英语卷·2018届福建省厦门第一中学高二下学期开学考试（2017-02）

英语卷·2018届福建省厦门第一中学高二下学期开学考试（2017-02）

第I卷（共105分）‎ 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30‎ 第一节 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. How did the woman feel her trip?‎ ‎ A. Terrible B. Wonderful C. Tiring ‎2. When does the bus leave on Friday?‎ ‎ A. At 7:00 B. At 6:45 C. At 6:30‎ ‎3. Where does the conversation take place?‎ ‎ A. In a restaurant B. In a company C. In a hotel ‎4. What is the woman probably doing?‎ ‎ A. Listening to music B. Fixing the radio C. Working ‎5. What is the man’s opinion of Mary Smith?‎ ‎ A. Not reliable B. Unlucky C. Lazy 第二节   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，每小题将给出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’s the man’s problem?‎ ‎ A. Coughing B. Hard-breathing C. Pain in his back ‎7. What does the woman suggest?‎ ‎ A. Smoking B. Chewing gum C. Seeing a doctor 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。‎ ‎8. What does the woman think of the show?‎ ‎ A. Inspiring B. Just so-so C. Disappointing ‎9. Which part did the woman like best about the show?‎ ‎ A. Designer wear B. Live models C. Clothes recycling 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?‎ ‎ A. Salesman and customer B. Old schoolmates C. Fellow workers ‎11. What is the man?‎ ‎ A. A lawyer B. A salesperson C. A computer manager ‎12. Why does the woman ask for the man’s address?‎ ‎ A. To give him a ride ‎ B. To repair something for him ‎ C. To get together with him 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13. What does the woman want?‎ ‎ A. Dark brown clothes ‎ B. Country-style tables ‎ C. Some saucepans ‎14. Who saw the products yesterday?‎ ‎ A. The woman’s neighbor B. The woman C. Mr. May ‎15. What does the shopkeeper tell the woman?‎ ‎ A. All the products are 50% off ‎ B. What she wants was sold out ‎ C. The new styles will come tomorrow ‎16. What will the woman do?‎ ‎ A. Wait for 5 minutes B. Go to another shop C. Come back tomorrow 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. In how many countries is TOEFL given?‎ ‎ A. 118 B. 180 C. 121‎ ‎18. How many people take the IELTS every year?‎ ‎ A. Two million B. One million C. 20,000‎ ‎19. How much will you pay for the TOEFL if you want to test yourself in the four basic skills?‎ ‎ A. 125 dollars B. 150 dollars C. 275 dollars ‎20. What can we learn about the IELTS?‎ ‎ A. It’s a paper test ‎ B. It doesn’t include speaking test ‎ C. It’s only open for undergraduate students 第二部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）‎ A ‎ Since the nineteen nineties, education has been required for all South Africans from age seven to fifteen. Last December, the government announced that seventy percent of students passed their final examination to finish high school. In 2008 the passage rate was about sixty-three percent. There have been increases each year since then.‎ ‎     Professor Shireen Motala at the University of Johannesburg says access to basic education is no longer the problem in South Africa. She says most children stay in school until they are about sixteen. The problem now, she says, is that large numbers of them leave without completing high school. Students take an examination known as the matric in grade twelve, their final or "matriculation" year. Professor Motala notes that less than half the children who started school in 2000 sat for the matric last year. He said, "Only around forty-five percent survived, which means that a large number of children are falling by the wayside. And the concern is that where do those learners actually go to."‎ ‎     Educational researchers also point to another problem. They say South African schools do not produce enough students with the skills for higher education in math and science. One of those researchers is Graeme Bloch. He says many schools are not well-equipped. "Because of poverty and limited resources, many children do not see laboratories and ninety-two percent of the schools do not have libraries."‎ ‎     Also, education specialists say in many cases, teachers and school principals do not have the skills or training to do their jobs. In other cases, they are simply not doing their duty to provide an ‎ education. Professor Motala says a number of teachers were poorly trained during the system of apartheid(种族隔离), or racial separation in South Africa. Apartheid ended in 1994. Secondly, she says, teachers have been confused by the many educational reform efforts in the last fifteen years. And, finally, she thinks language differences in the classroom have not gotten as much attention as they should. Subjects such as math and science are taught in English starting at about age ten. But South Africa has eleven official languages and many more unofficial ones.