1、福建省福建师范大学附属第二中学学年高一英语上学期期中试题1福建师大二附中20162017学年第一学期高一年段半期考英 语 试 卷（满分：150分，完卷时间：120分钟）第一部分：听力 （共两节，满分30分）第一节 听下面五段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的ABC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，你都有十秒钟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 will the woman pay? A. By cash. B. By credit card (信用卡). C. By check.2. Where was the man born?
2、 A. In America. B. In Canada. C. In England.3. Which season is it now? A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Winter.4. What is the time for the mans flight?A. At 8:00. B. At 8:15. C. At 8:30.5. Where does the woman want to go? A. Spain. B. Sweden. C. Switzerland.第二节：听下面五段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的ABC三个选项中选出最佳选项。
3、并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题。每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出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 cant Janie understand? A. Her homework. B. Her history test. C. Her English paper.7. Who will the man help? A. His father. B. His sister. C. The woman.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题8. Who read to the girls? A. The woman.
4、B. Only the man. C. The man and his wife.9. When did the girls start reading well? A. At five. B. At six. C. At seven.10. What does the man think the womans son should do now? A. Read a lot. B. Do whatever he likes. C. Learn from the mans daughters.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Whats wrong with the man? A. H
5、e has got a cold again. B. He gets tired easily in winter. C. He has been seriously ill for a week.12. What may the man begin to try? A. Riding a bike. B. Going to the gym. C. Climbing the stairs. 13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Co-workers.(同事) B. Husband and wife. C.
6、Doctor and patient.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What does the man want the woman to do? A. Help him with his research paper.B. Go on a business trip with him.C. Write a report for him.15. When would the man like the woman to finish what he asks? A. On Thursday. B. By Friday. C. Next Monday.16. Where will th
7、e woman go on Thursday afternoon? A. To the library. B. To a meeting room. C. To a caf(咖啡馆).听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Where is Las Vegas?A. In the desert. B. Near a forest. C. Close to New York.18. What is Las Vegas famous for? A. Swimming pools. B. Fashion (时尚). C. Card games.19. Which is popular with
8、kids? A. Museums. B. Restaurants. C. Music clubs.20. What is the purpose of this introduction to Las Vegas? A. To teach visitors about playing cards.B. To get families to bring their children.C. To suggest different activities for visitors.第二部分：阅读理解（共20 小题，每小题2分，满分40分）第一节 阅读下面短文，从各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出
9、最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）AOne animal which has died out was once a kind of bird in large numbers in North America: the passenger pigeon. The passenger pigeon bred（繁殖）in the eastern part of the U.S. and Canada and often migrated（迁徙） to the southern U.S. during the winter months. The birds nam
10、e didnt come from the migrations but from its movements in search of food. The passenger pigeons were social birds, traveling in amazingly large numbers from millions to one or two billion. Passing overhead, a large group of birds could darken the sky like storm clouds for a period of hours. A hundr
11、ed or more pairs of pigeons often nested in the same tree, each female laying a single egg. The birds lived mainly on wild seeds and nuts, but sometimes many of them would storm down onto a field or a garden and eat everything in sight. While large numbers of passenger pigeons were recorded in the l
12、ate nineteenth century, the population decreased rapidly, and the last wild bird was shot in 1904. The sudden disappearance of the bird remains a mystery, but an explanation is found in its habit of nesting and moving in large numbers. Farmers, who considered them pests, found it easy to catch hundr
13、eds at a time in nets. Also, as passenger pigeons were tasty game birds, market hunters shot hundreds of thousands on their nesting grounds. By 1900 the passenger pigeon was already rare.21. What made the passenger pigeon unique (独特的)? A. Its decreased population B. Its sudden appearance before a st
14、ormC. Its winter migration habits D. Its custom of traveling in large groups 22. When did the passenger pigeon disappear completely? A. In the early twentieth century B. In the middle of 1900sC. In the late nineteenth century D. In the middle or late 1800s 23. What was the farmers attitude towards t
15、he passenger pigeon before it died out? A. They protected it. B. They didnt care about it. C. They disliked it. D. They thought highly of it.BRobert Frost was one of Americas best known and most honored realistic literary figures (文学家). But his fame came late in his life. He was born in San Francisc
