学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

福建省福州福清市2020-2021学年学年高二上学期期中考试

英语试题

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读选择

My mother was telling me about how she and her family got their first television when she was a teenager. Of course it was black and white. She said she only watch it at night. When I was young we had only about 3 or 4 different channels. My bothers ,my sisters and I would sometimes fight about which channel to watch .But we usually enjoyed the same shows.

Nowadays we can get hundreds of channels on TV. I can’t believe it! There are channels with old movies, cooking ,fishing and so on. It’s amazing! There is a channel for everything.

I wonder how much my bothers, my sisters and I would fight if we had hundreds of channels when I was a child. Of course we had only one television set.

These days I notice families with 2 or 3 or more television sets in their homes. I guess it stops people from arguing over which channel to choose from .

1．In those days, what kind of television sets did people only have? ______

A．Black and white ones. B．Colors Ones.

C．All kinds of television sets. D．High-definition televisions

2．My mother watched TV ________when she was young.

A．in the morning B．in the afternoon C．at night D．on the weekend 3．Nowadays,how many channels can we get on TV? ______

A．3 or 4 different channels. B．Only once channel

C．Hundreds of channels. D．two channels

4．Which of the following in NOT true ? _______

A．My bother ,my sisters and I would sometimes fight about which channel to watch when I was a child.

B．These days, there is only one channel with old movies, cooking and fishing. C．People have many channels to choose from now

D．Nowadays we can get hundreds of channels on TV.

Britain Today

Food

British people like good food, and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular— 30% of all adults have a hamburger every three months, but 46% have fish and chips!

Sports

British people don't do a lot of sports. Only 17% of people go swimming every week, about 9% go cycling and 8% play golf—and only 6% of people play football( but 32% go to watch it ).

Cinema and TV

Films are very popular in Britain, and about 60% of people between 15 and 24 go to the cinema every month. At home, men watch TV for about three hours every day — two quarters more than women.

Holidays

British people love going on holiday, and have 56 million holidays every year. Most of these holidays aren't in the UK—27% are in Spain,10% are in the USA, and 9% are in France. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain isn't very good!

5．Which food could be more popular among British adults, a hamburger or fish and chips?

______

A．A hamburger. B．Fish and chips. C．Both. D．Neither. 6．Those who are interested in movies are ____.

A．men B．Women C．old people D．young people 7．How long do British women spend watching TV every day? ______

A．Three hours. B．Three hours and a half

C．Two hours D．Two hours and a half

8．British people's favorite country for a holiday is ____.

A．Spain B．France C．America D．Australia

My family had always been close and lucky. No one died and no one was sick. We were all living a happy life until my grandfather had cancer. No matter how much I told myself he might not die, somehow I still felt as if it was a death sentence. He fought so hard but died at 63. I honestly didn’t know how I dealt with. I never cried alone. I had the support of my family and teachers. I just remembered my grandfather’s wish that we should celebrate his life.

That’s how we came up with the idea for Hives (蜂房) for Lives — a business my sister