高一下期中考英语试卷

第一部分听力(共两节。满分30分)

第一节(共5小题；每小题l．5分，满分7．5分)

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l0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．What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Father and daughter．

B. Doctor and patient．

C. Teacher and student．

2．Why can’t the machine work according to the woman?

A．The power may have been cut off．

B．There is something wrong with it．

C．Both of the speakers can’t operate it．

3．What does the woman mean?

A She is tired of keeping pets．

B She wants to have a dog．

C She won’t have a dog as a friend．

4．What can we learn from the conversation?

A．The man will invite Mary to dinner．

B The man will buy his daughter a gift．

C．Mary has a lovely girl．

5．Which of the following does the woman like best?

A. Fishing． 13．Swimming． C．Climbing．

第二节(共15小题；每小题l．5分，满分22．5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独自后有几个小题，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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独自读两遍。

听第6段材料。回答第6，7题。

6．What season is it now?

A Spring． B Summer． C Autumn．

7．What will the speakers do?

A. Drive to San Diego．

B．Have take—away food in the park．

C. See an outdoor movie．

听第7段材料。回答第8,9题。

8．What color is the tie the man is looking for?

A. Green． B. Blue．C. Brown．

9．What do we know about Sue?

A. She is Mr．Johnson’s sister．

B. She is the speakers’guest．

C. She is probably a babysitter．

昕第8段材料。回答第l0至12题。

10．Whan did the man speaker argue with David?

A. Yesterday． B．Today．C．The day before yesterday．

11．Why did the man speaker want to get his money back?

A. David borrowed too much money from him．

B．He didn’t trust David any more．

C．He had to pay an unexpected bill．

12．How does the man speaker feel now?

A He is still angry with David．

B．He regrets getting angry with David．

C．He is happy to break up with David．

听第9段材料。回答第l3至16题。

13．Where is the woman going?

A.To a museum． B. To a theater．C. To a park．

14．What does the man say about himself?

A. He isn’t very familiar with the streets．

B．He drives very well．

C．He will go home at 7 o’clock

15．What time is it now?

A. Seven o’clock B．Six o’clock．C．Four thirty．

16．What can we learn from the conversation? ，

A The traffic may be light after 7 o’clock．

B The woman is a famous artist．

C The man overcharged the woman by l8 dollars．

听第l0段材料，回答第l7至20题。

17．What can people see every Saturday afternoon in the Grange?

A Baking bread． B．Old fashion shows．C．The mayor’s office．

18．How old is the university building?

A．200 years old． B. l25 years old． C．75 years old．

19．Why did Sir Henry return to England?

A. His enemy oceupied the castle．

B. The castle was totally destroyed．

C. His wife had passed away．

20．Which of the following is TRUE according to the talk?

A. The speaker mentions three historical places．

B.The Grange is the youngest building in the city．

C The castle is next to the university building．

二．单选15分

21. There are three eggs ________ by the hen _______ under the tree .

A. lied , laying B. lay , lying C. laid , lying D. lain , laying

22. – The woman biologist had stayed in Africa studying wild animals for 13 years before she returned .

-- Oh , dear ! She _______ a lot of difficulties .

A. may go through B. might go through

C. ought to have gone through D. must have gone through

23. As we all know , practicing Yoga _______ our health , that is to say , our health can _______ it .

A. benefits to , benefit B. benefits , benefit from

C. benefits from , benefit D. benefits , are benefited from

24. Their business is not good as ever so they have to _________ the expenses of their company .

A. cut in B. cut off C. cut up D. cut down

25. Born into a family with three brothers , David was _______ to value the sense of sharing .

A. brought up B. turned down C. looked after D. held back

26. Passengers are permitted _______ only one piece of hand luggage onto the plane.

A. to carry B. carrying C. to be carried D. being carried

27. – I probably shouldn’t have any more cake .

-- Oh, __________ . It won’t kill you

A. hold on , please B. that’ll do C. go ahead D. you’re welcome

28. It was not until I came here ________ I realized this place was famous for not only its beauty but also its weather .

A. who B. that C. where D. before

29. – Jerry seems to be generous and kind-hearted .

-- ________ , he is the most cold-blooded person I’ve ever known .

