1、福建省莆田第二十四中学2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期中测试试题（无答案）本卷满分100分，考试时间60分钟。注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。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,从每題所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AHere are fou
2、r tourist attractions in Havana in Cuba.Museum of the CityThe Museum of the City was built in 179L The building once served as the Presidential Palace and home to colonial governors. The museums exhibits include collections of weapons,history and art as well as rooms documenting wars for Cuban indep
3、endence.Tel: +53-7-861-6130 .Open: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday.Admission: $ 3Revolution SquareRevolution Square is one of the largest open public spaces in Cuba and one of the largest public squares in the world. The site is home to the 138-foot Jose Mart Memorial, the tallest structur
4、e in Havana,which celebrates the national hero. Cubas important leaders, including Fidel Castro, usually use the platform in front of the memorial to address the large crowds that gather on the square. The Jose Marti Memorial also includes a museum and an elevator that takes tourists to the top of t
5、he monument.Tel: +53-7-338-6363Open: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Monday through Saturday.Admission: $ 5Cigar Factories.Cubans famous cigar-making factories are open to the public. Three cigar factories in Havana offer public tours that show how Cubas cigars are hand-rolled in the traditional way. The Partagas
6、Cigar Factory,founded in 1827,is the oldest in Havana. The other two factories open for tours are La Corona and Romeo Julieta, and they include gift shops.Tel: +53-7-338-060Open: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday.Admission: $ 10Old HavanaOld Havana is the capitals historic district,which dates
7、 back to 1519 when Spain used the city as a colonial port. Old Havana was important Spanish naval (海军的）base. Presently,Old Havanas stone streets are home to museums, hotels and restaurants among the grand colonial buildings that once housed Spanish power.Tel: +53-7-885-752Open: daily.Admission: free
8、1.When is the Museum of the City closed?A.Friday. B.Saturday. C.Sunday. D.Monday2.Where might you see Fidel Castro?A.In front of the Jose Marti Memorial. B.On the stone streets of Old Havana.C.In the Partagas cigar factory. D.In the Museum of the City.3.Which number should you call if you want to kn
9、ow about cigarette production?A.+53-7-338-060 B.+53-7-885-752C.+53-7-338-6363 D.+53-7-861-6130BMusic is an international language.The songs that are sung or played by instruments are beautiful to all people everywhere.Popular music in America is what every student likes.Students carry small radios w
10、ith earphones and listen to music before class,after class and at lunch.Students with cars buy large speakers(扬声器)and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work.They also listen to the news about sports,the weather,politics,
11、and activities of the American people.But most of the radio broadcast is music.Pop or popular music singers make much money.They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state.Once the popular singer is heard throughout the country,young people buy his or her tapes.Some of the money from
12、these tapes comes to the singer.Wherever the singer goes,all the young people want to meet him or her.Now the singer has become a national star.Besides pop music,there are two other kinds of music that is important to Americans.One is called folk music.It tells stories about the common life of Ameri
13、cans.The other is called western or country music.This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching.Today,any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.Serious music for the concert halls is called cla
14、ssical music.Music for instruments is called orchestra music,such as the symphonies(交响乐)of Beethoven.There is opera for singers,ballet for dancers like the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in China.4.In what way can music be regarded as an international language?A. Popular music is what everyon
15、e enjoys.B. The wonderful songs are popular with the world people.C. When music is played,it seems as if it were speaking to us.D. Music is too popular for everyone to be able to play it.5.What can we know about music and people in America?A. Adult drivers listen to news as well as music when they d
16、rive to work.B. Adult drivers never listen to music when they drive to work.C. Student drivers carry small radios with earphones when they drive on the streets.D. Students always listen to music before class,in class and after class.6.Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage
17、?A. All people in America like popular music.B. Pop singers can get all the money from the tapes.C. Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is a kind of pop music in China.D. Now,western or country music is a little different from its beginning.7.Whats the best title of the passage?A. International language. B
18、. Music in America.C. Pop music. D. Music listeners.CBangkok（曼谷）,Thailand,is known for having some of the best street food in the world. But officials have announced plans to ban food vendors（摊贩）in an effort to clean up the city. An assistant to Bangkoks governor told The Nation newspaper the move i
19、s meant to improve the appearance,walkability and safety of city streets. The street vendors have seized the pavement space for too long and we already provide them space to sell food and other products legally in the market,the assistant said. So there will be no let-up in this operation-every stre
20、et vendor will have to move out. Bangkok was recently named the worlds finest street food location for the second year by Cable News Network （CNN）. Vendors can be found in all of Bangkoks busiest areas. They serve everyone from business people to tourists to local citizens. The chairs and tables are
21、 basic. Customers have to deal with Bangkoks extreme heat and polluted air while they eat. But the tasty food keeps people coming back again and again. Nont Nontskiul is a financial worker in Bangkok. He lives in a part of the city where street vendors will be some of the first to be removed. He tol
22、d the Associated Press that,Even people who eat at pricey restaurants every day cant avoid street food. Its faster,tastes better,and costs less than half the price. Critics of the street food clean-up campaign say low-income people-including food vendors and their customers-will be most affected by
23、the ban. They have called on the government to do more to help the vendors keep their businesses going in a legal way. Ubolwattana Mingkwan is a coffee vendor in Bangkok. She charges 85cents for a cup of coffee. She says she cannot afford the cost of rent required to do business in a government-appr
24、oved area. Ive asked city officials for help and understanding,she told the Associated Press,All they say now isno,no,no. Theyve already received their orders. 8. Why do the officials want to Forbid street traders？A. To force them to leave. B. To remove street food. C. To keep the city in order. D.
