1、英语福建省师大附中学年高二下学期期中考试试题福建师大附中2016-2017学年下学期期中考试高二英语试题 （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（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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. What will the woman probably do next? A. Make dinner. B. Wash the dishes. C
2、. Play video games.2. What do we know about the speakers? A. They are going to college.B. They are majoring in biology.C. They both have their own business.3. What are the speakers talking about? A. A TV series. B. Video games. C. Some movies.4. What does the man think of the electric car? A. It is
3、dangerous. B. It is convenient. C. It is expensive.5. Who is the man? A. The childs uncle. B. The childs father. C. The womans husband.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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. What is
4、the relationship between the speakers? A. Friends. B. Husband and wife. C. Brother and sister.7. How does the man feel about the baseball game? A. Excited. B. Bored. C. Worried.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. How did the man feel about his last job? A. He loved it. B. He worked too hard. C. It wasnt exciting eno
5、ugh.9. Where are the speakers? A. At a caf. B. At the womans house. C. In an office building. 10. What will the speakers probably discuss next? A. Money matters. B. The mans personality. C. The mans previous experience.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What is needed to make the sour cucumbers? A. Salt. B. Vineg
6、ar. C. Onions. 12. When should the cucumbers be tasted for the first time? A. After one week. B. After five days. C. After an entire summer.13. Who taught the woman how to make the sour cucumbers? A. The man. B. Her grandfather. C. Her father.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What do the speakers discuss first?
7、A. Who else to invite. B. Which hotel to stay in. C. How to get cheap airplane tickets.15. Who is Pierre? A. Susies husband. B. Louises husband. C. The womans French friend.16. What does the woman want to do first in Paris? A. Visit a museum. B. See the Eiffel Tower. C. Buy a new suitcase.听第10段材料，回答
8、第17至20题。17. What do we know about Costa Rica? A. It has no army. B. It is far away from Panama.C. It is a country in North America.18. What is the population of Costa Rica? A. About 1.4 million. B. About 4.5 million. C. About 8.5 million.19. What is the main source of energy in Costa Rica? A. Oil. B
9、. Coal. C. Clean energy.20. Which industry has become important in Costa Rica in recent years?A. Food. B. Tourism. C. Agriculture.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） A.Books are typically written first, then narrated (朗读) for audio books. Until now, Audible, the largest company of a
10、udio books, has begun asking well-known writers to create works specifically for audio, instead of inviting people to narrate already existing print books. Its a new chapter for the book industry. Audible now has about 30 totally new audio works in production. And it turns out that audio books, whic
11、h have long been regarded as less important than e-books, have actually been doing quite well. They are a $1,000,000,000 industry, with more than 35,000 titles published in 2013 alone. What promotes that progress is not only an evolution of technology, but more importantly, the rise of the celebrity
12、 (名人) narrator. Narrators are key to the success of an audio book and these days, producers are signing on more and more celebrities. Celebrities narration is like a private performance to customers, who get a feeling of closeness in listening to their voices. Many of the customers buy audio books b
13、ased on the narrator. They will listen to anything a specific actor or actress reads. That is why Audible is taking the risk of not producing print books at all but starting totally new audio works. Theres another reason why the company is expecting its risk-taking action to pay off: humans have bee
14、n telling stories since the beginning of time. We are taking part in a little habit that goes back thousands and thousands of yearsbefore the first mark was ever made on a stone. Long before writing, people were telling each other stories and the audio book goes all the way back to that tradition. A
15、s Peter Allen sang softly in the 1970s, everything old is new again.1. The “new chapter” (Para. 1) refers to a time of _. A. starting audio companies B. producing new audio works C. narrating print books for audio D. creating electronic books2. What does Paragraph 2 tell about audio books？ A. Their
16、bright future B. Their difference from e-booksC. Their great importance D. Their previous production3. Customers like celebrities narration because _. A. celebrities help them understand the stories B. celebrities have more attractive voices C. celebrities seem to be within their reach D. celebritie
