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江苏省泰州中学2011～2012学年度第二学期
高一英语期中考试试题
注意事项：
1、本试卷共分两部分，第Ⅰ卷为选择题，第Ⅱ卷为非选择题。
2、所有试题的答案均填写在答题纸上（选择题部分使用答题卡的学校请将选择题的答案直接填涂到答题卡上），答案写在试卷上的无效。
第I卷（选择题 共85分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节（共5小题，每小题1分，满分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 event will the girl take part in?
A. 100-meter race. B. High jump. C. None. 1.What time will the meeting begin?
A. At 7:30 a.m. B. At 6:30 p.m. C. At 7:30 p.m.
3. What will the man be doing while the woman is washing up tomorrow?
A. Cooking breakfast then. B. Having breakfast in bed. C. Sleeping in bed.
4. What does the woman mean?
A. The man shouldn't take off his shoes. B. The man should open the window.
C. The man shouldn't put his bag on the back seat. 5. What type of book did the woman read?
A. A fiction（小说）. B. A biography（传记）. C. A science book. 第二节（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）
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。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。 6. Why is the man so excited?
A. He passed an important test. B. He found a job.
C. He attended a good speech.
7. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In an office. B. At a classroom. C. On a bus. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. What does Nancy think of English?
A. Easy. B. Difficult. C. Boring. 9. Which subject does the man like best?
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A. Science. B. PE. C. Chinese. 10. What do we know about the woman?
A. She likes English very much. B. She doesn't like science at all. C. She is good at math.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. Where does the man read the papers?
A. At home. B. At the office. C. On the bus. 12. What is the woman going to do for her holiday this year?
A. Go to the sea. B. Go abroad. C. Stay at home. 13. What do we know about the man? A. He wants to go to the country.
B. He wants to go to the seaside. C. He wants to stay at home.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。 14. What does the man say about his wife?
A. She is a good cook.
B. She works in a restaurant. C. She is gaining weight.
15. How many pounds is the average American teen today heavier than in 1980?
A. 5 to 10 pounds. B. 10 to 15 pounds. C. 10 to 20 pounds.
A. What will the woman do next?
A. Go to a club. B. Go to the man's. C. Go home. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
I． When did the first resident（居民） move into the White House?
A. In 1792. B. In 1799. C. In 1800. 18. What happened to the White House in 1814?
A. It was partly damaged in an earthquake. B. It was burnt.
C. It was redecorated.
(3)Why were the grey walls painted white?
A. To show the president's dignity(尊严). B. To match the buildings.
C. To cover the stains（污点）.
(4)What do we know about the offices in the White House?
A. They are in the floor story east wing. B. They are in the third story west wing. C. They are open to the public.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21. The weight of _____ machine depends on the kind of _____ metal used.
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A. a; the B. /; the C. /; / D. a; /
22. Before trying to solve the problem, we’d better find the best way to ____ it at first. A. approach B. approve C. recognize D. apply
23. The driver has much experience of driving, and _____ he behaved very calmly in the dangerous situation.
A. though B. however C. therefore D. otherwise 24. ---- ______ for the car as it moves off.
----Thanks, I don’t want it to hit my bicycle!
A. Go out B. Reach out C. Watch out D. Work out
25. Daily expense ______ the normal level last May, and by that time the government had already taken measures to bring down the price of food.
A. is reduced in B. was reduced to C. had reduced in D. has been reduced to 26. John has bought a second fish pole that is ______ the first one. A. the five times length of B. five times the length of C. as five times long as D. five times so long as 27. ----When _____ the audience requested to take their seats? ----By 7:25, but the audience _____ not large.
A. were; was B. was; were C. were; were D. was; was
28. The reason why this kind of machine is popular with users is that it will work in ______ temperature.
A. official B. extreme C. common D. natural 29. When I entered her room, I found her ______ by her strict father for telling a lie. A. beat B. is beating C. to be beaten D. being beaten
30. _____ my daily work at school, I spare a few hours each day to practice playing the violin at home.
A. Expect for B. As for C. Thanks to D. Aside from
31. When he realized that the woman outside the car was trying to ask money from him, he _____ the window.
A. rolled over B. put down C. rolled up D. put on
32. It should be known that the decisive test of a good driver is _____ he can remain calm in an emergency.
A. what B. where C. whether D. when
33. Last Sunday I went to visit the History Museum where I saw a pot _________ about 1,000 years ago.
A. as it had been B. so had it been C. what it had been D. so it had been 34. Can you make a clear _______ between the two terms?
A. distance B. distinction C. discussion D. description 35. ----What’s that building ?
----It’s ______ the sports equipment is stored.
A. in which B. what C. in what D. where 第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处
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