioned?A. Swimming. B. Hiking. C. Playing basketball.20. Where would this talk most likely be found?A. On the radio. B. On TV. C. In the newspaper.第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分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 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。 ABig messaging apps abroadWhile WeChat is Chinas biggest mobile messaging app , there are many equivalent apps in other countries that offer similar features.WhatsApp (US)Users: more than 300 millionPlatforms: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerryFeatures: Text chats, push-to-talk, file sharing, location sharingWith more than 300 million active users, WhatsApp is one of WeChats biggest competitors. Developed by two ex-Yahoo, employees in 2009. WhatsApp originally focused on text chats, but on Aug. 6 it also started push-to-talk service. Its noted for its accessibility, ease of use and the absence of adverts. The service is free for the first year, after which $ 0.99 (6.06 yuan) is charged for a one-year subscription.Kakao Talk (South Korea)Users:more than 100 millionPlatform: Android, iOS, Windows Phone. BlackBerry and Bada (an operating system developed by Samsung)Features: Text chat, group chats, push-to-talk, group calls, file sharingWith more than 100 million users in more than 230 countries, Kakao Talk is a multi- platform (多平台), texting application that allows users to send and receive messages for free. With Kakao Talk, users can message each other one-on-one or in group chats with unlimited numbers of friends. You can also choose from more than 250 animated emoticons and share them with friends.Line (Japan)Users:more than 200 millionPlatforms: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and PCFeatures: Text chats, group chats, push-to-talk, file sharing, location sharing, gaming, stickers.Line tops the list of the most downloaded free apps in 52 countries. Apart from text and voice messaging, Line provides its users with more than 250 original stickers and emoticons to buy from its own shop. In the first quarter of 2013 alone, it made $17 million just from stickers. The popular app also allows friends to battle each other in the LINE Games.21. Whats the purpose of the first paragraph of the passage?A. It will draw readers attention to various popular mobile messaging appsB. It is used to introduce the most popular mobile messaging apps in China C. It talks about new features in the latest mobile messaging apps D. It explains how mobile messaging apps have become so popular22. Compared with the other two apps, which of the following features makes Line stand out?A. Free download of the app. B. Free stickers and emoticons.C. Group mobile games. D. Text and group chats.23. Whats one of the popular features of WhatsApp for users? A. They can send and receive messages for free B. They dont need to worry about unwanted ads C. They can enjoy live video chats within groups D. They regularly get free stickers and emoticonsBDo you love running? It is a good exercise, yet many people find it boring. But what if making your morning jog a creative one? Like jumping from walls and over gaps, and ground rolls? Just like the James Bond in the movie Casino Royale？Bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill and then runs several blocks over obstacles on the way. It is just because of Bonds wonderful performances that the sport has become popular worldwide. Yes, thats parkour, an extreme street sport aimed at moving from one point to another as quickly as possible, getting over all the obstacles in the path using only the abilities of the human body. Parkour is considered an extreme sport. As its participants dash around a city, they may jump over fences, run up walls and even move from rooftop to rooftop. Parkour can be just as exciting and charming as it sounds, but its participants see parkour much more than that. Overcoming all the obstacles on the course and in life is part of the philosophy behind parkour. This is the same as life. You must decide your destination, go straight, and jump over all the barriers as if in parkour and never fall back from them in your life, to reach the destination successfully. A parkour lover said, I love parkour because its philosophy has become my life, my way to do everything. Another philosophy weve learnt from parkour is freedom. It can be done by anyone, at any time, anywhere in the world. It is a kind of expression of trust in yourself that you earn energy and confidence.24. Which of the following is TRUE of parkour? A. It is a team sport. B. It challenges human abilities. C.It needs special training. D. It is a good but boring sport.25. The underlined word “obstacles” in Para 1 means _. A. barriers B. objects C. fences D. gaps26. Which of the following is the philosophy of parkour? A. Dreams and success. B. Excitement and popularity. C. Determination and freedom.D. Excitement and freedom.27. What is the passage mainly about? A. When we can do parkour and how we do it B. What parkour is and where can do it.C. Why we do parkour and what we get from it.D. What parkour is and what it can bring us.CI live in Hollywood. You may think people in such an attractive, funfilled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness. Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more longlasting emotion. Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends. I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”. But in memoir（回忆录）after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children, and longtime loneliness. The way people hold on to the belief that a funfilled, painfree life equates happiness actually decreases their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true: More times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain. As a result, many people avoid the very efforts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, charitable work and selfimprovement.28. What can we know about “fun activities” according to the passage?A. They are the things we do before we find happiness B. They could provide longlast positive effects C. They will lead us to the true happiness D. They may help us relax and forget our problems sometimes29. In the authors opinion, what can we learn from those Hollywood stars? A. They possess happiness because they are rich and famous B. They experience almost all kinds of happy things C. They tell us happiness isnt equal to fun using their own stories D. They have to suffer a lot before they become successful30. Why is it difficult for people to find real happiness? A. They believe happiness is the fun life without pain B. They find pain equals unhappiness C. They fear to lose what they