【正文】 B. About 30%. C. Over 40%. do tea tasters taste tea with milk? A. Most British people drink tea that way. B. Tea tastes much better with milk. C. Tea with milk is healthy. suggests a price for each tea? tasters. B. Tea exporters. C. Tea panies. is the speaker talking about? A. The life of tea tasters. B. Afternoon tea in Britain. C. The London Tea Trade Center. 第二部分 閱讀理解（ 共兩節(jié)，滿分 40 分） 第一節(jié) （共 15小題；每小題 2分，滿分 30分） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（ A、 B、 C、 D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 long did Michael stay in China? A. Five days. B. One week. weeks. did Michael go last year? A. Russia. B. Norway. C. India. 聽第 7 段材料，回答第 9題。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個選項 中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有 10 秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。 2021 屆福建省閩清高級中學(xué)高二學(xué)年第一學(xué)期期中考試 英語試卷 注意事項： 答題前，考生先將自己的姓名、準考證號碼填寫清楚。每 段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。 time is it now? A. 9:10. :50. :00. does the woman think of the weather? A. It?s nice. B. It?s warm. C. It?s cold. will the man do? A. Attend a meeting. B. Give a lecture. C. Leave his office. is the woman?s opinion about the course? A. Too hard. B. Worth taking. C. Very easy. does the woman want the man to do? A. Speak louder. B. Apologize to her. C. Turn off the radio. 第二節(jié) （共 15小題；每小題 1分，滿分 15分） 聽下面 5 段對話或獨白。聽第 6 段 材料，回答第 7題。 is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Salesperson and customer. B. Homeowner and cleaner. C. Husband and wife. kind of apartment do the speakers prefer? A. One with two bedrooms. B. One without furniture. C. One near a market. much rend should one pay for the onebedroom apartment? A.＄ 350. B. ＄ 400. C. ＄ 415. is the apartment the speakers would like to see? A. On Lake Street. B. On Market Street. C. On South Street. 聽第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 題。 no new grade. I felt that the punishment was not justified, and I believed I deserved a second chance. Consequently, I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months later, that chance unfolded as I found myself sitting in the headmaster’s office with my grandfather, now having an entirely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the embarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my option to skip the sixth grade. Justice is sweet ! 21. What did the author?s classmates think about his report? A. Excellent. B. Ridiculous. C. Boring. D. Puzzling. 22. Why was the author confused about the task? A. He was unfamiliar with American history. B. He followed the advice and flipped a coin. C. He fot his teacher?s instruction. D. He was new at the school. 23. The underlined word “burning” in Para. 3 probably means ________. A. annoyed B. ashamed C. ready D. eager 24. In the end, the author turned things around ________. A. by redoing his task B. through his own efforts C. with the help of his grandfather D. under the guidance of his headmast er B Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan sees an epidemic (流行病 ) sweeping across Americas farmland. It has little to do with the usual challenges, such as flood, rising fuel prices and cropeating insects. The country?s farmers are getting older, and there are fewer people standing in line to take their place. National agricultural census (普查 ) figures show that the fastestgrowing group of farmers is the part over 65. Merrigan is afraid the average age will be even higher when the 2021 statistics are pleted. Merrigan, a former college professor, is making stops at universities across the country in hopes of encouraging more students to think about careers in agriculture. Aside from trying to stop the graying of America?s farmers, her work is made tougher by a recent blog posting that put agriculture at on a list of “useless” college degrees. Top federal agriculture officials are talking about the posting, and it has the attention of agricultural anizations across the country. “There couldn?t be anything that?s more incorrect,” Merrigan said. “We know that there aren?t enough qualified graduates to fill the jobs that are out there in American agriculture. In addition, a growing world population that some experts predict will require 70% more food production by 2050,” she said. “I truly believe we?re at a golden age of agriculture. Global demand is at an alltime record high, and global supplies are at alltime record lows,” said Matt Rush, director of the Texas Farm Bureau. “Production costs are going to be valuable enough that younger people are going to have the opportunity to be involved in agriculture.” The D