福建省莆田市二十四中2020┄2021学年高一下学期期中考英语试卷

第一部分听力（共两节，20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）第一节听下面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 time is it now？A. 9:10.B. 9:50.C. 10:00.2. What does the woman think of the weather？A. It’s n ice.B. It’s warm.C. It’s cold.3. What will the man do？A. Attend a meeting.B. Give a lecture.C. Leave his office.4. What is the woman’s opinion about the course？A. T oo hard.B. Worth taking.C. Very easy.5. What does the woman want the man to do？A. Speak louder.B. Apologize to her.C. Turn off the radio.第二节听下面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。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. How long did Michael stay in China？A. Five days.B. One week.C. Two weeks.7. Where did Michael go last year？A. Russia.B. Norway.C. India.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What food does Sally like？A. Chicken.B. Fish.C. Eggs.9. What are the speakers going to do？A. Cook dinner.B. Go shopping.C. Order dishes.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where are the speakers？A. In a hospital.B. In the office.C. At home.11. When is the report due？A. Thursday.B. Friday.C. Next Monday.12. What does George suggest Stephanie do with the report？A. Improve it.B. Hand it in later.C. Leave it with him.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers？A. Salesperson and customer.B. Homeowner and cleaner.C. Husband and wife.14. What kind of apartment do the speakers prefer？A. One with two bedrooms.B. One without furniture.C. One near a market.15. How much rent should one pay for the one-bedroom apartment？A. $350.B. $400.C. $415.16. Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see？A. On Lake Street.B. On Market Street.C. On South Street.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What percentage of the world’s tea exports go to Britain？A. Almost 15%.B. About 30%.C. Over 40%.18. Why do tea tasters taste tea with milk？A. Most British people drink tea that way.B. Tea tastes much better with milk.C. T ea with milk is healthy.19. Who suggests a price for each tea？A. T ea tasters.B. Tea exporters.C. T ea companies.20. What is the speaker talking about？A. The life of tea tasters.B. Afternoon tea in Britain.C. The London T ea Trade Centre.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。

ADo you know Madonna？She is a music superstar in the USA. She has made another children’s book. Its name is Lotsa De Casha （《快乐的真谛》）. There are some beautiful pictures in her book. They were drawn by an artist from Spain.Madonna has written four other children’s books. The books are all popular with chi ldren.In Lotsa De Casha, Madonna tells a story of a man. He is very rich but he is not happy. He loses his money but finds a friend. At the end of the book, Madonna says, “Money can’t buy happiness. When you learn to share, you will find it.” That is an important lesson from the 46-year-old woman. She is not only a pop star but also a mother. She has lovely children and she loves them a lot. Her family makes her happy. That is why she likes to write children’s books. 21. Madonna has written children’s books so far.A. sixB. fiveC. fourD. three22. According to the passage, which is the best way for us to find happiness？A. Writing a book.B. Making a lot of money.C. Sharing something with each other.D. Becoming a superstar.23. Mad onna likes writing children’s books because .A. her family makes her happyB. she wants more moneyC. she is good at writingD. she is a pop star24. Which one is the best title of the passage？A. Love me, love my childrenB. Money can’t buy happin ess.C. Learn to make more moneyD. How to be a super womanBAn earthquake is dangerous. But this doesn’t mean you can’t do something about it. Your choices could help save your life.（1） Keep a cool head. Do not follow others blindly. Think carefully about what you should do.（2） If you are inside a room, hide under a table or a desk. Protect your head. Keep awayfrom windows and anything that could fall on you.（3） If you smell gas, open a window and get out of the building as quickly as you can. A broken gas line is very dangerous.（4） If you are outside, move away from buildings and street lights.（5） If you are in a store and far away from the door, do not rush to the exit. Instead, try to hide under a desk or a table. Do not use an elevator.25. An earthquake is dangerous, people should when it happens.A. do nothingB. follow others and run everywhereC. keep calm and try to help themselvesD. cry loudly26. What can you do if you smell gas in an earthquake？A. calls 119B. try to find out the broken gas line and mend itC. run away from the house as quickly as you canD. close the windows and stay in the building27. Peter is in a big supermarket when the earthquake comes. He should .A. find the exit firstlyB. run to the exitC. take an elevatorD. hide himself under a table28. If you’re having class on the fifth floor, when the earthquake happens, you can .A.jump off from the open windowsB. hide under your desk and protect your headC. try to find the headmaster and ask for helpD. phone your parents to tell them everythingCSwimming is very popular. People like swimming in summer because water makes people feel cool. If you like swimming and swim in a wrong place, it may not be safe. These years, a lot of people died when they were enjoying themselves in the water, and most of them were students. But some people are not careful in swimming. They often think they swim so well that nothing will happen to them in water. Summer is here again. If you go swimming in summer, don't forget that better swimmers have died in water. They died because they were not careful not because they could not swim. So don't get into water when you are alone. If there is a "No Swimming" sign, don't get into water. If you remember these, swimming will be safer.29. People like to swim in summer because ______.A.they feel cool in water B. they are freeC.it makes them strongD. it is safe30. Some swimmers die in water because ______.A. they think they can swim wellB. they are not strong enoughC. they are not carefulD. they like swimming very much.31. The writer wants to tell us ______.A. that we must be careful in swimmingB. that we should go swimming in summerC. that swimming is a good sportD. that swimming is not safeDChina, the biggest developing country in the world, is opening its gate to the whole world. It is preparing for the coming world. Every day 1ots of foreigners come here as business people or tourists. And even more people will come after Beijing has held the 29th Olympic Games successfully in When they come to China, we should do something to help them enjoy themselves and like China and the Chinese people．But there are some things they may not like：1. Bumping Too many people are crowded onto buses and trains. This makes people feel terrible, and it is not safe, either．2. Traffic problems Cars park on sidewalks. Bus drivers drive so fast that they make people who are trying to cross the street afraid．3．Littering I notice this everywhere．Some people throw rubbish onto the ground even when there is a rubbish bin right next to them．4．Queue jumping At the post office，or even at McDonald’s, people pus h to the front of a line instead of waiting．Most Chinese people are just as unhappy with these kinds of things as I am. And，certainly，the government has known the problems and is trying to do something about them．China is on her way!32. The writer thinks we Chinese people should do the following except_____．A. park our cars at right placesB. throw rubbish into rubbish binsC. hurry onto buses before othersD. wait for our turn in public places33. Someone throws an empty Cola bottle onto the ground. This is called_____.A. queue jumpingB. bumpingC. trafficD. littering34.We can conclude from the passage that_____．A. fewer and fewer foreigners will visit our countryB.things will get better and better in ChinaC. there will be more and more traffic problems in BeijingD. fewer and fewer Chinese people will eat hamburgers35.When the writer says “China is preparing for the coming world” he means that______．A. most Chinese people are as unhappy with these problems as himB. China is going to be a fast--growing countryC. it is time for the Chinese to change their bad behaviorsD. the Chinese will do a good job in the 2008 Beijing Olympics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。