高一下半期期末考试英语网上检测无纸试卷带答案和解析（2019-2020年福建省泉州市）

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Standing at the top of the world, I cleared the ice from my oxygen mask（氧气面罩）， bent a shoulder forward against the wind, and stared absently down at the land of Tibet. Finally I had made it-the top of Mount Qomolangma. I understood on some dim level（隐约地）that the earth down there was a grand sight. I’d been longing for this moment, and the excitement that would come with it. But now that I was finally here, actually standing on the top of Mount Qomolangma, I just couldn’t collect the energy to care. It was early on the afternoon of May 10, 1996. I hadn’t slept for fifty-seven hours. My stomach was upset because the only food I’d been able to force down over the past three days was a bowl of soup. To make things worse, weeks of violent coughing had made ordinary breathing a bitter process. At 29,028 feet above the sea level, there was so little oxygen reaching my brain that I couldn’t think better than a slow child. Right now I could not feel much of anything except cold and tired. After taking four quick photos, I turned and headed down. I’d spent less than five minutes on the roof of the world. Looking down the route we had climbed, I noticed something that until that moment had escaped my attention. To the south, where the sky had been perfectly clear just an hour earlier, a blanket of clouds now hid the lesser mountains surrounding. Nothing I saw early that day suggested that a violent storm was approaching. To my oxygen-exhausted mind, the clouds coming up the grand valley of ice appeared no different from the harmless clouds that rose from the valley almost every afternoon. As I was climbing down, I began to get extremely anxious. However, my concern at that moment had little to do with the weather; I had almost run out of oxygen. I ought to have checked earlier. I needed to get down, fast. 【1】What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 mean? A.The top of the world. B.The land of Tibet. C.A grand sight. D.Reaching the top. 【2】Why did the writer leave the top so quickly? A.He was exhausted and weak. B.He had dropped his camera. C.An unexpected violent storm arrived. D.He had fear of heights. 【3】What can we infer from the passage? A.The grand sight made the writer scream. B.The weather on Qomolangma was changeable. C.The writer was energetic and strong-minded. D.The writer was experienced and well-prepared.

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It’s said that today more than $ 400 billion a year is spent on advertising worldwide. Beyond that the economic influence of advertising touches just about every consumer-product industry, from No wonder, it is widely recognized that the global economy is heavily being driven by advertisements. A successful advertisement involves at least three things. The advertisers will first of all single out the market. That is, they need to determine who will buy the product. Then, they will work out the best way to appeal to this market. So they will take into consideration a number of desires or worries the market may have. Finally, they will design the advertising programme. That is, they will study what words and images their advertisement contains and what slogans（广告语）they plan to make use of. They will also consider employing famous people and using scientific data to support e product. While in everyday life consumers have seen lots of successful examples of advertising like Nike, Coca-Cola, and McDonald’s, there are still some examples that do not reach the expected goal. One soap company had all its advertisements show dirty clothes on the left, its box of soap in the middle, and clean clothes on the right. Then it started its advertising programme in the Middle East. Unfortunately, since Arabic speakers read Arabic from the right to the left, many viewers when seeing the ad, thought to themselves, “Why, this soap makes clothes dirty!” Therefore, advertisers have to be aware of cultural differences when they want to carry out international advertising programme in a foreign country. Study the cultural background of the customers, or ruin the advertising programme! 【1】What should the advertisers do before designing an ad? A.Conduct market research. B.Remove customers’ worries. C.Invite famous people to cooperate. D.Employ scientific data to give evidence. 【2】What can be learned from the text? A.The global economy is determined by advertising. B.The profits of advertising are beyond expectation. C.The soap ad is successful in Arabic countries. D.Cultural differences should be considered for international ads. 【3】What is the best title of the passage? A.Successful International Ads B.Awareness of Cultural Differences C.What Is Advertising? D.How to Appeal to the Market?

