浏阳一中2014年下学期高一阶段性测试英语试卷

总分：150分；时间120分钟

命题人：蒋晶 审校人：戴常春

Part Ⅰ Listening comprehension (30 marks)

Section A (22.5 marks)

Directions: In this section, you will hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter (A, B or C) on the question booklet.

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Conversation 1

When does the movie begin?

A. At 6:30. B. At 6:45. C. At 7:00.

2. What’s the weather like?

A. Cloudy. B. Rainy. C. Fine.

Conversation 2

3. How does the woman advise the men to go to the Palace Hotel?

A. By subway. B. By bus. C. By taxi.

4. How long will it take the man to get there?

A. About half an hour. B. About 40 minutes. C. About 20 minutes.

Conversation 3

5. What’s the problem of the car?

A. It runs too slow. B. It can’t start. C. It makes a strange noise.

6. What will the speakers do?

A.Wait and add some water.

B. Wait and add some oil.

C. Ask a repairman(修理员) to help them.

Conversation 4

7. How does the woman look now?

A. Sad. B. Tired. C. Excited.

8. What do we know about the party?

A. It was a birthday party.

B. It was held by the woman.

C. It lasted for six hours.

9. What does the woman think of the party?

A. Interesting. B. Small. C. Boring.

Conversation 5

10. Where does the man want to go?

A. To the nearest cinema.

B. To the nearest hotel.

C. To the nearest post office.

11. How will the man go there?

A. On foot. B. By taxi. C. By bus.

12. Who is the woman probably?

A. A stranger. B. The man’s friend. C. A shop assistant.

Conversation 6

13. What does the woman want to buy?

A. A sweater. B. A shirt. C. A coat.

14. Whose birthday is coming?

A. The woman’s mother

B. The woman’s younger sister

C. The woman’s elder sister

15. What color does the woman finally choose?

A. Green. B. Yellow. C. Blue.

Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you've got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS.

You will hear the short passage TWICE.

The weather will be cloudy tomorrow morning.

The speaker’s class will 16.____________ tomorrow. There will be 17._______ students and 3 teachers. They will go there 18.__________ and set off at 19._______. They will have a 20.___________ up the mountain.

Part II? Language Knowledge (45 marks)

Section A (15 marks)

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

21. —______ have you studied English?

—For six years

A. How long B. How soon

C. How often D. How far

22. John failed in the exam，________he had prepared a lot for it before.

A. as B. when C. once D. although

23. ________ is a very popular sport in summer.

A. Swim B. Go to swim C. Go swimming D. Swimming

24. Who will be ___________ the company when the manager (经理) is out？

A. in charge of B. in the charge of

C. take charge of D. take the charge of

25. Tom’s English is not good，so he devoted all his free time to __________ it.

A. studying B. study C. studied D. studies

26. She _______ live in North China. As a result, it is difficult for her to _______ the climate here.

A. was used to; get used to B. used to; get used to

C. used to; used to D. was used to; use to

27. The boss _________ company I worked in two years ago has _________ in

solving such kind of problem.

A. whose; many experiences B. who; many experiences

C. whose; much experience D. who; much experience

28. I_______ my homework at nine o'clock last Sunday morning.

A. am doing B. was doing C. do D. did

29. —As a student, we should study hard.

— Yes, ______ we study, ________ results we’ll get.

A. the harder; the good B. the harder; the best

C. the hard; the better D. the harder; the better

30. We should learn from those ________ are always ready to help others.

A. who B. whom C .they D. that

31. Please pass me the dictionary _______cover is black.

A. which B. its C. whose D. which of

32. This is the very place _______I’m wishing to live in.

A. where B. which C. that D. in which

33. I can tell you _________he told me last week.

A. all which B. all what C. that all D. all that

34. They talked for about an hour of things and persons _________ they remembered in the school.

A. which B. that C. who D. whom

35. The lazy boy is expecting a way ______ he can get through the exams without hard work.

A. that B. in that C. which D. where

Section B (18 marks)

Directions：For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the words or phrases that best fits the context.

There was a woman in Detroit, who has two sons．She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school．Boys in his class 36 fun of him because he seemed so 37 ．

The mother decided that she would, herself, have to get her sons to do better in school．She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a 38 a week and do a report about it for her．

One day, in Ben’s 39 , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben 40 up his hand and the teacher let him 41 ．“Why did Ben raise his hand?”They wondered. He 42 said anything; what could he possibly want to say?

Well, Ben not only 43 the rock; he said a lot about it．He named other rocks in its group and even knew where the teacher had found it．The teacher and the students were 44 . Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 45 ．

Ben later went on to the 46 of his class．When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States．

After Ben had grown up, he learnt something about his mother that he did not know as a 47 . She, herself, had never learned how to read．

36. A. played B. got C. took D. made

37. A. clever B. hard C. slow D. quick

38. A. notice B. message C. book D. question

39. A.class B. room C. office D. lab

40. A. looked B. gave C. took D. put

41. A. think B. leave C. stand D. speak

42. A. always B. even C. quickly D. never

43. A. found B. played C. knew D. threw

44. A. afraid B. surprised C. worried D. unhappy

45. A. pictures B. exercises C. shops D. reports

46. A. top B. end C. back D. side

47. A. doctor B. child C. student D. teacher

Section?C?(12?points)

Directions:?Complete?the?following?passage?by?filling?in?each?blank?with?one?word?that?best?fits the context.

Dear Jenny,

I’ve got the letter you wrote to me 48 December 5th last Friday. I’m very happy to hear that you’re doing well.

It’s been about two months since you left. I’m very glad 49 hear that your new job is interesting, but I’m sorry to hear that you don’t like Washington. I think you’ll like 50 better once you make more friends there. Good luck to you!

Thank you very much 51 your invitation, 52 I’m very sorry that I can’t go to your Christmas party on December 24th 53 my grandfather will come here that day to celebrate Christmas 54 our family. Please forgive (原谅) me! I hope you can come to New York to spend 55 New Year holiday with us.

Yours,

Lucy

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (30 marks)

Directions：Read the following three passage is followed several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

A

A teacher stood in front of his history class of twenty students just before handing out the final exam. His students sat quietly and waited for him to speak.

“It’s been a pleasure teaching you this term,” he said. “You’ve all worked very hard, so I have a pleasant surprise for you. Everyone who chooses not to take the final exam will get a ‘B’ for the course.” www..com

Most of the students jumped out of their seats. They thanked the teacher happily, and walked out of the classroom. Only a few students stayed. The teacher looked at them. “This is your last chance,” he said. “Does anyone else want to leave?” All the students there stayed in their seats and took out their pencils.

The teacher smiled. “Congratulations (祝贺),” he said. “I’m glad to see you believe in yourselves. You all get A’s.”

56. This story most probably took place .

A. at the beginning of the term B. in the middle of the term

C. at the end of the term D. at the beginning of the school year

57. Most of the students got Grade ______.

A. ‘A’ B. ‘B’ C. ‘C’ D. ‘F’

58. Why did some students stay in their seats?

A. Because they wanted to take the exam.

B. Because the teacher told them to stay in their class.

C. Because they were afraid to leave.

D. Because they didn’t have anything to do.

59. The teacher gave the students who stayed in the classroom A’s because ______.

A. the teacher liked them B. they were cleverer than the other students

C. they believed in themselves D. they studied hard

60. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refers to “______”.

A. students staying in their seats B. students leaving the classroom

C. their seats D. all the students

B

A group of people asked this question to a group of 4-to-8-year-old children. “What does love mean?” The answers were sur