2016～2017学年第一学期高一英语期中试题
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分15分） 第一节（共5小题；满分2.5）
听下面5段对话。听完每段对话后,你都有10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 will the man do?
A.Take the woman to a lovely garden. B.Go to see a film with the woman. C.Pick up the woman at 6:30.
2.What’s the possible relationship between the two speakers? A.Husband and wife. B.Doctor and patient. C.Teacher and student. 3.What time is it now?
A.It’s 5:35. B.It’s 6:40. C.It’s 6:15. 4.What’s the man’s opinion of the woman’s car? A.Her car is better than his. B.Her car is cheaper. C.Her car is not so good. 5.What did the man mean?
A.He didn’t like the work because it kept him working long hours. B.He didn’t like the work because it isn’t interesting. C.He liked the work very much. 第二节（共15小题；满分12.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。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,各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料,回答第6～8小题。 6.Why was the woman unhappy? A.She was sick.
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B.She had no time to write her composition.
C.She couldn’t think of a topic for her composition. 7.What did the man suggest to the woman? A.Taking a trip.
B.Writing about her trip. C.Trying to take some pictures.
8.How did the woman think about writing the composition after she heard the man’s suggestion?
A.Still very difficult. B.Still very easy. C.Easy. 听第7段材料,回答第9～11小题。
9.What’s the relationship between the two speakers? A.Schoolmates. B.Workmates. C.Strangers. 10.Why is Jeanie here earlier? A.To meet her friend. B.To have a class. C.To go over her lessons.
11.What’s Jack’s attitude toward the test? A.He is calm. B.He worries about it. C.He has to get an A.
听第8段材料,回答第12～13小题。
12.What does the man find hardest in English? A.Reading. B.Listening. C.Speaking.
13.Why does the woman suggest the man listen to the radio? A.The radio will help him. B.He likes the radio.
C.He wants to make penfriends. 听第9段材料,回答第14～16小题。 14.Who are the speakers?
A.Students. B.Teachers. C.Clerks.
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15.What are they mainly talking about? A.Noise in the office. B.A new meeting room. C.The story of a workmate.
16.What does Stan suggest they do? A.Talk to Jack openly. B.Move to another office. C.Ask for a meeting room.
听第10段材料,回答第17～20小题。
17.How did the man use to choose movies to see? A.By asking people’s opinions. B.By reading reviews.
C.He just went into the cinema and watched.
18.What does the writer usually NOT write in the review? A.Good points about it. B.Bad parts of it.
C.Important things and endings.
19.In which way does the speaker enjoy more about movies? A.Reading reviews first. B.Seeing the movies first.
C.Listening to people’s comments first.
20.What’s the speaker’s attitude to the talk shows about the movies? A.He is interested in them very much. B.He always likes to watch them. C.He cares nothing about them.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，
(A)
We were late as usual. My husband had insisted on watering the flowers in the garden
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by himself, and when he discovered that he couldn’t manage he had to ask me for help at the last moment. So now we had an hour to get to the airport. Luckily, there were not many cars or buses on the road and we were able to get there just in time.
We checked in and went straight to a big hall to wait for our flight (航班)to be called. We waited and waited but no announcement(通知) was made. We asked for information and the girl there told us that the plane hadn’t even arrived yet. In the end there was another announcement telling us that passengers waiting for Flight IJ 108 could get a free meal voucher (餐券) and that the plane hadn’t left Spain for technical problems. We thought that meant that it wasn’t safe for the plane to fly. We waited again for a long time until late evening when we were asked to report again. This time we were given free vouchers to spend the night in a nearby hotel.
The next morning after a bad night because of all the planes taking off and landing we reported back to the airport. Guess what had happened while we were asleep! Our plane had arrived and taken off again. All the other passengers had been forgotten. You can imagine how we felt.
21. Before leaving for the airport, the author __________.
A. helped water the flowers B. found it hard to start her car C. cleaned the garden by herself D. made a phone call to her husband 22. Why didn’t the author’s plane take off on time?
A. The airport was too busy B. The weather was terrible C. Some passengers were late D. Something was wrong with it 23. How did the author probably feel the next morning? A. Lucky B. Excited C. Angry D. Nervous
(B)
Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members, especially their parents, don’t know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice. It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or many friends. Even when they are not with their friends,
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they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members.
However, parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. The question of “choice” is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions? Who choose your friends?
Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you? Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like? Your answers are welcome.
24. Many teenagers think their _______ know them better than their parents do. A. friends B. teachers C. brothers and sisters D. classmates
25. When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of communication is to _________. A. talk with their friends by letter
B. talk with their parents face to face
C. have a discussion with their family D. talk with their friends on the phone 26. Which of the following sentences is TRUE? A. All parents like friends their children choose. B. In all families, children can choose their friends. C. It’s very important for teenagers to have friends. D. All parents allow their children to meet their friends.
(C)
Cai Jingshu, 14, loves English. She reads English newspapers every week and often tries to talk with foreigners.“The most popular phrase in my class is ‘Whoops!’ Many of us want to study abroad and find out more about English language culture,” said the girl.
However, for Cai’s aunt, 45-year-old Bin Changzheng, studying English was a different story.
Bin recalled when she first studied English in 1977, with junior textbooks.“We spent nearly half a year learning the 26 letters and the phonetic symbols. That really bored me,” said the woman.
After the letters, Bin and her classmates learned some simple words, such as “desk”
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陕西省西安音乐学院附属中等音乐学校高一英语上学期期中试题
