福建师大附中高二上学期期末考试英语试题平行班.docx

1、福建师大附中高二上学期期末考试英语试题平行班福建师大附中2017-2018学年上学期期末考试高二（平行班）英语试卷时间：120分钟满分：150分第卷 (共79分)第一部分：听力（共20题；每小题1分, 满分20分）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. What is the purpose of the womans call?A. To ask about a bill. B. To pay the gas bill.C. To

2、open a new account.2. Whose account should be updated?A. Carls. B. Charlenes. C. Charlies.3. Where are the speakers?A. On a train.B. At a farm. C. At their house.4. What did the woman just do?A. She argued with the man.B. She shouted at another woman.C. She left her work to someone else.5. What time

3、 will the man arrive in London?A. At 8:30 B. At 8: 00. C. At 7: 30.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. Why does the woman feel uncomfortable?A. There is not enough sauce.B. She is not used to the fo

4、od.C. The man is forcing her to eat.7. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At the mans house.B. In an Italian restaurant.C. In a Thai restaurant.听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8. How long will the mans friend be staying in the apartment?A. Less than a month.B. Another month or more.C. At least two mo

5、nths.9. What does the woman want the mans friend to do?A. Move out.B. Find a job in a month.C. Help out with household expenses.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10. How many children will be in the barbecue?A. Two. B. Four. C. Six. 11. How will the Smiths probably get to the speakers house? A. By car. B. On foot. C

6、. By subway.12. What will the woman do next?A. Do some cleaning.B. Buy some burgers.C. Find the badminton set.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. What is the womans opinion about smells?A. It is personal. B. It is general. C. It is strange.14. What is special about smells, according to the woman? A. They are as pl

7、easant as music.B. They can last about thirteen days.C. They make things more memorable.15. What does the smell of the sea remind the woman of?A. Her college life.B. Her friends house.C. Happy family holidays.16. What is the womans favorite smell? A. Roses. B. Her garden. C. Aircraft fuel.听第10段材料,回答

8、第17至20题。17. Where are the listeners at the moment? A. On Green Island. B In the water. C. On a boat. 18. How many islands are part of the Great Barrier Reef? A.120. B.900. C.2000.19. What makes Green Island different from others in the area?A. It has a rainforest.B. It was formed a long time ago.C.

9、It is home to 8000 species of fish.20. Who has the most knowledge about life on the island?A. The captain.B. The park guide.C. The diving guides.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分29分） 第一节 （共 12 小题；每小题 2 分, 满分 24 分） AAn Oil for LifeMaria Alcala of Madrid speaks for many Mediterranean people when she says that “a meal

10、 without olive oil would be a bore.” No one knows when the Mediterranean civilizations fell in love with olives. That occurred before recorded history. However, there is evidence that the cultivation (种植) of olive trees began in countries around the Mediterranean Sea in approximately 4000 B.C., and

11、2000 years after that people in the eastern Mediterranean area began to produce oil from olives. The Mediterranean still accounts for 99 percent of all world olive oil production.From ancient times until today, the basic process of producing the oil is the same. First, whole olives are pressed hard

12、into pieces. Then, the liquid is separated from the solids. After that, the valuable oil is separated from the water.Many olive growers make their ancient traditions continue and still harvest the olives by hand. “We harvest in the traditional way,” says Don Celso, an olive farmer from Tuscany, Ital

13、y. “It would be less expensive to do it with machines, but its more a social thing. Twenty people come to help with the harvest, and we pay them in oil.”Olive oil has had a variety of uses through its long history. In ancient times, olive oil was used as money and as medicine. It was even used durin

14、g warheated up and dropped down on attackers. It is still used in religious ceremonies. It is great for protecting the freshness of fish and cheese. There are even olive oil lamp and olive oil soaps.One important study shows that Mediterranean people have the lowest rate of heart disease among Weste

15、rn nations. This is partly associated with their frequent use of olive oil. Other studies show that food cooked in olive oil is healthier, and that eating olive oil twice a day reduces womens risk of getting breast cancer. The world is beginning to understand its benefits, and olive oil is no longer