‎ ‎     South Africa's minister of basic education promises a number of improvements. Angie Motshega says teacher development efforts will focus on subject and content knowledge, and making sure the correct teachers are in the correct jobs.‎ ‎21. What’s the Motala’s attitude towards the basic education for students in South Africa?‎ ‎ A. Worried B. Hopeless C. Negative D. Confident ‎22. From the passage we know the matric is ________.‎ ‎ A. an admission examination for students ‎ B. a course difficult for students to learn ‎ C. the number of student leaving school ‎ D. the number of students taking exams ‎23. Students in South Africa find it hard to get improved in math and science because __________.‎ ‎ A. most schools are poorly equipped ‎ B. there aren’t such subjects in most schools ‎ C. teachers don’t have the abilities to teach them ‎ D. they drop out of school without finishing high school B ‎ Boredom is such a large part of day-to-day existence. Perhaps because it’s common in our lives, scientists have been slow to explore it. John Eastwood is one of the first scholars to take an interest.‎ ‎ One of the most common false views is that “Only boring people get bored”. Yet as Eastwood set about exploring the reasons for boredom, he found that there are two distinct types of personality that tend to suffer from the feeling of boredom, and neither are particularly dull themselves.‎ ‎ Boredom often goes among people who are constantly looking for new experiences. For these people, the steady path of life just isn’t enough to hold their attention. The second kind of bored people have almost exactly the opposite problem: the world is a fearful place, and so they try not to step outside their comfort zone. While this might offer some comfort, they are not always satisfied with the safety it offer---and boredom results.‎ ‎ Emotions should evolve(进化)for our benefit. “The very fact that boredom is a daily experience suggests it should be doing something useful,” says Heather Lench at Texas A$M University. Feelings like fear help us avoid danger, after all, while sadness might help prevent future mistakes. So, if true, what does boredom achieve?‎ ‎ Reviewing the evidence so far, Lench suspects that it lies behind one of our most important characters---curiosity. Boredom, she says, pushes us t try to seek new goals or explore new ideas which stimulate innovation(激发创新).‎ ‎ Eastwood is less enthusiastic about boredom’s benefits, but admits we should be cautious about looking for an immediate escape. “The feeling is so disgusting that people rush to remove ‎ it,” he says. “I’m not going to join that war on boredom and come up with a cure, because we need to listen to the emotion and ask what it is trying to tell us to do.”‎ ‎24. What does John Eastwood’s study mainly focus on?‎ ‎ A. How to deal with boredom B. The benefits of boredom ‎ C. Why people get bored D. The types of boredom ‎25. According to Lench, boredom _______.‎ ‎ A. would help us avoid mistakes ‎ B. might be good for our creativity ‎ C. cannot be cured for the moment ‎ D. could make us get tired and lose focus ‎26. What’s Eastwood’s attitude towards finding a cure for boredom?‎ ‎ A. Curious B. Optimistic C. Objective D. Uninterested ‎27. What message can be concluded from the text?‎ ‎ A. Every coin has two sides B. Hard work never killed a man ‎ C. Easier said than done D. Practice makes perfect C ‎ Late one autumn day a the aquatic center(水上运动中心)in Ancenis, France, something went quietly, horribly wrong. An 18-year-old named Jean-Francois LeRoy was a regular, coming often in the early evenings to swim in the 25-meter pool. Drownings are often difficult to spot. Most are near-silent incidents where the victim quickly sinks out of view. On this particular day maybe the lifeguards weren't paying as close attention as they should have been. Certainly they believed the tall athletic LeRoy was not a high-risk swimmer.‎ But on this evening LeRoy was practicing apnea(屏气）swimming—testing how far he could swim underwater on one breath—and at some point, without making any visible or audible disturbance on the water's surface, he lost consciousness. The guards failed to notice as he stopped swimming and sank to the bottom of the deep end of the pool. With his arms crossed over his head and his feet twitching (抽搐),he was unconscious and drowning. It would lake him as little as four minutes to die.