A . As a result B. On the contrary C. By the way D. On the other hand

30. We’ve offered her the job ,but I don’t know _______ she’ll accept it .

A. where B. what C. which D. whether

31. The problem is _________ to take the place of Ted.

A. who can we get B. what we can get

C. who we can get D. that we can get

32. The place _______ the bridge is supposed to be built should be ________ the cross-river traffic is the heaviest .

A.at which ,where B. at which ,which C. which ,whereD. which ,in which

33. While we’re developing agriculture and industry , we must prevent the earth _________.

A. from polluting B. polluted C. polluting D. being polluted

34. The little child didn’t understand the _______ question so there was a _______expression on his face .

A. puzzling , puzzled B. puzzled , puzzled

C. puzzling, puzzling D. puzzled ,puzzling

35. _______ trouble me most is ________ I don’t know _______ is to be done with the accident .

A.What, what ,that B.What ,that ,what

C.What , that ,how D. What , because ,which

三. 完形填空30分

Water costs money．In some places water is hard 36 ．What 37 when a town

has these problems？A small town in California found a happy 38 ．

　　Very 39 rain ever fell there．The town had no water 40 ．The water it used was 41 from a river 300 miles away．As more people 42 live in the town， 43 water was needed．Now water 44 to be brought in from 600 miles away．All these cost 45 money．

　　The town 46 a plan．It found 47 to clean its “dirty” water．Once the cleaned water was reused 48 many ways．Five 49 lakes were built．Here people could swim and fish and go 50 ．They 51 have picnics in their new parks．Farmers had more water 52 their crops．New factories can be built，now that they have the promise of 53 ．

　　In most places，water is used and thrown 54 ．The town that saved 55 water has saved the town！

　　36．A．supplying B．getting C．to get D．to supply

　　37．A．happens B．happening C is happened D．happened

　　38．A．key B．answer C answering D．way

　　39．A．little B．a little C．few D．a few

　　40．A．of itself B．of its own C．for its own D for itself

　　41．A．fetch B．take C．brought in D．guided

　　42．A．come to B．came to C．coming to D．came for

　　43．A．many B．plenty of C．more D．many more

　　44．A．has B．had C．must D．needed

　　45．A．many B．a few C．a great many D．a lot of

　　46．A．put B．made C.supply D．noticed

　　47．A．a way B．ways C．an answer D．a key

　　48．A．for B．by C．at D．in

49．A．man-making B．man-make C．man-made D．man made

　　50．A．boating B．to boat C．to boating D．on boating

　　51．A．must B．could C．needed D．had to

　　52．A．as B．with C．for D．to

53．A.water enoughB．enough water C. crops enough Denough crops

　　54．A．off B．of C．away D．out of

　　55．A．it’s B．its C．one’s D．his

四．阅读理解40分

A

　　People need to relax and enjoy themse1ves．One way they can have a good time is to watch a baseball game or another sports event．Even thousands of years ago，groups of people gathered to watch skilled athletes（运动员）．

　　Over 2000 years ago in Greece，certain days in the year were festival days．These were holidays when people stopped work and enjoyed themselves．They liked to watch athletes take part in races and other games of skill．

　　The most important festival was held every four years at the town of Olympia．It was held in honor of the Greek god Zeus（Zus）．For five days，athletes from all parts of the Greek world took part in the Olympic Games．At the Olympic Games，people could watch them box，run，jump and so on．There was a relay race between two teams of men in which a lighted torch（火矩）was passed from runner to runner．The Olympic Games were thought to be so important that cities which were at war with one another had to stop fighting．People were allowed to travel to the games safely．Thousands of people came to Olympia from cities in Greece and from her colonies（殖民地）in Africa，Asia and Italy．They met as friends to cheer their favorite athletes and to enjoy themselves．

　　56．What happened in Greece over 2000 years ago？

　　A．People stopped work and enjoyed themselves．

　　B．The cities there were often against one another．

　　C．People watched baseball games．

　　D．People didn’t go to any games at all．

　　57．What were those countries in Africa？

　　A．Friends． B．Enemies．

　　C．Colonies． D．Other cities．

　　58．What did people do at the games？

　　A．They fought． B．They just talked to friends．

　　C．They cheered for good athletes． D．They tried to find friends．

　　59．The best title for the story is“_____”．

　　A．Greece at War B．Together for the Games

　　C．Stop Fighting D．Sport

B

　　Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to se11 millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would be come a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford bad started his great motor car factory．This car showed to be well-known that it remain