福建省厦门第一中学2016-2017学年高二下学期开学考试英语试题 Word版含答案

福建省厦门第一中学2016-2017学年高二下学期开学考试

英语试题

第I卷（共105分）

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30

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. How did the woman feel her trip?

A. Terrible B. Wonderful C. Tiring 2. When does the bus leave on Friday?

A. At 7:00 B. At 6:45 C. At 6:30 3. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a restaurant B. In a company C. In a hotel 4. What is the woman probably doing?

A. Listening to music B. Fixing the radio C. Working 5. What is the man’s opinion of Mary Smith?

A. Not reliable B. Unlucky C. Lazy

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，每小题将给出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至7题。 6. What’s the man’s problem?

A. Coughing B. Hard-breathing C. Pain in his back 7. What does the woman suggest?

A. Smoking B. Chewing gum C. Seeing a doctor 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. What does the woman think of the show?

A. Inspiring B. Just so-so C. Disappointing

9. Which part did the woman like best about the show?

A. Designer wear B. Live models C. Clothes recycling 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Salesman and customer B. Old schoolmates C. Fellow workers 11. What is the man?

A. A lawyer B. A salesperson 12. Why does the woman ask for the man’s address? A. To give him a ride

B. To repair something for him C. To get together with him 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What does the woman want? A. Dark brown clothes B. Country-style tables C. Some saucepans

14. Who saw the products yesterday?

A. The woman’s neighbor B. The woman 15. What does the shopkeeper tell the woman? A. All the products are 50% off B. What she wants was sold out C. The new styles will come tomorrow 16. What will the woman do?

A. Wait for 5 minutes B. Go to another shop tomorrow

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. In how many countries is TOEFL given?

A. 118 B. 180 18. How many people take the IELTS every year?

A. Two million B. One million C. A computer manager C. Mr. May C. Come back C. 121 C. 20,000

19. How much will you pay for the TOEFL if you want to test yourself in the four basic skills? A. 125 dollars B. 150 dollars C. 275 dollars 20. What can we learn about the IELTS? A. It’s a paper test

B. It doesn’t include speaking test

C. It’s only open for undergraduate students

第二部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）

A

Since the nineteen nineties, education has been required for all South Africans from age seven to fifteen. Last December, the government announced that seventy percent of students passed their final examination to finish high school. In 2008 the passage rate was about sixty-three percent. There have been increases each year since then.

Professor Shireen Motala at the University of Johannesburg says access to basic education is no longer the problem in South Africa. She says most children stay in school until they are about sixteen. The problem now, she says, is that large numbers of them leave without completing high school. Students take an examination known as the matric in grade twelve, their final or \2000 sat for the matric last year. He said, \that a large number of children are falling by the wayside. And the concern is that where do those learners actually go to.\

Educational researchers also point to another problem. They say South African schools do not produce enough students with the skills for higher education in math and science. One of those researchers is Graeme Bloch. He says many schools are not well-equipped. \and limited resources, many children do not see laboratories and ninety-two percent of the schools do not have libraries.\

Also, education specialists say in many cases, teachers and school principals do not have the skills or training to do their jobs. In other cases, they are simply not doing their duty to provide an education. Professor Motala says a number of teachers were poorly trained during the system of apartheid(种族隔离), or racial separation in South Africa. Apartheid ended in 1994. Secondly, she says, teachers have been confused by the many educational reform efforts in the last fifteen

years. And, finally, she thinks language differences in the classroom have not gotten as much attention as they should. Subjects such as math and science are taught in English starting at about age ten. But South Africa has eleven official languages and many more unofficial ones. South Africa's minister of basic education promises a number of improvements. Angie Motshega says teacher development efforts will focus on subject and content knowledge, and making sure the correct teachers are in the correct jobs.

21. What’s the Motala’s attitude towards the basic education for students in South Africa? A. Worried B. Hopeless C. Negative D. Confident 22. From the passage we know the matric is ________. A. an admission examination for students B. a course difficult for students to learn C. the number of student leaving school D. the number of students taking exams

23. Students in South Africa find it hard to get improved in math and science because __________.

A. most schools are poorly equipped B. there aren’t such subjects in most schools C. teachers don’t have the abilities to teach them D. they drop out of school without finishing high school

B

Boredom is such a large part of day-to-day existence. Perhaps because it’s common in our lives, scientists have been slow to explore it. John Eastwood is one of the first scholars to take an interest.

One of the most common false views is that “Only boring people get bored”. Yet as Eastwood set about exploring the reasons for boredom, he found that there are two distinct types of personality that tend to suffer from the feeling of boredom, and neither are particularly dull themselves.

Boredom often goes among people who are constantly looking for new experiences. For these people, the steady path of life just isn’t enough to hold their attention. The second kind of bored people have almost exactly the opposite problem: the world is a fearful place, and so they