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。精品小编准备了高一上学期期中英语试卷，具体请看以下内容。

第Ⅰ卷(选择题，共115分)

第一部分 听力理解(共两节，20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30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. Why does the man like his new room?

A. It is near the friends’ flats.

B. It is close to the school.

C. It is larger than the old one.

2. How much will the man pay for two general tickets and two student tickets?

A. $30.        B. $40.              C. $20.

3. What do we learn about Jack?

A. He worked there as a boss.

B. He spoke to the boss.

C. He gave orders like a boss.

4. What does the woman suggest?

A. The radio batteries have been replaced.

B. They should get a new radio.

C. They don’t really need to hear the radio.

5. What do we learn about the woman?

A. She should plan for a good dictionary.

B. She can’t afford any dictionary.

C. She has a better dictionary.

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。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. What kind of color TV was the man going to buy?

A. A small one.         B. A big one.                C. A cheap one.

7. What kind of color TV s et does the woman suggest the man should buy?

A. A cheap one.         B. A small one.              C. A big one.

8. Why does the woman give the man such a suggestion?

A. It would be a waste of money.

B. He might have to change it in a few years’ time.

C. His sitting room is not very big.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. Which language is beautiful and popular, according to the speaker?

A. English.          B. French.                 C. Portuguese.

10. What’s true about Spanish?

A. It is popular in South America.

B. It is popular in European countries.

C. It is popular in Central Africa.

11. What determines the importance of a language?

A. The number of the pe ople who speak the language.

B. The words and the structures of the language.

C. The power of the country whose people speak the language.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What is the weather probably like at the weekend?

A. Rainy.                    B. Windy.             C. Sunny.

13. Where will they go?

A. Mountains.                B. Seashore.  C. Desert.

14. What does the man ask the woman to take with her?

A. A bat.           B. A cat.   C. A hat.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. Why is the woman moving?

A. To have a better job in a new place  .

B. To find a nicer place to live in.

C. To live together with her parents.

16. Where do her parents live?

A. In a small village.

B. In a big city.

C. In a nearby country.

17. Why doesn’t the woman take her dog with her?

A. She can’t take care of it.

B. She thinks the dog might not be happy there.

C. Her parents don’t want her to take it.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What is the total number of students at Deep Springs College?

A. 17,000.             B. 9,000. C. 24.

19. Which of the following is TRUE of the Deep Spring College?

A. Its library is often crowded with students.

B. Its school buildings are old.

C. It is located in a college town.

20. What can students at Deep Springs do in their spare time?

A. Watch TV.                 B. Go to the cinema.  C. Take a walk in the desert.

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)

21. — I’m bored. Let’s go to the cinema.

— ______. I’m really busy at the moment.

A. My treat      B. Forget it        C. It depends       D. It’s a deal

22. I don ’t think the experiment is ______ failure. At least we have gained _______ experience.

A. the; the                 B. a; the                 C. a; 不填            D. a; a

23. All the universities have duty to ______ their students ______ of the quick development of the scientific world.

A.make;known               B.have;understood

C.keep;informed              D.find;involved

24. —Do you still remember the days ______ we spent in the countryside ten years ago?

—Yes，I'll never forget the experience.

A.that            B.when         C.on which       D.what

25. The time she has devoted in the past decade ______ the disabled is now considered to be very valuable.

A. helping  B. to help     C. to helping     D. for helping

26. To the great ______ of the young writer, his first book sells well after it was published in May.

A. silence                     B. respect                     C. satisfaction          D. congratulation

27. With nothing ______to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.

A. leaving     B. left         C. to leave      D. leave

28.  — Have you moved to your new house?

— Not yet. My house ______.

A. has been painted        B. is painted         C. is painting        D. is being painted

29. The cinema is equipped with the modern equipment and comfortable seats, but ______, nobody is going in.

A. somehow       B. however        C. instead          D. therefore

30. In the dark street, there wasn’t a single person ______ she could turn for help.

A. that             B. who              C. from whom       D. to whom

31. According to the art dealer, the painting _______ to reach 10 million dollars if it’s put on the market.

A.was expected       B. has expected       C. is expected     D.  will expect

32. —How did you work out the Math problems?

—Not able to ________ such difficult problems on our own, we had to turn to the teacher for help.

A. explain B. handle C. tolerate D. select

第二节: 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)?

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the   36 _, the couple went to the front desk hoping to   37   for the n ight.

“Could you   38   give us a room here?” the husband asked.

The clerk, a   39   man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and   40   that there were three conventions(大会) in town.

“All of our   41   are taken,” the clerk said. “But I can’t send a   42   couple like you   43   into the rain at 1 o’clock in the morning. Would you please be   44   to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite(套房), but it will be good enough to make you   45   for the night.”

The couple said no politely.

“Don’t   46   me. It is just fine with me,” the clerk told them.

As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk, “You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I’ll build   47   for you.” The three of them had a good   48  .

Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten it   49   he received a letter from the old man. It recalled(使回忆) that stormy night and contained a round-trip(双程的)  50   to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and   51   him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.

He then pointed to a great new   52   there， a palace of reddish stone. “That,” said the old man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to   53__.”

“You must be   54  ,” the young man said.

“I am sure I am not,” said the old man, the name of   55   was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent structure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young clerk, George C. Bolt became its first manager.

36. A. rain B. anger C. snow D. hunger

37. A. leave B. go C. stay D. look

38. A. surely B. possibly C. really D. freely

39. A. lazy B. bored C. nervous D. friendly

40. A. shouted B. explained C. believed D. agreed

41. A. hotels B. desks C. streets D. rooms

42. A. nice B. famous C. rich D. common

43. A. beyond B. off C. out D. under

44. A. kind B. glad C. good D. generous

45. A. enjoyable B. helpful C. grateful D. comfortable

46. A. worry about B. take care of C. make use of D. come up with

47. A. one B. it C. them D. those

48. A. sleep B. meal C. laugh D. walk

49. A. after B. before C. while D. when

50. A. ticket B. bill C. check D. questionnaire

51. A. made B. told C. treated D. led

52. A. building B. car C. bedroom D. place

53. A. live B. sell C. manage D. rent

54. A. lying B. joking C. dreaming D. cheating

55. A. whose B. which C. whom D. who