25、To offer convenience to residents. 8. How does the author think of the street traders in Bangkok？A. They pollute the air in the city. B. They usually sell unhealthy foods. C. They work in too hot surroundings. D. They play an important rule in daily life. 10. Whats the problem with government-approv
26、ed areas for street traders？A. Their rents are too high for them. B. They will make food hard to sell. C. They are controlled by the government. D. No one will go there for food. 11. What is the authors attitude toward the ban？A. Supportive. B. Regretful. C. Optimistic. D. Angry.DDiscoverys astronau
27、ts arrived to an exciting celebration Wednesday as nearly 700 people crowded an airplane storage place, waving flags and holding signs that read: Welcome Home, Astronauts!The seven-person team returned to Earth on Tuesday after being the first to take a space shuttle into orbit since the Columbia di
28、saster(灾难) of 2003.In the last two and a half years, we have been through the very worst that manned space flight can bring us, and over the past two weeks we have seen the very best, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin told the astronauts and their families and fans Wednesday.The crowd waved America
29、n flags for the U.S. astronauts and Japanese flags for crew member Soichi Noguchi, one of the spacewalkers.As a rookie（新手）astronaut, I could not ask for more, Noguchi said, We had three spacewalks, two extra days in space and one great team.While the homecoming has been filled with excitement for wh
30、at mission controllers declared a truly spectacular test flight, uncertainty remains for the future of the shuttle program.Shortly after Discovery rose up into space July 26, a nearly 1-pound large piece of foam insulation（泡沫绝缘材料）fell from the fuel tankthe very thing that was supposed to have been f
31、ixed after Columbia exploded. The foam missed Discovery, but NASA grounded all shuttle flights until engineers fix the problem.NASA ground crews examined Discovery after its return from orbit and found it in good condition, an official said Wednesday at NASAs Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards
32、 Air Force Base in California.Technicians counted 101 dings and divots, including 20 that were larger than 1 inch. Schaaf Dean, landing support group chief, said the numbers were similar to the results of other shuttle, post-landing examinations.A beginning examination of the shuttles thermal（热的）bla
33、nket showed it remained undamaged during re-en-try into the Earths air.(Agencies)12.The seven astronauts _.A. are the first to take a space shuttle into orbit B. took the Columbia into spaceC. returned to earth safely D. are Americans13.According to the text, the NASA officials think _.A. the flight
34、 of Discovery is a failureB. manned space flight has been through the best in the pastC. the flight of Discovery is a successD. the astronauts are national heroes14.When the Discovery took off, _.A. the fuel tank burned B. a piece of foam insulation fellC. the safety belt is not fixed D. it knocked
35、into the Columbia15.The underlined word grounded means _.A. (of a boat) hit the bottom of a sea and be unable to moveB. to cause a boat to hit the bottom of a sea or lakeC. to prevent a plane or person from flyingD. to be based on something第二节(共5小题；每小题2分,满分10分)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,并在答题卡上将该项涂
36、黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。What To Do When You Break Your Smartphone?As you pick the smartphone you just dropped from the pavement, your mind races. You cant afford a new one. How will you check your Wechat（微信）messages? Here are some of the things you can try if you break your phone. 16 Smartphones are held toge
37、ther with screws（螺丝） and pins，which means in many cases，if youre handy enough，you can easily fix them. 17 .One site in particular, , offers guides for replacing and fixing nearly every part of a wide variety of smartphones, ranging from the very first iPhone all the way to the iPhone 7Plus. Bring it
38、 to a repair shopSmartphone repair shops are all over the place these days. 18 .Depending on the damage to your phone, the price for repairs can range anywhere from29 to more than250. Try selling your damaged phoneSo your phone is damaged, and you dont want to spend the money to get it fixed. Why no
39、t try selling it? 19 .Gazelle, for example, will pay you40 for a 16GB iPhone 5s with a broken display, while Glyde will pay you142 for an iPhone 6 with a cracked screen. Buy a refurbished（翻新的） phoneSo youve sold your broken smartphone and now youve got some extra spending cash, but its still nowhere
40、 near enough to cover the full cost of a new smartphone, which can run more than $600. 20 .Well,if preowned（二手的）phones dont bother you, you can buy a refurbished handset from any number of carriers or stores at a modest discount. A. What can you do?B. Get insurance next time. C. Try repairing it you
