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2007-2008学年度第二学期期中考试高一年级英语试题

注意事项及说明:

1. 考试前请将密封线内的项目填写清楚。

2. 试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，共120分，考试时间

120钟。

3. 选择题答案填涂到答题卡上，非选择题答案写在上。考试结束时，只需交答题

卡和答题纸。

第一卷（共79分）

听力测试（共两节，满分20分）

第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5）

1. How much does the woman like to listen to famous people’s comments? A. Only a little. B. Very much. C. She doesn’t say. 2. How can the woman find out if some advertisements are true or not? A. By telephoning the advertisers. B. By asking for her parents’ opinions. C. By checking other sources.

3. What do we learn from the dialogue?

A. The girl’s uncle has been elected President of an island country. B. The boy is going to work in that factory.

C. The girl herself can decide whether she will go to that small factory. 4. What do we learn about the lecture?

A. It will be given in a multi-media meeting room on the second floor of the teaching building tomorrow afternoon.

B. It will be about news and newspaper.

C. It will be about how to deal with air pollution. 5. What does the man want the woman to do?

A. Put some finishing touches to the article for him. B. Rewrite the article for him.

C. Provide a headline for the article.

第二节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. What happened at about half past ten this morning, according to the man speaker?

A. A small group of noisy people sat in front of a factory and didn’t allow the workers to go into the factory.

B. Many people got injured and killed in a fight in front of a factory. C. A group of people tried to get into a factory and get their money back. 7. What do we know about the switches mentioned in the dialogue? A. They were of poor quality. B. They were of good quality.

C. Some of them were of good quality and some of them were not. 8. When will the US President visit the city?

A. Next week. B. Next month. C. In two weeks. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What will Claire’s report be about?

A. Charities. B. AIDS. C. Illnesses 10. Who should Claire talk to before she writes the report?

A. People on the street. B. People in the office. C. People in her family. 11. How does Claire feel about writing this report?

A. Excited. B. Worried C. She thinks there will be problems. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. Where did the demonstration take place?

A. In the city center. B. At the police station. C. At a factory. 13. Why were the demonstrators frightened?

A. Because of the pollution. B. The police were armed. C. There was a fire. 14. Who was involved in the demonstration?

A. Some local citizens. B. Some factory workers. C. Some children. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What country is the man’s friend traveling to?

A. China. B. India. C. USA. 16. Why is the man’s friend traveling there?

A. To visit his family. B. For work. C. To find his spiritual side. 17. What will he do on his return?

A. Retire. B. Make a TV program. C. Write a report. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. How much does it cost to read a newspaper on a website?

A. It’s free. B. It’s very cheap. C. It’s very expensive. 19. Why do some people not trust websites? A. They think the information is wrong.

B. They think websites do not reflect what is happening in the news. C. They are too expensive to read. 20. Why can’t everyone read websites? A. Because computers are expensive. B. Because some computers don’t work.

C. Because they are only available in some parts of the world. 二、单选题（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

21. On a ______cold night, the little match girl was ______ to death in the street corner. A. frozen; frozen B. freezing; frozen C. frozen; freezing D. freezing; freezing

22. _______ is a fact that English is being accepted as an international language. A. There B. This C. That D. It

23. I have read the material several times but it doesn’t make any ________ to me. A. meaning B. importance C. sense D. significance 24. The suggestion ________ Tom gave me was that we ________ at once. A. which; would start B. that; would start C. what; should start D. /; start

25. It was the training that he had as a young man _______ led to his success.

A. that B. it C. who D. which 26. _______ we can’t get seems better than ________ we have.

A. What; what B. What; that C. That; that D. That; what

27. Mr. Li was made ________ manager of the company to _______ the duties of Mr. Zhang, who was retiring soon.

A. a; take up B. a; take over C. /; take up D. /; take over 28. A _______ of bees invaded the football field and stopped the game. A. flock B. swarm C. herd D. crowd

29. A poet and artist _______ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.

A. is B. are C. was D. were

30. Not only _________ to us the importance of doing the work but they also told us the best way to do it.

A. did they explain B. they explained C. they explain D. had they explained 31. Everything depends on ________ we have enough experience. A. if B. whether C. when D. that

32. When it was my turn to give a speech, I felt my heart ________ so fast. A. striking B. knocking C. hitting D. beating

33. If you don’t know the meaning of the word, you can ________ in a dictionary. A. consult in B. look up it C. refer to it D. look it up

34. ________ I was wearing warm clothes, I still felt my feet were cold and ______ my hands ached.

A. Despite; / B. Although; that C. Despite; that D. Although; / 35. ---Let’s go to a movie this weekend. ---________.

A. Not at all. B. Never mind. C. Why not? D. What of it? 三、完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

I once thought I would be a perfect parent. It took me sixteen years to learn that I could not be. I know that I made 36 mistakes. If I raised my 37 again, I would not make those 38 . Maybe I would make 39 ones, but I think I would do a better job.

I would try to understand my 40 towards my children. I often did what my own 41 would have done. I let my teenage 42 David come home early. He hated this rule. He saw no reason 43 it. As a girl, I had to be home early. I wanted my son to do 44 .

Today I would think more about 45 I wanted things done in a certain way. My father was sick when I was 46 . My sister, my brother, and I were quiet at 47 .