英语属于印欧语系中日耳曼语族下的西日耳曼语支，并通过英国的殖民活动传播到世界各地。精品小编准备了高二年级英语第一学期期中考试，具体请看以下内容。

第I卷 (共105分)

答卷要求:将第一卷试题的答案填涂在答题卡上;第二卷为笔答部分,答案直接写在试卷上。考试结束后交答题卡和第二卷。

一、听力(共两节，满分30分)

第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5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 does the man want to be in the future?

A. A teacher     B. A doctor     C. An artist

2. What is the woman going to buy for her father?

A. A shirt       B. An MP4     C. Some food

3. How long does the man have to wait in all?

A. 2 hours      B.3 hours      C. 6 hours

4. What is the two speakers’ plan?

A. Going to Hawaii by ship       B. Going to the Mediterranean by train

C. Going to Hawaii by plane.

5. What has happened to the man?

A. He has started a company.

B. He has got a lot of money from a match

C. His company has got an income of $ 100 million.

第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的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. What did the man use to teach in the university?

A. Music         B. Computer science       C. Painting

7. Who is Jeff Green?

A. He is a student of the man’s.        B. He is a millionaire in the town.

C. He is a company manager.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What did the two speakers do last Friday?

A. They went to the hospital.         B. They went to watch a football match.

C. They had a football match.

9. What happened to the woman on her way?

A. She knocked into an old man.     B. She was seriously injured.

C. She helped an old man.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. A couple.  B. Friends.   C. Neighbors

11. What does Sandy think about the new job?

A. He thinks it’s promising(有前途的).

B. He isn’t interested in it.

C. He thinks it’s terrible.

12. Who is in Chicago now?

A. The man   B. Sandy    C. Sandy’s sister.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where are the two speakers?

A. In the woman’s house.   B. In the man’s house.   C. In the library.

14. What does the man want to do after he graduates?

A. He wants to become a teacher     B. He wants to be a musician.

C. He has no idea

15. What is the woman’s major?

A. Math.        B. French       C. Nursing

16. How does the man earn money now?

A. By working in a library.        B. By doing a part-time job as a tutor(家教).

C. By working at a restaurant in his free time.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20 题

17. Why did Steven Jobs drop out of college?

A. Because he was full of new ideas.

B. Because he couldn’t catch up with his lessons.

C. Because he couldn’t get along well with his classmates and teachers.

18 Where did Steven Jobs work as a video game designer?

A. In India    B. At Atari.   C. In California

19. How long did Steven work as a video game designer?

A. For a few weeks.   B. For a few months   C. For a few years.

20. What can we know about Steven?

A. He built his computer in his garage.

B. He made the computer by himself.

C. His computer was not so successful.

二、单项选择(每小题1分，共计15分)

21. Come and see me whenever ________.

A. you are convenient 　     B. you will be convenient

C. it is convenient to you　   D. it will be convenient to you

22. Mrs. White showed her student some old maps _________from the library.

A. to borrow     B. to be borrowed     C. borrowed     D. borrowing

23. John Snow found that the polluted water was _________ for the outbreak of cholera.

A. to blame      B. to be blamed       C. blamed       D. blaming

24. ________ genes, intelligence also depends on a right diet, a good education and a nice home environment.

A In addition    B Beside           C Apart from    D Except

25. All the classes in this school _________ 60students though they are of different ages。

A. are consisted of     B. make up of      C. is made up of       D. consist of

26. In copying this paper, be careful not to ________ any word.

A. leave behind   B. leave aside   C. leave off    D. leave out

27. A liar(撒谎者) cannot make himself________.

A believe     B believing      C to believe     D believed

28. We have achieved great progress.________ , we are confident that the work will be completed on time .

A. However    B. Meanwhile    C. Therefore    D. Otherwise

29. _____ to his research work, the professor cared little about any other things.

A. Devoted     B. Devoting    C. Having devoted  D. Being devoted

30.— So hard ______ in the past few months that he has made great progress in English.

— I can see that; only a few mistakes ______ in the exam.

A. has he worked; did he make      B. he has worked; did he made

C. he has worked; he made         D. has he worked; he made

31.After three-hour drive, we reached _________ looked like a large market .

A. where         B. what          C. a place where    D. a place

32. ______________ so he is afraid of dogs .

A. Having been bitten twice          B. Bitten twice

C. After he has been bitten twice      D He has been bitten twice

33.Have you ever had a case ______ someone accused your journalists of getting the wrong end of the stick?

A. what    B that      C where      D which

34. He is only too ready to help others, seldom, _____, refusing them when they turn to him.

A. if never       B.  if ever        C. if any     D. if so

35.  ----Here's my money for the ice cream.

----- No. _____________.

A. It would be great   B. It's my treat.    C. It is up to you    D. It all depends

三、完型填空(每小题1分，共计20分)

I noticed a small boy, ragged but clean, hungrily looking at a basket of freshly picked green peas when I was at the corner grocery store buying some early potatoes.

I paid for my potatoes and went to see the fresh green peas. I couldn't help overhearing the ____36______ between Mr. Miller，the store owner，and the __37__looking boy.

“Hello，Barry，how are you today?”

“Fine，thank you，Mr. Miller. I'm just __38__the peas. They look good.”

“Anything I can help you with?”

“No, Sir. I’m just admiring these peas.”

“Would you like to take some home?”

“No，sir. I’ve got __39__ to pay for them with. ”

“Well, what have you to _____40____me for some of those peas?”

“All I get is my marble (弹子) here.”