1、福建省福州八中学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题福建省福州八中20162017学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题第I卷 （满分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. How did Jenny become healthy and beautiful? A. By eating less. B. By reducing working hours. C.
2、By changing her diet and exercising.2. What does the woman want the man to do? A. Call her back. B. Take a message for her. C. Leave a message to Peter.3. Why does the man need a rest? A. He has been devoted to his work. B. He is too old to walk around. C. He has hurt his shoulders.4. Where is the m
3、an? A. In a hotel. B. In an office. C. In a restaurant.5. What are the speakers probably talking about? A. Finding a hotel. B. Buying a house. C. Renting a house.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
4、独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What kind of tickets does the woman still have? A. 5-dollar tickets. B. 15-dollar tickets. C. 50-dollar tickets. 7. When will the box office close? A. At 7:00 p.m. B. At 7:30 p.m. C. At 8:00 p.m.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What happened to the man? A. He broke a coffee cup. B. His sh
5、irt was made dirty. C. He had no shirt to wear.9. Where is the Shell Building? A. Its on Madison. B. Its near Madison. C. Its two blocks from the park.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10.What is the boy going to do after losing his bike? A. Buy a new one. B. Buy a second-hand one. C. Go to school without a bike. 1
6、1.What does the girl suggest the boy do? A. Call the police. B. Have a good lock. C. Be more careful with his bike.12.Why did the thief steal the three locks in the story? A. They were more valuable. B. He needed them to lock his bike. C. He wanted to make fun of the student.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13.Why
7、 does the man talk with the woman? A. Her dog destroys the garden. B. He wanted to ask her about the exam. C. Her dogs barking bothered him.14.What does the man think is the dogs problem? A. He is lonely. B. He is hungry. C. He misses the woman.15. What does the man offer to do with the womans dog?
8、A. Bring it to his house. B. Walk it several times a day. C. Feed it during lunch time.16. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Colleagues. B. Brother and sister. C. Neighbors.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17.What is the speaker mainly talking about? A. The British paper-making industry.
9、B. Britains export of paper. C. The British newspapers.18.How long did the art of paper-making take to reach Britain? A. 700 years. B. 770 years. C. 1400 years.19.Which country does the British paper-making industry import wood from? A. Norway. B. South Africa. C. Australia.20.What problem may come
10、out in the future? A. A waste of paper. B. A shortage of paper. C. Disappearance of forests.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhen Sara and Nathan Jones were training to become foster parents(养父母), their son, Noah, learned a tough thing or two
11、 about foster care. For instance, nearly 600 local foster kids changed families every year, and they carried their belongings from one home to the next in black garbage bags.Noah, then ten, couldnt imagine squeezing his clothes, favorite toy, and soccer ball into a trash bag and dragging it to a new
12、 house in the middle of the night. “Packing kids belongings into garbage bags is like telling them that their stuff has no more worth than trash” says Noah.So with help from his parents and younger sisters, Macy, then nine, and Molly, then seven, Noah began to collect suitcases and duffel bags(行李袋)
13、from friends and extended family; he received more than 100 bags in less than two weeks. He then sent letters to churches and put ads in local newspapers and on radio stations asking for donations. Within a few months, the family was collecting about 500 bags a week, which they stored briefly in the
14、ir spare bathroom and downstairs hallway before giving them to foster care caseworkers.In addition to suitcases, Noah now provides foster kids with backpacks containing shampoo, soap, a journal, and a toyall donated. “My hope is that by giving the children things that are just theirs, they will feel
15、 a little control in the midst of the chaos” says Noah. Noahs group, A Case for Dignity, collects and distributes hundreds of bags a year. He recently convinced foster care managers from 15 Kentucky counties to use his bags instead of trash bags. “Ive been so inspired by him,” says his mom, “If a te
16、n-year-old can see a problem and create a solution, how much more can we do as adults”21. What problem did Noah find about the local foster care? A. It was tough to care for foster kids. B. Foster kids had too much stuff. C. Foster kids did not get along with their new parents. D. Proper containers
