无锡市第一中学20082009学年度高一第二学期期中考试

无锡市第一中学2008—2009学年度高一第二学期期中考试

英语试题

一、听力（0.5×20=10）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音结束后，将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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 is the man?

A．A worker. B．A driver. C．A teacher.

2．What is the man going to do this weekend?

A．Meet a friend of his.

B．Go to Beijing.

C．Hold a birthday party.

3．What did the woman buy her husband for Christmas?

A．A book. B．A watch. C．A record.

4．How does the woman feel?

A．Surprised. B．Light-hearted. C．Worried.

5．What does the man tell the woman?

A．She is mistaken.

B．His dog likes chasing cats.

C．There is another cat that looks like hers.

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，每小题将给出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’s the woman going to do?

A．Buy a birthday gift for David.

B．Buy a pet for her husband.

C．Buy some animals for the zoo.

7．How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the conversation?

A．2 B．3 C．4

8．What can we learn from the conversation?

A．The man likes keeping rabbits

B．The man built a zoo.

C．The man doesn’t like snakes.

听第7段材料，回答第9~11题。

9．How many goals did Jack’s team score?

A．3 B．2 C．1

10．What do we know about the woman?

A．She watched the game on TV.

B．She knew about the game over the radio.

C．She watched the match at the stadium.

11．When is Jack’s next match?

A．On Friday this week B．On Saturday this week C．On Friday next week

听第8段材料，回答第12~14题。

12．What are the two speakers talking about?

A．A flight timetable B．Hiring a taxi C．The way to the Union Street 13．Where is woman going on Saturday?

A．Garden Hotel B．The airport C．The railway station 14．What time does the woman want to leave?

A．At 7:00 am B．At 7:00 pm C．At 5:00 pm

听第9段材料，回答第15~17题。

15．Who is the man going to meet tomorrow?

A．Dave B．Tony C．His girlfriend

16．What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A．husband and wife B．close friends C．Boss and secretary 17．Where are the two speakers going to have dinner?

A．In a restaurant B．I n the woman’s house C．A t the man’s home

听第10段材料，回答第18~20题。

18．What is the topic of this passage?

A．China’s education B．China’s history C．China’s development 19．How many school-age children have dropped out of the school?

A．Over 2 million B．Over 4 million C．Over 12 million

20．What is the biggest problem in helping the poor children?

A．Lacking (缺乏)love from society

B．Lacking money

C．P arents’ ignorance

二、课文填空（0.5×20=10）

1．‘Hello, Nigel,’ I said. ‘meeting you here!’‘Hi, Elizabeth,’ Nigel answered. ‘I was just wondering how to spend the morning – until I saw you. You’re not busy doing anything, are you?’…‘Then I’ll come with you,’he answered. ‘There’s always toread in the waiting room!’

2．I was being tested for a driving licence for the third time. I had been asked to drive in heavy traffic and has done so successfully. After having been to drive out of town, I began to acquire .

3．Apparently to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk. The crowd suddenly grew quiet. The drunk, however, seemed quite sure of himself.

When the bull got close to him, he stepped aside to let it pass. The crowd into

and the drunk bowed.

4．Outside, the fog ____like a thick, grey cloud. There was no one in sight, Polly set off towards Park Street. As she walked along, she heard the sound of , but by the time she