mend the man to do?
A. Play the violin. B. Play the guitar. C. Learn to paint.
5. What does the woman mean?
A. She regrets never taking a job.
B. She is tired of being a housewife.
C. She wants to hire a cleaner.
第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What surprised the man?
A. The woman has found a new job.
B. The woman disagrees with him.
C. The woman doesn’t feel like leaving.
7. What does the woman say about her department?
A. There is a lack of trust.
B. There is too much pressure.
C. There are some serious problems.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why doesn’t the boy want to be the president in the end?
A. He doesn’t want to get up early.
B. He doesn’t want to travel.
C. He wants to have more free time.
9. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Aunt and nephew.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Who might the woman be?
A. A nurse. B. A saleswoman. C. A pharmacy (药店) worker.
11. What did the man ask the woman for?
A. Some medicine. B. Some information. C. Some advice.
12. Which button should the man press to sit up straight?
A. The button in the middle.
B. The buttons at the bottom.
C. The buttons at the top.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Who is the woman?
A. A salesperson.B. An architect. C. A gallery employee.
14. Why did the man visit the gallery?
A. A friend recommended it to him.
B. He saw an ad in Time Out magazine.
C. He became interested after visiting the website.
15. What is the man’s first name?
A. Wade.B. Raymond. C. Barry.
16. What does the man think of the exhibition?
A. He didn’t like it at all.
B. He liked the video a lot.
C. He found the paintings great.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Which novel by Mo Yan is best known to Westerners?
A. Falling Rain on a Spring Night.
B. The Republic of Wine.
C. Red Sorghum Clan.
18. When did Mo Yan’s novel about a landlord come out?
A. In 1987. B. In 1992. C. In 2006.
19. What is true about Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize in Literature?
A. He was the first citizen of mainland China to receive it.
B. He was 67 years old at the time of the announcement.
C. He was the 119th person to receive the award.
20. According to Peter Englund, why is Mo Yan special?
A. He has a very unique style.
B. He influenced many Chinese writers.
C. He writes honestly about Chinese history.
第二部分 英语知识应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. ― Why do you choose to work in an international travel agency?
― Well, you know, English is my ____________. So it is my best choice.
A. strength B. talent C. ability D. skill
22. I’d appreciate ¬¬¬¬¬____________ if you could let me know in advance whether or not you will come.
A. you B. this C. one D. it
23. ― Are you satisfied with his answer?
― Not at all. It couldn’t have been ______________.
A. better B. worse C. more D. less
24. ____________ everyone here, I wish you a pleasant journey back your country.
A. By means of B. In search of C. On behalf of D. For fear of
25. He had to pause from time to time to wipe the sweat from his forehead, because the air―conditioning system ______________.
A. broke in B. broke up C. broke out D. broke down
26. ― What’s your opinion about my suggestion?
― Sorry, I ___________. Would you please say it again?
A. hadn’t listened B. wouldn’t listen C. wasn’t listening D. won’t listen
27. ― Did you finish your homework yet?
― Yeah. We turned them in, and now they ___________.
A. are grading B. are graded C. are being graded D. have graded
28. Everything ____________ into consideration, they believed themselves more and returned to their positions.
A. to take B. taken C. to be taken D. taking
29. ― May I stop here?
― No, you ___________.
A. mustn’t B. might not C. needn’t D. won’t
30. I felt somewhat sad and was about to leave _________ something happened which drew my attention.
A. unless B. until C. when D. while
31. It was in the school __________ he had studied ___________ he began the important experiment.
A. that; where B. in which; which
C. where; that D. where; in which
32. It doesn’t matter ___________ you turn right or left at the crossing ― both roads lead to the park.
A. whether B. how C. if D. when
33. If he ___________ my advice then, he would not be in trouble now.
A. should take B. took C. could take D. had taken
34. Not until all the fish died in the river ____________ how serious the pollution was.
A. did the villagers realize B. the villagers realize
C. the villagers did realize D. didn’t the villagers realize
35. ― This apple pie is too sweet, don’t you think so?
― ____________. I think it’s just right, actually.
A. I hope so B. Not really C. Sounds good D. No wonder
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
In a village near Nuremberg lived a family with eighteen children. Merely to keep food on the table, the goldsmith（金匠）father worked eighteen hours a day. Despite their 36 condition, two of Durer's children had a dream to seek their talent for 37 , but they knew 1well their father would never be able to send 38 of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy.
The two boys finally worked out an agreement. They would toss（扔） a coin. The 39_ would work in the nearby mines to support his brother. Albrecht Durer 40 the toss and went off to Nuremberg. Albert went into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, financed his brother, 41 work at the academy was almost an 42 success. Albrecht's woodcuts（木刻） and oils were 43 better than those of his professors and he soon was earning considerable fees 44 his works.
