宝应县高一第二学期英语期中考试英语试题
第一卷（选择题，共75分）
第一部分 听力（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）
第一节 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 is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Good friends. B. Employer and employee. C. Colleagues. 2. What is the man?
A. A writer. B. An actor. C. A director. 3. Why was Carl at the hospital? A. He was sick. B. His wife was sick. C. He was visiting his daughter. 4. When can the woman get her cell phone?
A. Tomorrow. B. On Thursday. C. Half an hour later. 5. What will the man have to do?
A. Get operated on twice. B. Have an operation immediately. C. See other doctors. 第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。 6. What does the man plan to do on Saturday?
A. To see his aunt. B. To see a friend. C. To go to a party. 7. What problem does the man’s friend have in learning? A. She can’t understand the themes of some literary works. B. She has language problems.
C. She has a living burden.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9题。 8. Where does this conversation take place?
A. In a restaurant. B. At an interview. C. At a schoo1. 9. What will probably happen to the man next? A. He will be turned down by the woman. B. He will work as an English teacher. C. He will work as a headmaster.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。 10. Where does this conversation most likely take place?
A. At a library. B. At a bookstore. C. At a video rental shop. 11. How much do newly released movies cost to rent?
A. $2.00. B. $3.50. C. $5.00. 12. On what day does this conversation take place?
A. On Sunday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。 13. What sort of music does the man like?
A. He likes all kinds of music. B. Pop music. C. Classical music. 14. Why doesn’t the woman have a favorite band?
A. She isn’t interested in them. B. She doesn’t like music at all. C. She is always in search of new music to listen to. 15. How often does the woman go to concerts?
A. Twice a month. B. Once a week. C. Once a month. 16. Why can’t the man go to the open music night next Thursday?
A. He has a date. B. He has a class. C. He has a party. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。 17. How did the author get to know America at first?
A. From radio programs. B. From her mother. C. From books and pictures. 18. How did the author feel upon leaving for America?
A. Unhappy. B. Happy. C. Worried.
19. What can we learn from the text? A. The author worked as a translator. B. The author attended a lot of job interviews. C. The author helped her family with her English. 20. What does the author believe at present? A. Her future will be free from troubles. B. It is difficult to learn to become patient. C. Good things will happen if one keeps trying.
第二部分：单项选择（共15小题；每小题 1分，满分15分） 从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. “Chinese dama”, a group mainly ________ of married women between 40 and 60, ______ the attention of the public for the first time in 2013. A. consisted; catching C. consisting; caught
B. consisting; catching D. consisted; caught
22. He got into the old truck and off _____ to one of the far corners of the farm to fix the fences. A. did they rush B. they did rush
C. they rushed
D. rushed they
23. ________ herself with routine office tasks, she had no time to look after her children. A. Occupying B. Occupied C. Being occupied D. To be occupied 24. —Some Chinese students find it difficult to understand native speakers when in London. —Exactly, _______ they’ve learned a lot about grammar and known many words. A. what if B. now that C. as if D. even if 25. She may have missed the train, ________ she won’t arrive within another hour. A. in which case
B. in her case
C. in any case
D. in that case
26. Using renewable energy is a simple idea, but ______ we find it hard to put into practice. A. one
B. what
C. which
D. that
27. Taking such kind of medicine, if , will possibly do you great harm. A. continue B. to continue C. continued D. continuing
28. Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she could be sure of passing it at her first _______.
A. attention B. attempt C. purpose D. desire