根据以英语作为母语的人数计算，英语可能是世界上第三大语言，但它是世界上最广泛的第二语言。精品小编准备了高一英语第一学期期中考试卷及答案，具体请看以下内容。

I 听力(共两节,满分35分)

第一节 听力理解

每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项。

听第一段对话，回答第1至3题。

1. What did the man use to play when he was a student?

A. Football.    B. Table tennis.     C. Volleyball.

2. Where does the woman often go on weekends?

A. To the stadium.   B. To the Health Center.  C. To the school.

3. What will the woman do next Friday evening?

A. Have a match.  B. Play table tennis.   C. Watch a football match.

听第二段对话，回答第4至6题。

4. What did Betty do yesterday?

A. She met the PE teacher.   B. She did some shopping.    C. She went hiking.

5. What will Johnson do?

A. Compete with Betty.    B. Try hard to improve himself.    C. Make a plan for Betty.

6. What is Betty good at?

A. The 200-metre race.    B. The 1500-metre race.    C. The 100-metre race.

听第三段对话，回答第7至9题。

7. What is Lily interested in?

A. Playing the piano.    B. Playing the violin.    C. Listening to pop music.

8. What are they weak in?

A. The theory of music.   B. Singing.       C. Sports.

9. What are they going to do?

A. Listen to music.      B. Go and see some friends.   C. Go to Timmy’s uncle’s house.

听第四段独白，回答第10至12题。

10. How do professional teams get their names?

A. Their names are mostly the names of the cities where they are staying.

B. They get their names from the good players in their teams.

C. They get their names from the warm- hearted audience.

11. What can we know from the speaker?

A. Football is more popular than basketball in America.

B. Athletes in America have higher salaries than the president.

C. Basketball games in the United States are played indoors in winter.

12. When can you watch a football match from August to January in the U.S.?

A. On weekdays.     B. On Sundays.  C. On Saturdays.

听第五段对话，回答第13至15题。

13. When did Ding Junhui begin to play snooker?

A. At six.   B. At seven.    C. At eight.

14. Why does Ding Junhui like Mr Bean?

A. Because he is from the UK.   B. Because he is very funny.   C. Because he is good at snooker.

15. Who cooks delicious food for him?

A. His father.             B. His mother.    C. His grandmother.

第二节 听取信息

听下面一段独白, 请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入标号为16至20的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍，你将有60秒钟的作答时间。

The meaning and the history of the flag It has the idea of (16)___________________ all the countries of the world.

•In 1913,(17)_______________________ appeared at the top of a letter.

•Pierre de Coubertin d drew the rings and colored them in (18)_________.

At the Olympic Games

•At the Olympic Games, the flag is (19)__________ the stadium during the opening ceremony.

•The flag must (20)____________ in the stadium during the Games.

Ⅱ 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11-25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Mr Baker lived in a small town. Nobody was   21   than him there, but he wished to get   22   money all the time. One day, on his way home, he found there was a   23   on the ground. He picked it up and put it into his pocket. That evening after he had supper, he brought it out and began to   24   it in the room. He was interested in a piece of news on it. Some gold   25   in a desert (沙漠). He was afraid someone would know about it and he started off,   26   telling anybody about it. He tried to find the place   27   gold was.

The greedy (贪婪的) man walked on the desert for two weeks, but he didn’t find any gold and his food and water was   28   . His horse was so weak that he couldn’t   29   it. He had to go back to his hometown, but it was too   30   . His horse at last died and he was too hungry and thirsty to go any   31   . He looked around, there was nothing   32   sand. Suddenly he saw a man   33   on the ground far away. He crawled (爬) to him and found he was dead, with a bag in his hand. He hurried to open the bag to find something to   34   , but it was full of gold. He threw it away. As he was dying, he cried and said, “Now, a bag of bread is far more   35   than a bag of gold. How unhappy I am!”

21. A. happier    B. sadder   C. richer   D. poorer

22. A. little    B. less   C. a little   D. more

23. A. newspaper   B. picture   C. photo   D. map

24. A. read    B. copy   C. improve  D. touch

25. A. discover   B. invent   C. was discovered D. was invented

26. A. which    B. without  C. for    D. about

27. A. with    B. where   C. when   D. that

28. A. lifted    B. lost   C. wasted   D. gone

29. A. ride    B. drive   C. mend   D. feed

30. A. early    B. late    C. easy    D. possible

31. A. near    B. nearer   C. far   D. further

32. A. except    B. of    C. in    D. off

33. A. standing   B. running  C. lying   D. singing

34. A. wear    B. eat   C. write   D. draw

35. A. beautiful   B. use   C. useful   D. nice

第二节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为36-45的相应位置上。

Sarah and Janet have been friends since they   36   (start) school. They do everything together: study, read, watch TV, surf the Internet, play sports and listen to music. Anyone   37   has a problem can ask the other for help. When Sarah was in the   38   (three) grade, some of the other students made fun of her   39   she was shy. Janet told the other students to stop   40   (make) fun of Sarah, and she helped Sarah overcome her shyness. In the fifth grade, Janet had   41   (difficult) in her maths class. She studied hard,   42   she just couldn’t understand the homework. Sarah helped Janet   43   her homework and   44   (patient) explained every exercise to Janet. After six months, Janet did much better and even got   45   A in the maths exam.

Ⅲ 阅读理解: (共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

( A )

The very wealthy (富有的) English Baron Fitzgerald had only one child, a son, who understandably (可理解地) was the apple of his eye. His wife died when the child was in his early teens. So Fitzgerald devoted himself to (奉献于…) fathering the kid. Unfortunately the son died in his late teens.

Meanwhile, Fitzgerald’s wealth greatly increased. He spent a lot on art works of the masters (大师). Later Fitzgerald himself became seriously ill. Before his death, he had carefully prepared his will (遗嘱) as to how his wealth would be settled – to sell his entire collection (收藏) at an auction (拍卖).

Because of the large quantity (数量) and high quality (质量) of his collection, a huge crowd of possible buyers gathered for the auction. Many of them were museum directors (董事) and private collectors (收藏家) eager to bid (出价). Before the auction, the art works were shown, among which was a painting of Fitzgerald’s son by an unknown artist. Because of its poor quality, it received little attention.

When it was time for the auction, the auctioneer (拍卖商) gaveled (敲槌) the crowd to attention. First the lawyer read from Fitzgerald’s will that the first art work to be auctioned was the painting of his son.

The poor-quality painting didn’t receive any bidders, except one old servant who had served the son and loved him, and who for emotional (情感的) reasons offered the only bid.

As soon as the servant bought the painting for less than one English pound, the auctioneer stopped the bidding and asked the lawyer to read again from the will. The crowd became quiet, and the lawyer read from the will: “Whoever buys the painting of my son gets all my collection.” Then the auction was over.