17、s have better narrating skills 4. Audible believes its risk-taking action will be rewarding because _.A. the action has lasted for a long time B. customers play an active role in the actionC. the company has spent a lot on the action D. the action agrees with the story-telling traditionB. Ever since
18、 Donald Trump was elected president of the US, the entire Trump family has been put under a microscope. In China, the spotlight has been mainly focused on Trump and his daughter Ivanka. She is described on WeChat as an extremely influential role model with stunning beauty, a successful career, and a
19、 happy family. She leads a dream life that a million girls would kill for. Yes, she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. But she got where she is by herself.Theres always going to be articles that say people born into wealthy families are better looking and have a better family background than
20、 you, but these people do work harder than you. Are you a loser if you were raised in an ordinary family? Should you feel guilty that you sleep eight hours a day because Ivanka sleeps five? If you just want to keep a stable nine-to-five job, does it mean you are not ambitious? How about if you dont
21、work out or eat healthy, does that mean you will not find your Mr. or Miss Right?There is a tendency in media nowadays to encourage elitism (精英主义).They are trying to brainwash young people into thinking that they should invest an enormous amount of time and money in bodybuilding and appearance enhan
22、cement, even plastic surgery. They encourage lifestyle makeovers: wine tasting classes and expensive trips overseas. They make you believe that if you do as they say, you can improve the quality of your life and join the elites.But whats the downside of being ordinary? Do you really need to go to th
23、e gym five days a week unless you are a gym maniac (热衷者)? Do you need to take hundreds of selfies and Photoshop the selected ones to post on WeChat? Do you really need to break your neck and sacrifice to earn your first pot of gold only to worry constantly about how to enter high society later?Dont
24、let the idea of elitism get to you. Everybody has a right to the life they want. Human beings should not be judged as a success or failure based on whether they are a part of the elite or not. As long as you lead a happy and comfortable life, why bother to chase after other peoples shadows? Choose y
25、our own life path and go for it.5. Why does Ivanka become a hit online?A. She gets what she has through personal efforts despite decent origin.B. She together with her family is put under careful investigation.C. She is a virtual role model frequently seen among ordinary people.D. She lives such a d
26、ream life that a million girls would like to kill her.6. Which of the following are considered as a life belonging to people of higher social rank?Polish and post carefully- selected selfies on WeChatBreak your neck to earn your first pot of goldSpare no expense to improve physical appearanceSign up
27、 for wine tasting classes and oversea tripsA. B. C. D. 7. It can be inferred from the text that _.A. Ivanka sleeping five hours a day makes the vast majority guilty. B. Being distinguished is a commonly advocated culture nowadaysC. Keeping a stable nine-to- five job will be thought of as a loser.D.
28、Improving the quality of life will promote ones social status.8. Which attitude towards life would the writer probably agree with?A. Life is like a dogsled team. If you arent the lead dog, the scenery never changes.B. Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.C. Ther
29、e is only one success to be able to spend your life in your own way.D. The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. C. The sharing economy, represented by companies like Airbnb or Uber, is the latest fashion craze. But many supporters have overlooked the reality that t
30、his new business model is largely based on escaping regulations and breaking the law. Airbnb is an internet-based service that allows people to rent out spare rooms to strangers for short stays. Uber is an internet taxi service that allows thousands of people to answer ride requests with their own c
31、ars. There are hundreds of other such services. The good thing about the sharing economy is that it promotes the use of underused resources. Millions of people have houses or apartments with empty rooms, and Airbnb allows them to profit from these rooms while allowing guests a place to stay at price
32、s that are often far less than those charged by hotels. Uber offers prices that are competitive with standard taxi prices and their drivers are often much quicker and more trustworthy. But the downside of the sharing economy has gotten much less attention. Most cities and statesboth tax and regulate hotels, and the tourists who stay in hotels are usually an important source of t