When the young 45 returned home, the Durer family held a festive dinner. Albrecht rose to toast to his beloved brother, "Now, Albert, it is your 46 to seek your dream. I will support you."
All heads turned to the far end of the table, where Albert sat, tears streaming down his pale face, while he 47 and repeated, "No ...no." Finally, Albert rose and 48 the tears from his cheeks. He said softly, "I 49 go to Nuremberg, brother. It is too late for me. Look what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been smashed（猛击） at least once, and I cannot even hold a glass to 50 your toast."
Today, Albrecht Durer's masterful works 51 in every great museum in the world, but chances are great 52 you, like most people, are familiar with only one of them. Albrecht Durer drew his brother's abused hands with palms together and thin 53 stretched（伸展） skyward. He 54 it "The Praying Hands."
Next time you see that touching creation, take a second look. Let it be your reminder, if you still need one, that no one ever makes it 55 !
36. A. hopeful B. hopeless C. disappointed D. lucky
37.A. music B. art C. mining D. farming
38.A. all B. each C. both D. either
39.A. painter B. loser C. winner D. failure
40.A. lost B. got C. won D. beat
41.A. whose B. his C. whom D. who
42.A. casual B. immediate C. attractive D. ordinary
43.A. far B. quite C. very D. more
44.A. for B. to C. in D. at
45.A. miner B. artist C. worker D. professor
46.A. luck B. turn C. move D. moment
47.A. sobbed B. nodded C. smiled D. laughed
48.A. recovered B. wept C. wiped D. handed
49.A. can’t B. mustn’t C. can D. have to
50.A. hold B. return C. move D. turn
51.A. visit B. represent C. present D. hang
52.A. when B. that C. which D. as
53.A. figures B. hands C. fingers D. arms
54.A. said B. loved C. told D. called
55. A. alone B. out C. yet D. before
第三部分 阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
Some people will do just about anything to save money. And I am one of them. Take my family’s last vacation. It was my six-year-old son’s winter break form school, and we were heading home from Fort Lauderdale after a weeklong trip. The flight was overbooked, and Delta, the airline, offered us $400 per person in credits to give up our seats and leave the next day. I had meetings in New York，So I had to get back. But that didn't mean my husband and my son couldn't stay. I took my nine-month-old and took off for home.
The next day, my husband and son were offered more credits to take an even later flight. Yes, I encouraged―okay, ordered―them to wait it out at the airport, to "earn" more Delta Dollars. Our total take: $1,600. Not bad, huh?
Now some people may think I'm a bad mother and not such a great wife either. But as a big-time bargain hunter, I know the value of a dollar. And these days, a good deal is something few of us can afford to pass up.
I've made living looking for the best deals and exposing （揭露） the worst tricks. I have been the consumer reporter of NBC's Today show for over a decade. I have written a couple of books including one titled Tricks of the Trade: A Consumer Survival Guide. And I really do what I believe in.
I tell you this because there is no shame in getting your money’s worth. I’m also tightfisted when it comes to shoes, clothes for my children, and expensive restaurants. But I wouldn't hesitate to spend on a good haircut. It keeps its shape longer, and it's the first thing people notice. And I will also spend on a classic piece of furniture. Quality lasts.
56. Why did Delta give the author's family credits?
A. Their flight had been delayed.B. Their flight had been cancelled.
C. They had early bookingsD. They took a later flight
57. What can we learn about the author?
A. She rarely misses a good deal. B. She seldom makes a compromise.
C. She is very strict with her children D. She is interested in cheap products.
58. What does the author do?
A. She's a teacher. B. She's a media person
C. She's a housewife. D. She's a businesswoman.
59. What does the author want to tell us?
A. How to expose bad tricks. B. How to reserve airline seats.
C. How to make a business deal. D. How to spend money wisely
B
They baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital. She is quiet but alert （警觉）. Twenty centimeters from her face researchers have placed a white card with two black spots on it. She stares at it carefully. A researcher removes the card and replaces it by another, this time with the spots differently spaced. As the cards change from one to the other, her gaze（凝视） starts to lose its focus ― until a third, with three black spots, is presented. Her gaze returns: she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card. Can she tell that the number two is different from three, just 24 hours after coming into the world?
Or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer? The same experiment, but with three spots shown before two, shows the same return of interest when the number of spots changes. Perhaps it is just the newness? When slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects (a comb, a key, an orange and so on), changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects themselves. Could it be the pattern that two things make, as opposed to three? No again. Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two. The effect even crosses between senses. Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two; likewise （同样地） when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots.
