福建省中高二上学期第一学段考试英语试卷

I searched the website. Unfortunately, the movie that I had seen many times was no longer _____.

–Did you remember to give Mary the money you owed to her?
–Yes, I gave it to her _____ I saw her.

It rained last night and the flowers don’t require ____, so he ____ water the flowers.

—Where did you find the group of children?
—It was in the woods ________they played hide-and–seek.

Only after _______ did people know it was not an accident, but an attack of some kind.

Our daughter doesn’t know what to ____at the university; she can’t make up her mind about her future.

You can’t imagine the difficulty he ________onto the cliff and saving the boy in trouble.

Every Monday morning, students in our school would stand at attention, watching the national flag ______.

Don’t worry. There’s still time ____a newspaper before the bus leaves.

_____, Carolina couldn’t get the door open.

Mr. Smith was quite satisfied with his new flat______ beside the West Lake Park and decided to settle down there.

Don’t worry. We’ll keep you _______ what happens.

________ a reply, he decided to write again.

Mr. Brown, please point out my spelling mistakes, _____.

–How often do you eat out?
–____, but usually once a week.

happened towards evening, when I was resting in a cafe. I   36 a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then  37  came to me.
He was in an unfit shirt,  38  pale and weak. He looked about eleven or twelve. No sooner39  begun to speak than he opened the box in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He bent down, 40 my leather shoes, and began to shine them.
He was concentrating on his job when heavy rain began to pour 41 . People rushed into the cafe for protection from the  42 . More and more people crowded in and gradually 43  the boy from me.
Hours passed, and 44 turned dark. I had no shoes on my feet and wondered 45  the boy had been. I thought he would not  46  my leather shoes, and I would have to walk back home on  47  in the night.
When it was near midnight the rain  48 , people started to go out. The cafe  49  closed. I had to move to the door. I was surprised to see the boy sleeping on the floor with his head leaning  50  a box. He held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.
I  51   him slightly and woke him up. He jumped up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he 52 me. Then he opened the   53   hurriedly, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly.
I paid him and wrapped around him his unfit shirt, which  54  my leather shoes. After saying goodbye to the boy, I was  55  home, with the image of the boy stay in my mind.

A．put on B．dressed C．wore D．wore out

A．a boy B．a woman C．a girl D．an old man

A．looked B．look C．to look D．looking

A．had I B．I had C．I did D．did I

A．taking up B．took off C．taking off D．took on

A．in B．down C．on D．up

A．wind B．snow C．rain D．fire

A．separated B．connected C．joined D．divided

A．this B．that C．it D．what

A．there B．where C．how D．what

A．polish B．clean C．turn D．return

A．feet B．my foot C．my bare feet D．my own foot

A．started B．began C．ended D．came

A．was B．was to be C．had been D．has been

A．against B．with C．under D．over

A．cover B．shook C．grasped D．caught

A．thanked B．made out C．recognized D．passed

A．wallet B．arms C．shoes D．package

A．was wrapping B．was wrapped C．had wrapped D．wrapped

A．on the way to B．on a way C．on my way D．in my way

My friend took his colleague to see an art exhibition in north London.
The show was basically piles of breeze blocks (煤渣砖) forming armchair and sofa shapes, painted in primary colors.
Seeing these, the colleague said, “You brought me all the way out here to see this pile of junk when we could have been having a nice lunch?” He continued his rant about the work all the way back to the office.
When they got there my friend said, “You said you don’t like the work, but you haven’t stopped talking about it since you first saw it.”
Whether he liked it or not, he could not forget it.
If the artwork is fresh and new, you can’t expect to like it straightaway, because you have nothing to compare it with.
The effort of coming to terms with things you do not understand makes them all the more valuable to you when you do grasp them.
Good art speaks for itself. That doesn’t mean you have to like it.
So the next time you go to an art show, or look at anything for that matter, observe what effect it has on you and try to form your own opinion.
That way, you become the critic and not a mouthpiece for someone else’s opinions.
What does the colleague think about the art exhibition?

A．He feels it a waste of time going to the exhibition.