‎ Although the human lifeguards witching the pool were unaware, 12 large machine eyes deep underwater were watching the whole thing and taking notice. Just nine months earlier the center had installed a state-of-the-art electronic surveillance system called Poseidon, a network of cameras that feeds a computer programmed to use a set of complex mathematical procedure to distinguish between normal and distressed swimming. Poseidon covers a pool's entire swimming area and can distinguish among dim reflections, shadows, and actual swimmers. It can also tell when real swimmers are moving in a way they're not supposed to. When the computer detects a possible problem, it instantly activates a beeper to warn lifeguards and displays the exact incident location on a monitor. The rest is up to the humans above the water.‎ Sixteen seconds after Poseidon noticed the large, sinking lump that was Jean-Francois LeRoy, lifeguards had LeRoy out of the pool and gave him first aid. He started breathing again. After one night in the local hospital, he was released with no permanent damage. Poseidon had saved his life.‎ ‎28. People sometimes fail to detect accidents in the swimming pool because____________ .‎ A. lifeguards neglect their duties ‎ B. drowning men don’t struggle in water C. drownings often occur quietly and quickly ‎ D. there is no electronic surveillance system installed ‎29. Which of the following statements in NOT true?‎ A. Lifeguards will give way to Poseidon system.‎ B. Lifeguards will count on Poseidon system.‎ C. Poseidon system can pick out unusual swimmers.‎ D. Poseidon system can locate drowning incidents.‎ ‎30. The purpose of this passage is to ___________.‎ A. publicize a machine which can watch out for swimmers in distress B. advertise an aquatic center equipped with state-of-the-art devices   ‎ C. tell people what may happen in a swimming pool D. warn swimmers not to swim underwater alone ‎ 第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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，并在答题卡（卷）上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ 注意：E填涂AB， F填涂AC，G填涂AD ‎ You’d think the human race would have understood sleeping very well by now, but many of us are still sleeping poorly. Part of the problem is that we have wrong information and beliefs about this important health need. Let’s set the facts straight.   31  ‎ ‎1. More sleep is better for you.‎ There could be such a thing as too much sleep. The amount of sleep we need varies by person and also changes as we age. Harvard researchers found that a lot of sleep(9 hours or more) is linked with poor sleep quality.  32  Aim for better sleep ‎2.    33      ‎ Alcohol can help most people fall asleep. However, it also can cause you to wake up more during the night, decreasing your keep sleep quality. Consider drinking non-alcoholic drink before bed instead.‎ ‎3. If you wake up in the middle of night, lie in bed until you eventually fall back asleep.‎ ‎___34   We all hope to quickly fall back asleep. So we tend to stay in bed hoping it’ll happen tat any minute now. If that doesn’t happen, though, within 15 minutes, most exporters recommend getting out of bed to do something that occupies our bodies and brains without over stimulating(刺激)us. Try not to check the clock either.‎ ‎4. You can catch up on sleep on weekends.‎ When we lose sleeping during the week, we accumulate a kind of sleep “debt”.   35  Not so fact. This might actually make you sleepier the next week. Instead of waking up later on the weekends, you’d better go to sleep earlier or perhaps take a nap in the afternoon.‎ A. Alcohol helps you sleep.‎ B. Here are some things you might been told about sleeping but aren’t completely true C. Everyone should get 7-8 hours of sleep per night D. So don’t aim for more sleep-even on the weekends E. Waking up in the middle of the night is the annoyance, but it happens to all of us.‎ F. You’ll have a better day and perhaps sleep better at night G. Can you pay that debt back by sleeping on Saturday or Sunday?‎ 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55小题所给的四个选项 （A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。‎ ‎ Dear daughter,‎ ‎ “You’re my favorite person in the whole world” is not something you’re going to hear me say any more. Not only is it  36  to Daddy, but really won’t go over well with your baby sister, once she’s   37  and learns to talk.