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American and Canadian ocean scientists are taking an unexpected opportunity presented by the coronavirus pandemic（冠状病毒大流行）. They are trying to discover whether Pacific Northwest whales benefit from the drop in boat traffic and underwater noise. Stay-home laws have greatly reduced entertaining boat trips and ferry crossings this spring. Commercial（商业的）whale watching tours remain on hold. Large ships carrying goods continue to come and go less often. Noise and boat disturbance are considered main reasons for the decrease of the Northwest’s endangered killer whales besides reducing food supply and pollution. “From a killer whale’s point of view, not having fast moving boats around might be quite beneficial,” said oceanographer Scott Veirs of Seattle, who is in charge of an underwater microphone network called Oreasound. However, the decrease in sea traffic by the coronavirus pandemic may be short-lived, meaning archers have to act fast to document if the quieter seas make happier, healthier whales. “We are all trying to remain ready,” Veirs said. “If the pandemic continues to affect boat traffic for the next couple of months, we’ll have a very rare activity when noise levels are reduced. I hope that happens, opportunity to observe killer whale activity when noise levels are reduced. I hope that happens.” The population of killer whales in the waters of the U. S. Pacific Northwest and southwestern British Columbia has reduced to around 73. They use sound to hunt. locate and communicate, and noise from boat engines can affect the sound waves they make for echolocation（回声定位）. Other larger whales that live in Northwest waters communicate over longer distances in a frequency band（波段）that is almost the same with the low frequency noise made by large container ships. Viers believes if we continue to not have any commercial whale watching and limit our entertaining boating, the killer whales would certainly experience less of noise disturbance with the boats. 【1】What do killer whales benefit from the coronavirus pandemic? A.Stricter laws on ocean pollution. B.More whale watching tourists. C.Reduced noise and boat disturbance. D.Increased food supply. 【2】What is the concern of Scott Veirs? A.The ocean traffic may increase before long. B.The echolocation function of whales is damaged. C.The frequency band whales use is similar to boats. D.The population of killer whales drops too quickly. 【3】What is paragraph 6 mainly about? A.The population of killer whales. B.The frequency band killer whales use. C.How killer whales use sound waves. D.Why noise from boats affects the life of whales. 【4】Where does the passage come from? A.A brochure. B.A news report. C.A science fiction. D.A travel diary.

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The Human Traffic Signal La Paz, Bolivia, is the highest capital in the world. Life is hard at high altitude, and the mountains make communications difficult. 【1】 One road is considered the most dangerous. On one side the mountains rise steeply（陡峭地）; on the other is a sharp drop hundreds of metres deep. In theory（理论）, the road can only be used by traffic going uphill from 8 in the morning and by traffic coming downhill from 3 in the afternoon. 【2】 But thanks to one man, the deaths have fallen. Timoteo Apaza lives near the most dangerous part of the road, known as the Devils Bend（弯道）. 【3】 Every morning he stands on the bend with a large board, which is red on one side and green on the other. When two vehicles approach from opposite directions they can’t see each other, but they can see Timoteo. Sometimes drivers give him a tip, but often they just pass by, taking no notice of the human traffic signal. 【4】 One day while driving a lorry load of bananas, he came off the road and fell 300 metres down the mountain. Somehow he survived. Another time, he was called out in the night to help pull people out of a bus crashing at the Devil’s Bend. This last experience had great effect on Timoteo. 【5】 And so every morning, Timoteo takes up his place on the bend and directs the traffic. A.So why does he do it? B.Then how does he manage it? C.Luckily there is not a lot of traffic. D.But in practice, few drivers respect the rules. E.He felt it his duty in life to help others. F.Timoteo has an unusual job-he is a human traffic signal. G.Many-roads are in bad condition and accidents are frequent.