B．He is very interested in the work shown on the exhibition.

C．He is disappointed that art is abused on the exhibition.

D．He thinks his understanding about art is far better than the author of the work on the show.

The underlined word ‘rant’ means ________.

Which of the following does NOT represent the author’s opinion about art?

What suggestion does the author give for going to an art show?

Dior was born in Normandy in 1905, and his family’s original plans for him included a career in the diplomatic (外交的) service, but by the time he was twenty—three, with his parents’ money，he opened a small art gallery in Paris．By 1931，the money had been used up. Dior’s friends in the art gallery asked him to draw and he took his first step at designing and drawing．His first job was with Lucien Lelong from whom Dior learned his craft（手艺）．

In February,1947, Dior started the New Look in his first major Paris collection．He was backed by a famous textile (纺织品) producer, Boussac，who looked after the dollars, while Dior looked after the fashions．Dior knew nothing about cutting and sewing，but he was good at fashion design．
The New Look started an entirely different look to costume, with a tiny waist, a rounded shoulder and a shapely bust（胸围），usually with a low-cut neckline and a long, full skirt．To women who had lived through the war years, the femaleness of the New look was a great success, for people were tired of tile extremely plain, wartime restrictive fashions．
It is said that dresses by Dior were “constructed like buildings.” But young people were attracted to his design，and all over the western world, manufacturers plunged（投入）into the production of his new style．Dior’s revolutionary designs lighted up a whole cycle of fashion，rounded，gentle，feminine, a delight in elegance．A New Look House of Dior opened in 1948，followed by one in London．Considered as King of Couture（women’s clothing）for years, the Dior empire grew until it covered every country in the western world，and included furs, hosiery, jewelry, perfumes, men’s wear and on and on．More than 1,000 people worked at the Paris headquarters then．
His sudden death in 1957 when he was 53 years old did not stop the growth of the House of Dior. Even now, so many years after his death，his name is closely connected with fashion throughout the world，and indeed is one of the most recognized names in the world. His first，great New Look，with its long skirts was an expression of freedom in the late 1940s．
Which of the following designs is close to Dior’s?

According to the passage, in Dior’s life，he did NOT           ．

We can infer from the passage that      ．

What is probably the best title for the passage?        ．

China news, Beijing, July. 29 – Housing price in China has always aroused heated discussions among property (房产) developers and ordinary Chinese. To many property developers and local government officials, housing price in China is still low compared with many developed countries. However, the average housing price in the United States is only 8,000 yuan per square meter, while in China, it is even higher than in the United States. This shows that there are some bubbles(泡沫) in Chinese real estate(房地产) market, the International Finance News reported.
Although the average price of residential houses in the United States, after converted to Renminbi, is about 8,000 yuan per square meter, the houses in US are not sold in terms of building area, as most Chinese property developers do when they sell their houses. If US property developers sell their houses according to the building area, then the housing price will be even lower than 8,000 yuan per square meter. In most big Chinese cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, houses are sold at a price even higher than those in the US.
The high housing sales price in large cities in China proves that Chinese real estate market does have some bubbles. Moreover, Chinese houses can not be compared with houses in US in terms of building quality, environment and supporting facilities. Furthermore, it should be noted that American people’s average income is several dozen times higher than that of Chinese people. How can the Chinese afford to buy a house which is even more expensive than that sold in US?
At the beginning of 2007, Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimed to benefit the public. Now in order to reduce the high housing prices, the government can regulate(control) the real estate market by raising tax on property industry and controlling the release of loans (贷款) and lands to property developers. At the same time, the government should allow people to build more houses through various fund-raising channels, such as funds collected from buyers or raised by working units. By applying these multiple means, it is expected that the high housing prices can be lowered.
What is the average housing price per square meter in China?

Which of the following does NOT support the idea that the average housing price in China is even higher than in the United States?

A．Chinese houses can not be compared with houses in US in terms of building quality, environment and supporting facilities.

B．American people’s average income is several dozen times higher than that of Chinese people.

C．The houses in US are not sold in terms of building area, as most Chinese property developers do when they sell their houses.

