短文2017-2018学年福建省厦门外国语学校高一（下）期中英语试卷

2017-2018学年福建省厦门外国语学校高一下期中英语试卷第一部分听力 共两节满分20分

1  1分When does the park close today

A At5 30

B At6 00

C At6 30

2 1分Which hotel will the speakers go to this year

A The one next to the river

B The one on top of the hill

C The one in the woods

3 1分Why is the woman upset

A She can't move into a new office

B Her project is very much behind schedule

C There is too much noise from the construction

4 1分What is the woman's concern when buying a desk

A The brand

B The price

C The size

5 1分Where are the two speakers

A By the sea

B In a gallery

C In a library

6 2分 1Why can't the man help the woman

A He is having a break

B He isn't happy

C He is quite busy

2What will the woman do

AMeet Alan

B Have lunch

C Do a report

7 2分 1What is the relationship between the speakers

A Classmates

B Brother and sister

C Father and daughter

2Why does the woman say sorry to the man

A She took his notebook computer without permission

B She went to Jane's house without telling him

C She lost his notebook computer

8 3分  1Why does the man think the price of the flat is too high

A The position is not good

B The neighbors are too noisy

C Some repairs must be done

2What does the woman say about the flat

A It is cheap

B It is popular

C It is c onvenient

3What will the man do this afternoon

A See another flat

B Meet the woman

C Vis it a dentist

9 4分  1Why did the woman do the Healthy Living Day

A To do more exerc ise

B To make new friends

C To try s omething different

2How did the woman feel at the end of the Healthy Living Day

A Thirsty

B Sick

C Tired

3When is the next Healthy Living Day

A April 14th

BMay 28th

C July 5th

4Which sport has the woman chosen for the next Healthy Living Day

A Skateboarding

B Cyc ling

C Boating

10 4分 1What was the speaker's first job

A A secretary

B A bank c lerk

C A travel agent

2What did the speaker do in the first year of her college course

A She learnt to make clothes

B She studied the history of design

C She worked in a large clothes shop

3Why did the speaker like the final show

A Her parents saw herwork

B She met wellknown people in the field

C All the college students worked together

4What is the speaker's aim

A To become very rich

B To get to the top of her profession

C To start a children's clothes business

第二部分 知识运用共三节第一节单项填空共10小题 每小题1分满分10分

11   1分 Could you please tell me that prevents her from being as happy as before  

A it ishow B it iswhat C howit is D what it is

12  1分 We have to stop talking here outside Listen !

 Hurry up or we'll be late  

A there goes the bell

B there does the bell go

C there the bell goes

D goes the bell there

13  1分 about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascar for further research  

A How curious the couple were

B So curious the couple was

C The couple was such curious

D So curious were the couple

14  1分May be if I___science and not literature then I would be able to give your more help  

A studied B would study

C had studied D was studying

15  1分Has your uncle come back from England for a summer holiday

Yes But he_________at home for only a few days Now he has been back to London  

A stayed B has stayed C had stayed D is staying

16  1分 I______toward the door to go out side when suddenly Jim opened it  

A was walking B walked

C hadwalked D walk

17  1分 I want to buy that kind of cloth because I the cloth well  

A have told washes

B have been told washes

C was told washed

D have been told is washed

18  1分 I'm sorry you've been waiting so long but it'll still be sometime_____Tom gets back  

A when B before C after D since

19  1分 John returned with two workerswith_______help we finally got the car out of the mud  

A whose B their C which D that

20  1分 is known to all is that the earth is smaller than the sun  

AWhat B As C It DWhich

第二节阅读理解满分30分阅读下列短文从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

21  6分●Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee

Typ e F antas y

When Ophelia moves to a strange city where it never stops snowing she discovers a boy locked awayfor 75 years in a museum She must help the boy before the Snow Queen freezes the world Along the wayOphelia learns how to believe in things she cannot see

Targeted readers People who like fairy tales would enjoy this book

●AHundred Horses by Sarah Lean

Typ e Mys tery

The wooden horse Nell brings along during her visits to aunt and cousins is stolen by a girl namedAngel As Nell finds out Angel's true identity a bond grows between them and a group of 99 horsesWordhas it that the 100th horse is magical But where is it Nell doesn't know but Angel might knowTargeted readers Kids who like animals and nature will be sure to find this book exciting

●How to Catch a Bogle by Catherine Jinks

Typ e F antas y

Birdie is an orphan who is good at trapping monsters with her singing voice She is the only goblin 妖精 hunter in the world When kids go mis sing it's up to her to figure out why

Targeted readers Anyone who is looking for monsters will take great pleasure in this book

●I Even Funnier A Middle School Story by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein

Type F ic tion

After a car accident Jamie loses his family so he moves in with his aunt uncle and his cousin Steviewhose basic aim is to trick Jamie But Jamie keeps having a positive attitude and running after his goals Hehas been recently honored the Funniest Kid Comic of New York State

Targeted readers This book would be great for anyone who is fond of humorous books

1Which writer tells a story about a girl saving the world

A Karen Foxlee

B Sarah Lean

C Catherine Jinks

D James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein

2Nature lovers may take interest in 

A Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy

B A Hundred Horses

C How to Catch a Bogle

D I Even Funnier A Middle School Story

3Who goes through life challenges without losing heart

A Ophelia B Nell C Birdie D Jamie

22 8分Housework is a frequent sourc e of disputes 争论 between lazy husbands and their hardworking