16、 an unusual sight at dinner tables outside the Mediterranean area. The olive oil producing countries now sell large amounts of olive oil to countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America.Olive oil improves the lives of people everywhere. Its benefits, recently confirmed by science, w

17、ere already understood in ancient times. Mediterranean people are happy to share their secret with the world.1. Which step occurs first in olive oil production?A. Drying the olives under the sun. B. Separating the oil from the water.C. Separating the liquid from the solids. D. Pressing the whole oli

18、ves into pieces.2. Which use of olive oil is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Paint. B. Medicine. C. Money. D. Soap.3. Why does the author include information about several studies of olive oil?A. To give reasons why olive oil is similar to medicine.B. To show how the biology of Mediterranean people

19、is special.C. To explain the growing interest in olive oil around the world.D. To prove that olive oil is more important for women than for men.4. What is the passage mainly about?A. Discussing olive oil production outside the Mediterranean area.B. Explaining the history, production, benefits, and u

20、se of olive oil.C. Showing why olive oil is produced around the Mediterranean Sea.D. Comparing Mediterranean olive oil with that produced in other places. BTheres no doubt that our character has a profound effect on our future. What we must remember, however, is not merely how powerful character is

21、in influencing our fate (命运), but how powerful we are in shaping our own character and, therefore, our own fate. Character may determine our fate, but character is not determined by fate.Its a common mistake to think of character as something that is fully formed and fixed very early in life. It cal

22、ls to mind old proverbs like “A leopard（猎豹）cant change its spots” and “You cant teach an old dog new tricks.”This perspective that our character is etched in stone is supported by a great deal of modern psychology emphasizing self-acceptance. As Popeye says, “I am what I am.” The hidden message is:

23、dont expect me to be more, better, or different.Ultimately, these views of humanity totally undervalue the lifelong potential for growth that comes with the power of reflection and choice.How depressing it would be to believe that we cant choose to be better, more honest, more respectful, more respo

24、nsible, and more caring. None of us should give up the personal seeking to improve our character. Not because were bad, we dont have to be sick to get better, but because were not as good as we could be.There are so many things in life we cant control, whether were beautiful or smart, whether we had

25、 good parents or bad, whether we grew up with affirmation or negation. Its inspiring to remember that nothing but moral will power is needed to make us better.No, it isnt easy. But if we make a great effort to become more aware of the habits of heart and mind that drive our behavior, we can begin to

26、 place new emphasis on our higher values so that we become what we want our children to think we are.5. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 3 mean? A. is carved in the stone with knives. B. is controlled by oneself. C. can be better and different. D. cant be changed easily. 6. Which of the fo

27、llowing would the writer agree with? A. A leopard cant change its spots. B. We must attach importance to self-acceptance. C. We should value our lifelong potential for growth. D. We should make choices constantly. 7. What do we need to improve ourselves according to the author? A. Our smartness. B.

28、Our will power. C. Our fate. D. Our character.8. What is the best title of the passage? A. Character can be formed and fixed. B. Character determines our fate. C. We shape our own character. D. Changing our character isnt easy.CSleep is as mysterious as it is important for our health. Over the decad

29、es, researchers have put forward several systems through which sleep makes us energetic again, but still dont fully understand the big picture. Now, two recently published studies come up with an interesting explanation: we sleep to forget some of the things we learn during the day.We store memories

30、 in networks in our brains. Whenever we learn something new, we grow new connection between neurons (神经元), called synapses (突触). In 2003, Giulio Tononi and Chiara Girelli, biologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, put forward something very interesting: during the day, we learn so much and

31、develop so many synapses that things sometimes get unclear. Since then, the two and their colleagues have made quite a few interesting additions to that study.For starters, they showed that neurons can cut out some synapses, at least in the lab. But they suspected the same things happens every day,

32、naturally, in our brains -probably during sleep.So they set up a painstaking experiment, in which Luisa de Vivo, an assistant scientist working in their lab, collected 6,920 synapses from mice, both awake and sleeping. Then, they determined the shape and size of all these synapses, learning that the synaps