60. The experiment described in Paragraph 1 is related to the baby’s .
A. sense of sight B. sense of touchC.sense of hearing D. sense of smell
61. Babies are sensitive to the change in______.
A. the size of cards B. the colour of pictures
C. the number of objectsD. the shape of patterns
62. Why did the researchers test the babies with drumbeats?
A. To reduce the difficulty of the experiment.B. To carry their experiment further.
C. To see how babies recognize sounds D. To keep the babies’ interest.
63. Where does this text probably come from?
A. Science fiction. B. Children’s literature.
C. A science report. D. An advertisement.
C
It happened to me recently. I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of our President. A friend I was talking to agreed with me that it was, in his words, “a brilliantly （精彩地）written book”. However, he then went on to talk about Mr. Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his background at all. I sensed that I was talking to a book liar.
And it seems that my friend is not the only one. Approximately two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven’t. In the World Book Day’s “Report on Guilty Secrets”, Dreams From My Father is at number 9. The report lists ten books, and various authors, which people have lied about reading, and as I’m not one to lie too often (I’d hate to be caught out), I’ll admit here and now that I haven’t read the entire top ten. But I am pleased to say that, unlike 42 percent of people, I have read the book at number one, George Orwell’s 1984. I think it’s really brilliant.
The World Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it. It says that many people lie about having read Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky (I haven’t read him, but haven’t lied about it either) and Herman Melville.
Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to “impress” someone they were speaking to. This could be tricky if the conversation became more in?depth!
But when asked which authors they actually enjoy, people named J. K. Rowling, John Grisham, Sophie Kinsella (ah, the big sellers, in other words). Forty-two percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story (I’ll come clean: I do this and am astonished that 58 percent said they had never done so).
64. How did the author find his friend a book liar?
A. By judging his manner of speaking.B. By looking into his background.
C. By discussing the book itself.D. By mentioning a famous name.
65. Which of the following is a “guilty secret” according to the World Book Day report?
A. Charles Dickens is very low on the top-ten list.
B. 42% of people pretended to have read 1984.
C. The author admitted having read 9 books.
D. Dreams From My Father is hardly read.
66. By lying about reading, a person hopes to .
A. control the conversation B. make more friends
C. learn about the book D. appear knowledgeable
67. What is the author’s attitude to 58% of readers?
A. Favorable. B. UncaringC. Friendly D. Doubtful
D
Every doctor has had to try their best to calm down patients who’ve come into their surgery waving an Internet print-out, convinced that they have some rare incurable disease, say, throat cancer. The truth is usually far more ordinary, though: they don’t have throat cancer, and it’s just that their throats are swollen. Being a graduate of the Internet “school” of medicine does not guarantee accurate self-health-checks.
One day Mrs. Almond came to my hospital after feeling faint at work. While I took her blood sample and tried to find out what was wrong, she said calmly, “I know what’s wrong; I’ve got throat cancer. I know there’s nothing you doctors can do about it and I’ve just got to wait until the day comes.”
As a matter of routine I ordered a chest X-ray. I looked at it and the blood results an hour later. Something wasn’t right. “Did your local doctor do an X-ray?” I asked. “Oh, I haven’t been to the doctor for years,” she replied. “I read about it on a website and the symptoms fitted, so I knew that’s what I had.”
However, some of her symptoms, like the severe cough and weight loss, didn’t fit with it―but she’d just ignored this.
I looked at the X-ray again, and more tests confirmed it wasn’t the cancer but tuberculosis (肺结核)―something that most certainly did need treating, and could be deadly. She was lucky we caught it when we did.
Mrs. Almond went pale when I explained she would have to be on treatment for the next six months to ensure that she was fully recovered. It was certainly a lesson for her. “I’m so embarrassed,” she said, shaking her head, as I explained that all the people she had come into close contact with would have to be found out and tested. She listed up to about 20, and then I went to my office to type up my notes. Unexpectedly, the computer was not working, so I had to wait until someone from the IT department came to fix it. Typical. Maybe I should have a microwave sausage while I waited?