17、were not available to foster kids.22. How might foster kids feel when packing belongings into garbage bags? A. Angry. B. Abandoned. C. Numb. D. Discriminated.23. Why does Noah provide foster kids with other things besides suitcases? A. To help set up A Case for Dignity. B. To convince foster care ma
18、nagers. C. To prevent foster kids feeling lost. D. To appeal to more people to donate.24.What can we infer from Saras words in the last paragraph? A. Young kids are better at finding solutions. B. Adults can collect more suitcases than children. C. Adults should do more to help foster kids. D. Adult
19、s should do something to inspire kids.BDelicate step gives mosquitoes strength to walk on water. Its not a magical power. Mosquitoes can walk on water because of the angle at which their legs touch its surface.A mosquitos leg is strong enough to bear up to 23 times its total body weight, which is on
20、e reason why it can walk on water so effortlessly. This is far greater than the leg strength of other water-walking insects like water striders(水黾), whose legs have been more carefully studied.Jian-Lin Liu of the China University of Petroleum in Qingdao and his colleagues had thought a mosquitos adv
21、antage might come from the protective wax and microscopic scales(鳞片) coating its legs. They removed these layers(层) and measured the change in the legs load-bearing capacity(能力), but found that the layers were responsible for less than 12.5 percent of the overall supporting force.The main player tur
22、ned out to be the angle between the leg and the water surface. The supporting force was strongest when the leg was nearly parallel to the surface. Any angle greater than 62 degrees would make the mosquito fall through the surface.The researchers believe that mosquitoes can adjust this angle during l
23、anding and take-off to ensure they remain on the waters surface. This ability is very important because many species land on fresh or still water to lay their eggs in it.The work could inspire insect-like robots and waterproof materials, the team says.25. A mosquito can walk on water easily mainly b
24、ecause of _. A. the angle between its legs and water B. its light-weight body C. the microscopic scales coating its legs D. its strong legs26. Theoretically, a mosquito gets the strongest supporting force when its legs and the water surface make an angle of _. A. 62. B. 118. C. 0. D. 90.27. The insp
25、iration from a mosquitos legs can be used to develop _. A. chemicals to kill mosquitoes B. materials to be used in rains C. instruments to observe insects D. robots to work under the seaC Something I enjoy doing most in my leisure time is going to the cinema to watch a great film. Its two hours of r
26、elaxation and escapism from real life. But when I get relaxed in my seat to enjoy the film and popcorn, Im often irritated by seeing someone next to me texting on their mobile phone or worse still, talking to someone. Its no surprise that a proposal by a US cinema chain to let people use their phone
27、s during some film screenings was met with such anger, that the company had to take back the idea. People said it was the worst idea ever! Surely, going to watch the latest film is just that watching not multi-screening. I am certainly distracted by the click-click on someones mobile keyboard as the
28、y text and the light of the bright small phone screenwhy arent they concentrating on the big screen?! However, it is convenient to watch streaming films and cheap DVDs at home. Cinemas are struggling to keep their customers. Some places now offer comfortable seats with snacks and drinks, so maybe tr
29、ying to attract a younger audience by allowing the use of mobile phones is the way forward? A survey in 2012 found that a majority of 18-to-34-year-olds believed using social media while watching a movie would add to their experience. However, not every young person wants to multi-task at the movies
30、. Many of us still get annoyed by the theatre staff who appear not to do anything about it. Of course, we could ask people to turn their phones off. But as Adam Aron, head of AMC Entertainment, said in Variety magazine, “when you tell a 22-year-old to turn off the phone, dont ruin the movie, they he
31、ar please cut off your left arm above the elbow.” Clearly this is not what I would like to see but if you want to use your mobile phone in the cinema that Im at, please dont sit next to me! What do you think is the right thing to do? 28. The underline word “irritated” in Paragraph 1 means _. A. emba
32、rrassed B. terrified C. depressed D. annoyed 29. Which of the following is True of the US cinema chains original advice? A. The advice was carried out smoothly. B. They permitted people to use the phone. C. They forbade people to use the phone. D. The advice was very popular with people.30. What can we infer from Paragraph 3? A. Young