16、o, California in 1874. He lived in California during his early childhood. He was named after the chief Southern general in Americas Civil War. The officers name was Robert Edward Lee. The poet was named Robert Lee Frost, because his father wanted to honor the general.Someone once asked another Ameri
17、can writer, Ernest Hemingway, how to become a writer. The best thing, he said, was to have an unhappy childhood. If this is true, Robert Frosts childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very good poet. Robert Frosts father was a reporter who wanted to be a politician. He often drank too much wine a
18、nd became angry. Robert was the victim (受害者) of his anger.Robert Frost finished high school in 1891. After high school, Roberts grandfather offered to pay his costs at Dartmouth College. But Robert left the school after a few months. He did not like it. He spent the next few years working at differe
19、nt jobs. At one time, he worked in a factory. Later, he repaired shoes. He was a teacher. He was a reporter. Always, he wrote poetry(诗歌).Robert Frost attended Harvard University for two years. After that, he returned to the many jobs he held before. For a while, Frost tried to take care of a farm in
20、 the state of New Hampshire. He was not a successful farmer. And he continued to write poetry. He said that until 1930, he earned only about ten dollars a year from writing. In 1912, he decided to try to make a new start. He took his family to Britain. The cost of living was low. In Britain, Frost f
21、ound a publisher (出版商) for his first book of poems. The book was called A Boys Will. When it appeared in 1913, Frost received high praise from British readers. Praise was something he had not received in his own country.Ezra Pound, another American poet living in Britain, read the poems and liked th
22、em very much. He wrote a magazine article about Frost. He also helped to get Frosts second book of poems published in America. That book was called North of Boston.24. The passage wrote about what Hemingway said to tell us that _.A. Hemingway had great influence on Frosts poetry and lifeB. Frosts po
23、etry style was the same as HemingwaysC. Frosts sad childhood may contribute to his success as a poetD. Frost lived a really unhappy life in his childhood25. It was not until _ that fame came finally in Frosts life. A. 1891 B.1912 C.1913 D.193026. According to the passage, we can know _.A. Frost was
24、good at writing poetry when he studied in high school.B. Robert Frosts father didnt realize his dream of being a politician.C. After leaving Harvard University, he began to learn to write poetry. D. Once Frosts first book was published he gained praise in his country.27. Whats the passage mainly abo
25、ut?A. Robert Frosts unhappy childhood. B. Robert Frosts first and second book.C. Robert Frosts family and jobs. D. Robert Frosts life and poetry.CTHE STORY OF AN EYEWITNESSby Jack LondonNever before in history has a city been so completely destroyed. San Francisco is gone. Nothing is left of it but
26、memories and some houses far from the centre of the city. Its businesses are gone. The factories, hotels and palaces are all gone too. Within an hour after the earthquake, the smoke of San Franciscos fires could be seen 160 kilometers away. The sun was red in the dark sky. There was no stopping the
27、fires. There was no way to organize or communicate. The steel railway tracks were now useless. And the great pipes for carrying water under the streets had burst. All of the ways man had made to keep the city safe were gone in the thirty seconds the earth moved. Out at sea it was calm. No wind came
28、up. Yet from every direction - east, west, north, and south, strong winds blew upon the unlucky city. Man himself had to make ruins of some of the citys best buildings so that they would not be a danger to those in the streets. A list of buildings undestroyed was now only a few addresses. A list of
29、the brave men and women would fill a library. A list of all those killed will never be made. Amazing as it may seem, Wednesday night was a quiet night. There were no crowds. The policemen said nothing; even their horses were quiet. There were no shouts or people doing crazy things. In all those terr
30、ible hours I saw not one woman who cried, not one man who was excited. Before the fires, through the night, thousands and thousands of people who had lost their homes left for safety. Some were covered in blankets. Sometimes whole families put everything they owned and could save into wagons (四轮马车).
31、 They helped one another climb the high hills around the city. Never in all San Franciscos history were her people so kind as on that terrible night.28. We can judge from the passage that the terrible earthquake took place in .A. China B. Britain C. Canada D. America29. Which word best describes how
32、 the writer felt about the earthquake?A. lost B. shocked C. excited D. quiet30. What can we learn from Jack Londons description of the earthquake?A. The terrible earthquake lasted about one hour.B. People hid in the library during the earthquake.C. The quake almost destroyed everything in the city.D. People were in panic (恐慌), not knowing what to do.31