D．The population who need houses in China is larger than in the United States.

How many measures are mentioned in the last paragraph in order to reduce the high housing prices?

What is the main idea of this passage?

A．The housing price in China is so high that the government should do something useful to prevent it.

B．There are some bubbles in Chinese real estate market.

C．The average housing price in China is even higher than in the United States.

D．Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimed to benefit the public.

A man living absolutely alone in a desert or forest is free from other people; but he is not absolutely free. His freedom is limited in several ways. Firstly, by the things around him, such as wild animals or cliffs too steep (陡峭的) to climb. Secondly, by his own needs: he must have sleep, water, food and shelter from extreme heat or cold. Lastly, by his own nature as a man: disease may attack him, and death will certainly come to him sooner or later.
When men live together, on the other hand, protection against wild animals is easier and they can work together to get food and build shelters; but each man has to give up some of his freedom so that he can live happily with the others.
When men become organized into very large groups, and civilization (文明) develops, it is possible to get freedom from hunger, thirst, cold, heat and many diseases, so that each person can live a happier life than he could if he were living alone; but such a society can not work successfully unless the freedom of each human being is to some extent limited so that he is kept from hurting others. I am not free to kill others, nor to steal someone else's property, nor to behave in a way that offends (触犯) against the moral sense of the society in which I live. I have to limit my own freedom myself so that others will not limit it too much: I agree to respect the rights of others, and in return they agree to respect mine.
The advantages of such an agreement are great: one man can become a doctor, knowing that others will grow food, make clothes and build a house for him, in return for the work he does to keep them healthy. If each man had to grow his own food, make his own clothes, build his own house and learn to be his own doctor, he would find it impossible to do any one of these jobs really well. By working together, we make it possible for society to provide us all with food, clothes, shelter and medical care, while leaving each of us with as much freedom as it can.
A man living alone in a desert or forest ______.

The author suggests that when men live together ______.

According to the passage, to do all his own jobs one would ______.

We may infer from the passage that the author ____.

William James, the great psychologist (心理学家), said that most men are “old fogies (守旧者) at twenty-five”. He was right. Most men at twenty-five are satisfied with their jobs. They have closed their minds to all new ideas; they have stopped to grow.
The minute a man stops to grow –no matter what his years –that minute he begins to be old. On the other hand, the really great man never grows old. Goethe passed away at eighty-three, and finished his Faust only a few years earlier; Gladstone took up a new language when he was seventy. Laplace, the astronomer, was still at work when death caught up with him at seventy-eight. He died crying, “What we know is nothing; what we do not know is immense (extremely large).”
And there you have the real answer to the question, “When is a man old?”
Laplace at seventy-eight died young. He was still unsatisfied, still sure that he had a lot to learn.
As long as a man can keep himself in that attitude of mind, as long as he can look back on every year and say, “I grew”, he is still young.
The minute he ceases (stops) to grow, the minute he says to himself, “I know all that I need to know,” –that day youth stops. He may be twenty-five or seventy-five; it makes no difference. On that day he begins to be old.
According to William James, _______.

The author mentions Goethe, Gladstone and Laplace to show that _____.

What do we know about Laplace?

The author probably agrees with _______.

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When I was a kid, I got interested in astronomy.
I used to wonder how big the u______ might be and   __________
what are “behind” the stars. But as I grew up, I h______ __________
had any time to  ______ (发展) my hobby because of too __________
much work. Many times I would like to observe an object
in the night ______, but I was either too tired or busy working__________
or I had to look after my kids. So I ______(鼓励) them to __________
observe the stars together ______me and I even read kids’__________
astronomy books to them. By having a ______(共同的) hobby we__________
spent time together and we all found it interesting.
While reading astronomy books, I u______ how many __________
interesting things there are outside of this ______(行星). __________I realized that the information opens a door to a h______ __________
world of interesting things.

假设你是李华。在一个英文网络论坛上，你看到一个名叫Grown-up的中学生发帖（post）寻求帮助。请根据帖子的内容、写作要点和要求回帖。

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