A study from Oxford University has found that men are unlikely to be doing an equal share of houseworkbefore 2050 Mothers the researchers warned will continue to shoulder the burden of childcare andhousework for the next four decades largely because housework such as cleaning and cooking is stillregarded as "women's work"

The gap between the amount of time men and women spend on housework has narrowed slowly over thepast 40 years But it will take another four decades before true housework equality is achieved the studyconcluded

The research found that in the Nordic countries the burden of housework is shared more equallybetween men and women In the UK women spend an average of four hours and forty minutes each day onhousework c ompared with two hours and twenty eight minutes for men This is an improvement from the1960s when British women typically spent six hours a day on housework while men spent just 90 minutesevery day

But progress towards housework equality appears to be slowing in some countries Dr Oriel Sullivana research reader from Oxford's Department of Sociology said "We've looked at what is affecting theequality in the home and we have found that certain tasks seem to be given according to whether they areviewed as ‘men's work'or ‘women's work'  "

Dr Sullivan said cultural attitudes taught at school may be responsible for the views of housework "Atschool it is much easier for a girl to be a tomboy but it is much more difficult for a boy to enjoy baking anddancing " she said

1 The underlined part "pull their weight" in Paragraph 1 probably refers to" "

A lose weight B be lazy C earn money D do equal housework

2Women will continue to do more housework before 2050 mainly because 

A men are too busy to help

B they would like to do so

C they c an do better in hous ework

D houseworkwill still be considered as women's work

3 From Paragraph 4 we know that in the UK 

A men now spend just 90 minutes a day on housework on average

B women now are too busy with their work to do housework

C women now spend less time on housework than before

D housework is shared equally between men and women

4 In Dr Sullivan's opinion what is to blame for the housework inequality

A Cultural attitudes towards hous ework

B Policies made by the government

C The time spent on work

D The type of housework

23 8分In ancient Egypt the pharaoh 法老 treated the poor message runner like a princ e when he arrivedat the palac e if he brought good new s However if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring thepharaoh unhappy news his head was cut off

Shades of that spirit spread over today's conversations Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butterand sandwiches for an outing As we walked light heartedly out of the door picnic basket in hand asmiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said "Oh boy bad day for a picnic Theweatherman says it'sgoing to rain " I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches Not for his stupidweather report for his smile

Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across theGreyhound c ounter the sales agent said with a broad smile "Oh that bus left five minutes ago "Dreamsof head cutting!

It's not the news that makes someone angry It's the unsympathetic attitude with which it'sdelivered Everyone must give bad news from time to time and winning professionals do it with the properattitude A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way Aboss informing anemployee he didn't get the job takes on a sympathetic tone Big winners know when delivering any badnews they should share the feeling of the receiver

Unfortunately many people are not aware of this When you're tired from a long flight has a hotelclerk cheerfully said that your room isn't ready yet When you had your heart set on the toast beef has yourwaiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece It makes you as traveler or diner want to land yourfist 拳头 right on their unsympathetic fac es

Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy I would have appreciated hiswarning Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left Iprobably would have said "Oh that's all right I'll catch the next one "Big winners when they bear badnews deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded 被轰炸的 person is sure to have

1 In Paragraph 1  the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to 

A make a comparison

B introduce a topic

C describe a scene

D offer an argument

2 In the writer's opinion his neighbor was 

A friendly

B warmhearted

C not considerate

D not helpful

3 From Paragraph 3 we learn that the writer 

A was mad at the sales agent

B was reminded of the cruel pharaoh

C wished that the sales agent would have had dreams

D dreamed of cutting the sales agent's head that night

4What is the main idea of the text

A Delivering bad news properly is important in communication

B Helping others sincerely is the key to business success

C Receiving bad news requires great courage

D Learning ancient traditions c an be useful

24 8分 It is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life butmanners on the road are becoming horrible Everybody knows that the nicest men would become fierce tigersbehind the wheel It is all right to have a tiger in a cage but to have one in the driver's seat is another matter

Road politeness is not only good manners but good sense It takes the most coolheaded drivers greatpatience to give up the des ire to beat back when forced to face rude driving On the other hand a littlepoliteness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarrelling and fighting A friendly nod or awave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and becomes sonecessary in modern traffic conditions But such behaviors of politeness are by no means enough Manydrivers nowadays don't even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it

However misplaced politeness can also be dangerous Typical examples are the driver who waves a

child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oncoming cars that may not be able to stop intime The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want to

An experienced driver whose manners are faultless told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctlyjoin in traffic stream without causing total blockages 堵塞 that give rise to unpleasantfeelings Unfortunately modern drivers can't even learn to drive let alone master the roadmanship 公路驾车技能 Years ago experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would demand moregiveand take from all road users It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart

1According to the passage troubles on the road are often caused by 

A the great speed of modern life

B traffic jams

C terrible road conditions

D the behavior of the drivers

2 In the writer's opinion a good driver should 

A beat back when forced to face rude driving

B show road politeness properly

C join in traffic stream quickly however other people feel

D encourage old ladies to cross the roads whenever they want to

3 The underlined word"giveand take" in the passage means 

A politeness and impoliteness

B willingness to give in to each other's wishes

C offering help to others as much as possible

D good manners and bad manners

4What is the best title of the passage

A Road politeness

B Traffic problems

C Good manners

D Modern drivers

E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

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