‎ ‎   You’re the one who burst my   38   wide open. You taught me what uncontrollable, unlimited,   39   love feels like. You turned me into a mom. And   40   you will no longer be my only child; you will always be my first.‎ ‎   You’re the first one to make me forget myself. You’re the first person I ever said “I love you” to more than 10 times in one day. You’re the first human whose  41  I took. With , I first-time mom  42  , like letting you  43  the bed onto the floor.‎ Our baby’s coming soon, and while you may not be my  44  child anymore. This  45  gives me the guilt, but, your sister will have some advantages. I can’t imagine she will ever be  46  or lovely for long-with you and your songs, dance moves, costumes, and magic tricks. I can’t  47   to watch you watching her.‎ You were the one who  48  to surprise me every day. you’re the brave  49  who pulls me by the hand into the future.‎ So when you’re feeling   50   because I’m nursing your sister   51   playing dress-up, or because I might use  52  words with you, but not her, or because I can’t stop talking about how  53   she I, know that there is more than enough  54   for both of you.‎ You will always be my   55   .‎ ‎36. A. unfair          B. unsteady        C. unhappy       D. unsuccessful ‎37. A. cried           B. walked         C. born           D. found ‎38. A. memory            B. heart          C. wallet            D. house ‎39. A. international     B. traditional      C. conventional     D. unconditional ‎40. A. in case        B. even though     C. as if            D. only if ‎41. A. measures        B. medicine       C. temperature      D. operation ‎42. A. progress         B. promise        C. mistakes        D. living ‎43. A. roll off          B. put off         C. pay off          D. cut off ‎44. A. simply          B. likely          C. first           D. only ‎45. A. realization       B. organization     C. modernization    D. suggestion ‎46. A. alone           B. puzzled         C. drunk           D. bored ‎47. A. see             B. wait            C. stand           D. sit ‎48. A. forgets          B. continues        C. costs           D. harms ‎49. A. teacher          B. driver          C. explorer        D. cooker ‎50. A. excited          B. indifferent       C. crazy          D. annoyed ‎51. A. instead of        B. as far as         C. in view of      D. out of ‎52. A. sweet           B. still             C. strict          D. straight ‎53. A. smart           B. ugly             C. common       D. aggressive ‎54. A. relation         B. friendship         C. success        D. love ‎55. A. one            B. first              C. half           D. rest 福建省厦门第一中学2016-2017学年度第二学期 高二英语英入学考试卷 第II卷（满分45分）‎ 命题教师 康美华 2017.2‎ 第四部分 写作 第一节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）‎ ‎ 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ ‎ Lady Gaga, a famous pop signer, is one of the bestselling artists of all time. Brought up in New York, 56 (listen) to the Beatles and Madonna, she 57 (spot) at the age of 13. Before graduating from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, she dropped 58 to pursuer her solo music career. Her art has made 59 (she) a cultural icon. But it is not just her music that she is famous for. She has opened her won artistic centre called Haus of Gaga in 60 a group of artists have designed some of her most controversial 61 (cloth) such as s dress made of raw meat. She thinks that fashion and music should always go hand-in-hand and that it’s the artist’s job to create imagery that matches the music. As 62 as her artistic career, she is renowned for her charity work. She uses her 63 (extreme) good fame to help young people beat bullying, and has raised a lot 64 victims of natural disasters. She also promotes self-acceptance and tolerance, encouraging others 65 (accept) their flaws.‎ ‎56. _____________ 57. ____________ 58. _____________ 59.____________ 60. ___________‎ ‎61_____________ 62____________ 63_____________ 64_____________ 65. ___________‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 如今在厦门街头，共享单车（ride-sharing）流行起来。但有些人的不文明用车行为令人堪忧。请你用英文给有关部门写一封建议信，希望能改善状况。内容要求如下：‎ ‎1．共享单车不文明使用情况；‎ ‎2．你的建议（至少两条）。‎ 要求：1.词数100左右。‎ ‎2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文流畅；‎ ‎3.开头和结尾已为你写好。‎ To whom it may concern,________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sincerely yours,‎ ‎ Li Hua 福建省厦门第一中学2016-2017学年高二下学期开学考试英语试题答案 ‎1-5BACCA 6-10ABACB 11-15ACCAB 16-20CBBCA ‎21-25DAACB 26-30DACBA 31-35BDAEG ‎36-40ACBDB 41-45CCADA 46-50DBBCD 51-55ACADB ‎56. listening 57. was spotted 58. out 59. her 60. which ‎61. clothes 62. well 63. extremely 64. for 65. to accept 书面表达（略）‎