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Suppose you are offered a job or an opportunity to study in another country. You are going to make ______ for your big adventure. The ______ and preparation for culture shock is an important thing you should ______ . Your views may fight with different ______ , values, and traditions. You may have difficulty in getting used to a new culture, which is not ______ to you. This is culture shock. There are four stages（阶段）to culture shock which you will ______ . In the first stage, you see the new culture in a ______ light. The new country seems ______ . The local habits are interesting and the people you come across are welcoming and ______ . Unfortunately this stage will eventually come to a（n） ______ . Usually around three months after arriving at the new ______ , differences between your own culture and the new culture begin to ______ . These differences often create anxiety. Excitement ______ feelings of stress and anger due to some unfavorable events. Loneliness begins to ______ a sense of disconnection. As much as one year ______ , you become used to the new culture. You begin to see that even though the ______ of the culture are different from your own, it has something that you can learn to ______ . Then, you are able to participate ______ in the host culture. This stage can be considered as bicultural where you keep many differences. Obviously, culture shock is something you cannot ______ when living in, a foreign country. However, when you have completely got used to a new culture you can more fully ______ it. 【1】A.contributions B.preparations C.attempts D.decisions 【2】A.understanding B.analysis C.description D.impression 【3】A.determine B.admit C.consider D.contrast 【4】A.attitudes B.motivations C.approaches D.beliefs 【5】A.important B.attractive C.familiar D.available 【6】A.survive B.experience C.design D.arrange 【7】A.natural B.favorable C.reliable D.unique 【8】A.wonderful B.powerful C.peaceful D.hopeful. 【9】A.aggressive B.cautious C.friendly D.modest 【10】A.conclusion B.announcement C.start D.end 【11】A.position B.community C.destination D.organization 【12】A.replace B.disappear C.exist D.arise 【13】A.live B.gives way to C.goes back to D.holds on to 【14】A.create B.reduce C.keep D.emphasize 【15】A.old B.apart C.ago D.later 【16】A.dis sanctions B.similarities C.expectations D.standards 【17】A.defend B.reject C.combine D.appreciate 【18】A.comfortably B.responsibly C.awfully D.equally 【19】A.balance B.avoid C.involve D.forecast 【20】A.promote B.shape C.enjoy D.celebrate

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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 From 1405 to 1433, Zheng He made seven historic voyages to Asia and Africa. Thanks to frequent friendly 【1】 (exchange) between China and foreign countries, Zheng He successfully 【2】 （promote）friendship between China and Southeast Asian countries to new heights. From 1403 to 1424, the number of envoys（使者）visit China a record 318 times, 【3】 average of 15 times a year. Zheng He’s fleet traveled from the Western Pacific through the Indian Ocean to West Asia and the east coast of Africa, 【4】 （involve） three oceans and providing valuable records for the history of Chinese navigation（航海）. His voyages, 【5】 happened earlier than the Westerners’ Voyages of Discovery, came 87 years before Columbus, 92 years before Vasco da Gama, and 116 years before Magellan’s 【6】 （arrive） in the Philippines. Sadly, many of the official Chinese records of these voyages were destroyed 【7】 his death. Zheng He’s rightful place in Chinese history 【8】 （confirm） by Deng Xiaoping in 1984. Following a more realistic evaluation of Zheng He’s achievements by scholars East and West, his standing as one of the 【9】 (great) maritime explorers of all time has at last been 【10】 (firm) recognized worldwide.

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假定你是李华，你从校公告栏得知德国高中生代表团将来校交流，学校拟招聘几名志愿向导。请你根据海报内容用英文写封邮件应聘。 注意： 1. 词数80左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Sir or Madam, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I am looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua

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概要写作 Before the 1830s, most newspapers were sold through yearly subscriptions(订阅) in America, usually $ 8 to $ 10 a year. Today $ 8 or $ 10 seems a small amount of money, but at that time the amounts were unaffordable to most citizens. Accordingly, newspapers were read almost only by rich people in politics or the trades. In addition, most newspapers had little in them that would appeal to a large audience. They were dull and visually unpleasant. But the revolution that was taking place in the 1830s would change all that. The trend, then, was toward the “penny paper”---a term referring to papers made widely available to the public. It meant any inexpensive newspaper; perhaps more importantly it meant newspapers that could be bought in single copies on the street. This development did not take place overnight. It had been possible（but not easy） to buy single copies of newspapers before 1830, but this usually meant the reader had to go down to the printer’s office to buy a copy. Street sales were almost unknown. However, within a few years street sales of newspapers would be commonplace in eastern cities. At first the price of single copy was seldom a penny ---usually two or three cents was charged --- and some of the older well-known papers charged five or six cents. But the phrase “penny paper” caught the public’s fancy soon there would be papers that did indeed sell for only a penny. This new trend of newspapers for “the man on the street” did not begin well. Some of the early ventures（企业）were immediate failures. Publishers already in business, people who were owners of successful papers, had little desire to change the tradition. It took a few youthful and daring businessmen to get the ball rolling.