英语是联合国的工作语言之一。以下是精品学习网为大家整理的2016届高一英语下册期中试题（带答案），供练习。

第一部分:听力 (共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分 )

Listening comprehension

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.You will hear each conversation twice.

Conversation 1

1. Why doesn’t the girl buy the red watch?

A. It’s too expensive.

B. It’s not beautiful enough.

C. Her mother asks her not to buy it.

2. What does the boy complain about?

A. Price of goods.     B.  Lack of pocket money.   C. The girl’s decision.

Conversation 2

3. What do we know about the woman?

A. She is a good swimmer.

B. She dare not swim in the sea.

C. She can’t swim in a swimming pool.

4. What does the man invite the woman do ?

A. To bathe in the sea.    B.  To walk on the beach.  C.  To eat some seafood.

Conversation 3

5. What can we learn about Mr. Miller?

A. He is a professional builder.

B. He used to be a workman.

C. He is fond of doing things himself.

6. How long has Mr. Miller worked on his house?

A. For several years.      B.  For about one year.   C. For half a year.

Conversation 4

7. Who is the woman probably talking with?

A. A shop assistant       B.  A friend            C.  A policeman

8. What was the young man wearing?

A. Brown trousers.       B.  A brown jacket.      C.  A blue T-shirt.

9. What was unusual about him?

A. He was wearing sunglasses on a cloudy day.

B. He was unusually tall.

C. His dark hair looked very special.

Conversation 5

10. How long should the container stay in the fishbowl?

A. A day or two.      B. Half a day.      C.  An hour or so.

11. Which factor is taken into consideration while doing that?

A. The water temperature.  B. The quality of air.

C. Fish’s adjustment to light.

12. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A. How to raise goldfish.  B. Goldfish’s eating habits.

C. Goldfish’s living habits.

conversation 6

13. Where are the speakers?

A. In a shop.      B.  At the airport.    C.  At a tour sport.

14. What was the man in China for ?

A. For a tour.     B.  For a lecture.      C.  For a meeting.

15. What impressed the woman most?

A. China’s history and culture. B. The large population in China.

C. The rapid changes in China.

SECTION B

Directions: in this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.You will hear the short passage TWICE.

What Bob and Peter saw

A(n) ____16_______ was ___17_______of the road.

Problem it caused

The ____18________ could not get past.

What people tried to do The policeman and the ___19_______ did their best to move it but failed.

Bob’s idea

Giving it a(n) ___20_______.

第二部分：知识运用( 共三节，满分45分)

第一节  单项填空(15小题：每小题1分，满分15分)

21. She dreams of becoming ____pianist, so she makes ____most of her time to play the piano.

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

22.It was difficult to tell whether he could __________　our team and work for us for that situation。

A. ask for        B. call for         C. wish for    D. stand for

23. The arrival of the European settlers had a great _________ on the life of the Native Americans.

A. fault          B. change          C.effect      D. result.

24. ________ surprised the hostess most is _________ one of her friends left the party without saying a word.

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

25.Some  people get in touch with each other by mobile phones__________ others keep contact with each other by e-mail.

A. while          B. before          C .when        C. since

26.Her __________ feeling about him made him ____________.

A. confused ; confusing           B. confusing ; confused

C. confused; confused             D. confusing; confusing

27. Eating too much fat can______ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

A. result from     B. contribute to   C. attend to        D. lead in

28. The chairman thought _____ necessary to invite Professor Smith to speak at the meeting.

A. that          B. it      C. this    D. him

29. Northern Europe _______ Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Ireland.

A. consists of B. consists in        C. consists       D. consists with

30. Joseph ______to evening classes since last month, but he still can’t say “What’s your name?” in Russian.

A.has been going    B.went           C.goes             D.has gone

31. Danby left word with my secretary ___he would call again in the afternoon .

A. who             B. that         C. as             D. which

32.—It is cloudy outside. Please take an umbrella.

—__________

A. Yes, take it easy.             　    B. Well, it just depends.

C. Ok, just in case.              　    D. All right, you are welcome.

33.The question is________ the film is worth seeing.

A.if                B.whether    C.what   D.how

34.__________knowledge comes from practice is known to all.

A.That         B.What   C.Where    D.If

35.Raining hard ,____________?

A.doesn’t it          B.does it   C.is it   D.isn't it