already have in life D. They are afraid all their efforts were useless31. What is the main purpose of the text? A. It describes the difference between happiness and fun B. It shows the true meaning of happiness C. It encourages people to pursue fun activities D. It advises people to find their real lifeDWhere do you keep ice? In die freezer, of course. Thats what scientists might have thought when they were looking for a safe place to store ice from mountain glaciers from around the world. Theyve decided to store ice in Antarctica because global warming is causing some of the glaciers in places like the Alps to melt.Jerome Chappellaz of the French National Centre for Scientific Research is involved in creating an ice vault (地下室）there. He says: “We are probably the only scientific community whose sample (样本) is in danger of disappearing from the face of the planet. If you work on rocks or on tree rings, the raw material is still here and will be for many centuries.And why do scientists need to study ice from the Alps, for example? Ice formed on the top of a mountain is made of snow accumulated over thousands of years. Trapped air bubbles (气泡) contain samples of the atmosphere that existed when that ice was formed. Ice is a record of climate by examining ice. We know carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher now than in the last three million years. Researchers use this kind of data to build computer models and try to predict what might happen in the future.The ice vault will be housed in a snow cave at the Concordia Research Station, which is operated by scientists from France and Italy. The ice samples will be sealed in bags and placed 10 meters below the surface. at a constant temperature of -50C. This will put the scientists minds at rest. Losing the ice samples would be a disaster, and nobody wants to see a mine of scientific knowledge lost forever in a giant pool.32. What makes Antarctica a safe place to store ice? A. Its large mountains. B. The abundant ice samples there.C. Its function as a freezer. D. The absence of global warming.33. Jerome compares ice with rocks and tree rings to state that_.A. its more valuable to study ice B. its necessary to store ice C. ice disappears very quickly D. ice should be stored at home34. What is the researchers purpose of studying ice?A. To reduce carbon dioxide. B. To learn about the Alps.C. To trap air bubbles. D. To learn about climate. 35. What do scientists think of storing ice in Antarctica?A. They consider it an easy job. B. Theyre not optimistic about it.C. They think it will cause disasters. D. They think its a reliable way.第二节（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。选项中有两项为多余选项。Its natural to greet friends with a smile and a wave. 36 But what happens if your face and body send mixed messages? Would someone be more likely to believe the look on your face or the way you hold your body? Scientists have recently tackled these questions. They found that when a person is looking at your face, she might not believe what she sees if your body language doesnt match the feeling that your face shows. 37 Previously, they had found that the tone of a persons voice can be more important than the words that are spoken. For example, most people tend not to believe a person who says in a flat voice, “Im so excited.” When it came to emotions conveyed by facial expressions and body language, most scientists suspected that the face was more important. To test if this was true, psychologists from the Netherlands and Boston showed people a number of pictures of isolated(孤立的)faces and isolated bodies (with faces blurred out(模糊的) that showed anger or fear. 38 An angry face had low eyebrows and tight lips. A scared face had high eyebrow and a slightly open mouth. 39 A scared body had arms forward and shoulders square, as if ready to defend. These results told the researchers that mixed signals can confuse people. Even when people pay attention to the face, body language subtly(微妙地) influences which emotion they read. 40 If you want to be understood, it helps to avoid sending mixed messages. A. Studying such mixed messages is nothing new for scientists. B. So, your body language is important for telling people how you feel.C. Scientists feel new to study the mixed message that confuses people. D. An angry body had arms back and shoulders at an angle, as if ready to fight.E. Body language can sometimes be misunderstood in different culture backgrounds.F. When you do this, your face and body work together to show your friends that youre happy to see them.G. They also showed pictures in which angry or scared faces were paired with angry or scared bodies 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节， 满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When I was walking through the forest, I heard someone weeping. I 41 the sound of the soft cry until I saw a woman sitting on the snow. Her eyes were filled with tears for her heavy 42 from life. I sat on the cold snow with her and 43 her my shoulder and my ears. “What is your name?”, she asked. I smiled at her. 44 , my name is Jane, but to comfort her, I said, “My first name is 45 , my middle name is Hope and my last name is Compassion(同情) .” I saw a 46 smile come upon her face as I asked her “what is your name?” “My name is Ann 47 I had given up hope.” I read her a poem through which I 48 the message of self-worth to her. Others will 49 us when we love ourselves. 50 , it was important for one to have self- worth. After I shared the poem, we talked a while and then I picked a wild rose that was in the snow. It was 51 that there was a wild rose in such weather. I placed the rose in her hand and a big 52 appeared on her face. Then I felt kind of 53 at her change and handed her a piece of paper with my 54 on it. I walked away. She called me cheerfully the next day and expressed her 55 to me. She told me I truly 56 my name. Obviously, she had found her faith, her hope and her compassion.We all need someone in life to say I believe in you. 57 is as rare as a rose in the snow. When you 58 it, dont let it ever die. Life is too 59 to thank all the people who have encouraged us. We should receive and give encouragement rather than let unimportant things stand 60 our way. 41. A. followed B. heard C. waited D. enjoyed42. A. waist B. headC. body D. heart43. A. shared B. offered C. fetched D. brought44. A. EventuallyB. Deliberately C. Actually D. Specially45. A. Faith B. Inspiration C. Motivation D. Career46. A. puzzled B. forced C. tired D. worried47. A. because B. so C. but D. or48. A. transformed B. left C. took D. conveyed49. A. tolerate B. treasure C. hate D. serve 50. A. Otherwise B. However C. Therefore D. Moreover51.