41、rself. D. So why not see if one of these stores can fix your busted（损坏的 handset?E. In fact，there are entire websites designed to help you repair your own phone. F. How much you get for your damaged phone depends on the model and what kind of issues it has. G. And if they dont want your phone and you
42、 want to make sure that its at least recycled，theyll do that too. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节,满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；域小题1.5分,满分30分）阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I was fourteen years old and thought I had already known all the important things in life.I remember being more than a littl
43、e_21_at the homework my geography teacher,Mr Ream,had given the class.We had to_22_to someone we knew who had been in a war as a soldier and write about their experiences.I _23_it was totally meaningless.What did that have to do with_24_?I wanted to know.I still had an unpleasant attitude toward it_
44、25_I put my notebook down on the table in front of my stepfather.I_26_that hed been in the war, so I decided to make it_27_for myself and not to look any further from home for my_28_.He asked me what I_29_,and I said I had to interview him about his experiences in the war_30_a class.Im sure his body
45、 must have stiffened（变僵硬）,but at that time I was too blind to_31_it.He asked me to sit down and then we got_32_.Ill never forget his response to the first question I_33_asked,Have you ever killed anyone?His answer of yes was the_34_that made me begin to take the talk seriously.I still_35_his eyes wh
46、en he told me the horror of what hed_36_and what hed done during the war.I had never expected that kind of_37_from anyone, but I know thats_38_what he gave me.The things he told me taught me a lot.They also showed me I had a lot left to_39_in this life.I gained new love and_40_for this man who is no
47、w my father.21.A.annoyed B.interested C.frightened D.tired22.A.stick B.talk C.contribute D.write23.A.forgot B.agreed C.thought D.realized24.A.life B.writing C.geography D.homework25.A.as B.if C.unless D.since26.A.imagined B.guessed C.believed D.knew27.A.clear B.easy C.normal D.common28.A.interview B
48、.experiment C.presentation D.operation29.A.designed B.prepared C.needed D.collected30.A.in B.by C.for D.from31.A.move B.hide C.consider D.notice32.A.started B.concluded C.banned D.changed33.A.officially B.carelessly C.unluckily D.probably34.A.delight B.shock C.honor D.confusion35.A.describe B.copy C
49、.wait D.remember36.A.arranged B.expected C.witnessed D.created37.A.benefit B.happiness C.honesty D.admiration38.A.usually B.exactly C.rapidly D.gradually39.A.learn B.enjoy C.miss D.complain40.A.pity B.fear C.satisfaction D.respect第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节,满分45分）第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分,满分15分）阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）
50、或括号内单词的正确形式,并将答案填写在答题卡上。 In the United States, there were 222 people _41_(report) to be billionaires(亿万富翁) in 2003. The _42_(rich) of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $ 41 billion,_43_made his money _44_ starting the company Microsoft. Mr. Gates was only 21 years old _45_he first helped to set up
51、 the company in 1976. He was a billionaire by the time he was 31 years old._46_, there are still some other people who have made lots_47_ money at even younger ages. Other young people who have struck it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple. _48_ of these child actors made over a million do
52、llars _49_ (act) in movies before they were 14. But _50_ youngest billionaire is Albertvon Thurnund Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited (继承) a billion dollars when he turned 18!第四部分 写作（共两节,满分35分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分,满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修
53、改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（）,并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的间用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2.只允许修改10处,多若(从第11处起）不计分。My friend Jim told me a funny story the other days.On a dark and stormy night,a fellow is walking through a place where died people were buried.As he walked further along,and he hea
54、rd a voice saying,Mark!Mark! Pretending not to let it bother her,he pulled his coat a little tighter and kept on walk.Again the voice said,Mark! Mark!Then he began running with a full speed and didnt dare stop until he was well outside the gate.When he stopped catch his breath,the moon had broken th
55、rough the clouds.So he could see that had been following him.It was the dog with a hare lip.第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假如你是第一高级中学的李华。你们市要举办一次招待外商的晚会,特向全市招聘晚会的主持人。你有意向参加,请依据下列要点,给负责人写封英文书信,应聘这一岗位。要点：1.希望能够当该活动的主持人； 2.个人情况介绍。注意：1.词数100左右（开头已经写好,不计入总词数）； 2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。Dear Sir or Madam,Im Li Hua,a student from No.1 Senior School._I am looking forward to your early reply.Yours,Li Hua