68. Mrs. Almond talked about her illness calmly because ______.
A. she had purchased medicine online B. she thought she knew it well
C. she graduated from a medical school D. she had been treated by local doctors
69. It was lucky for Mrs. Almond ______.
A. to have contacted many friends B. to have recovered in a short time
C. to have her disease identified in time D. to have her assumption confirmed
70. Mrs. Almond said “I’m so embarrassed” (Para. 7) because ______.
A. she had caused unnecessary trouble B. she had to refuse the doctor’s advice
C. she had distrusted her close friends D. she had to tell the truth to the doctor
71. By mentioning the breakdown of the computer, the author probably wants to prove _____.
A. it’s a must to take a break at work
B. it’s unwise to simply rely on technology
C. it’s vital to believe in IT professionals
D. it’s a danger to work long hours on computers
E
A German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about their future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 years than those pessimists who expected their future to be worse.
The paper, published this March in Psychology and Aging, examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 Germans between ages 18 and 96. The surveys were conducted every year from 1993 to 2003.
Survey respondents (受访者) were asked to estimate their present and future life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10, among other questions.
The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39) routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction, while middle-aged adults (age 40 to 64) more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future. Adults of 65 and older, however, were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction. Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would, the older pessimists seemed to suffer a lower ratio (比率) of disability and death for the study period.
“We observed that being too optimistic in predicting a better future than actually observed was associated with a greater risk of disability and a greater risk of death within the following decade,” wrote Frieder R. Lang, a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Lang and his colleagues believed that people who were pessimistic about their future may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future.
“Seeing a dark future may encourage positive eva luations of the actual self and may contribute to taking improved precautions (预防措施),” the authors wrote.
Surprisingly, compared with those in poor health or who had low incomes, respondents who enjoyed good health or income were associated with expecting a greater decline. Also, the researchers said that higher income was related to a greater risk of disability.
The authors of the study noted that there were limitations to their conclusions. Illness, medical treatment and personal loss could also have driven health outcomes.
However, the researchers said a pattern was clear. “We found that from early to late adulthood, individuals adapt their expectations of future life satisfaction from optimistic, to accurate, to pessimistic,” the authors concluded.
72. According to the study, who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction?
A. Optimistic adults. B. Adults of lower income.
C. Adults in poor health. D. Middle-aged adults
73. Pessimism may be positive in some way because it causes people ______.
A. to fully enjoy their present life B. to take measures against potential risks
C. to estimate their contribution accurately D. to value health more highly than wealth
74. How do people of higher income see their future?
A. They will suffer mental illness B. They will become pessimistic.
C. They will earn less money.. D. They will have less time to enjoy life.
75. What is the clear conclusion of the study?
A. Pessimism guarantees chances of survival.
B. Good financial condition leads to good health.
C. Expectations of future life satisfaction decline with age.
D. Medical treatment determines health outcomes.
第II卷（非选择题 共35分）
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Women are playing a much more important part in society today.
Now women are working 76 teachers, scientists and even leaders. We have to admit the fact that almost all jobs 77 used to be done by men are done perfectly well today by women. Women are no longer l 78 down upon in society. 79 these changes in their social role, women’s position in the family has been 80 (改善) as well. It is hard to find the wife is busy ______81_____ the husband is sitting in an armchair, watching TV. In spite of all these changes, a great n_____ 82 of men still guard their rights. They t 83 of women as incapable creatures. Sometimes few women are allowed to 84 (出席) importing meeting. This is the problem we should try to 85 (解决) now.
76_____________ 77¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_____________ 78_____________ 79____________ 80____________
81_____________ 82_____________ 83_____________ 84____________ 85____________
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
和睦的家庭有利于孩子的个性发展和家人的身心健康。请你根据表格中的信息和自身的感受，以How we can build up a harmonious family 为题用英语写一篇短文。
主要特征 充满温暖、爱心和欢笑； 相互关爱、尊重和理解
主要益处 生长在和睦家庭环境中的孩子会乐观向上；
生活在和睦家庭中的父母会健康快乐
父母该
怎么做 言行举止上做好表率； 充分尊重、信任孩子； 经常与孩子沟通交流
你该怎么做……
注意：1.对所有要点逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。
2．词数120左右，开头已经写好，不计入总词数。
3．作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。
How we can build up a harmonious family
A harmonious family is essential to our personal development and our physical and mental health. _______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
福州文博中学2014-201学年第一学期
高三年级期中考英语科考试（参考答案）
第一部分：听力
第二部分：英语知识应用
第一节：单项选择
21―25 ADBCD 26―30 CCBAC 31―35 CADAB
第二节：完形填空
36-40 BBDCC 41―45 ABAAC 46―50 BACAC 51―55 DBCDA
第三部分：阅读理解
56-59 DABD 60-63 ACBC 64-67 CBDD 68 -71 BCAB 72 -75 DBCC
第四部分：写作
第一节：短文填词
76. as 77. that 78. looked 79. With 80. improved
81. while 82. number 83. think 84. attend 85. solve\ settle