高一英语上学期期中卷培正中学2014-2015学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题含答案

广州市培正中学2014-2015学年第一学期期中考试

高一英语试题

第一部分：听力（共20分）

第一节：听力理解（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）听下面6段对话，选出最佳选项。

Conversation 1

1. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. Traveling in the city. B. Renting (租) a car. C. Buying a car.

2. What does the man think of the rent?

A. It is lower than he expected.

B. It is beyond what he can afford.

C. It is quite high.

Conversation 2

3. How much did the woman pay for her plane ticket?

A. $150. B. $120. C. $100.

4. Why didn’t the woman buy one of the cheapest tickets?

A. Because she didn’t like the time when the plane took off.

B. Because she went to the wrong airline company.

C. Because she didn’t know about the cheapest tickets.

Conversation 3

5. When did the woman get home from the beach?

A. Around 3:00pm. B. At 5:30pm. C. Around 6:00pm.

6. Who got sun burnt?

A. The woman. B. The man. C. Ann.

Conversation 4

7. What is the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Teacher and student. B. Classmates. C. Friends.

8. What’s the man’s reason for not handing in his homework?

A. he forgot to bring his homework to school.

B. He forgot to take his book back home.

C. He was tired of doing homework five times a month.

9. What does the woman think of the man’s study?

A. She thinks he is hopeless.

B. She is satisfied with his improvement.

C. She thinks he doesn’t work as hard as before.

Conversation 5

10. What will the girl use the newspapers for

A. Improving her writing skills.

B. Keeping up with current affairs.

C. Entertaining herself.

11. What does the man think of the girl’s idea of reading newspapers?

A. It is annoying. B. It is not surprising. C. It is excellent.

12. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In the school library.

B. In the woman’s office.

C. At the man’s home.

Conversation 6

13. What is the book the man read about?

A. Life in the future.

B. New machines that have been designed.

C. Ways to open locks.

14. What does the man think of keys being totally replaced?

A. It cannot be avoided. B. It couldn’t be better. C. it is a pity.

15. What does the woman think of the fingerprint technology?

A. It is convenient but not reliable.

B. It is reliable but not convenient.

C. It is convenient and reliable.

第二节：听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

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，然后填入标号为16－20的空格中。

Improve your spoken English with our course

The goal To teach you to speak English like a(n) __A__

Teachers of the course They are all trained for __B__.

Hoe to use the course Download a(n) __C__ onto your MP3 player or computer

The feature of the course We teach the kind of English you will hear in __D__ and in

Hollywood movies.

Length of the course There are 55 lessons and each takes __E_ minutes.

第二部分：语言知识及应用 （共50分）

第一节：单项选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

16. Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology

_____ so rapidly.

A. is changing B. has changed C. will have changed D. will change

17. I ______ an old friend in the street this afternoon.

A. come up B. come across C. come about D. come to

18. I prefer to ______ home rather than ______ with them.

A. stay home; go out B. staying; going out

C. stay home; going out D. staying; go out

19. If you can’t speak fluent English, you’ll be ___ a big disadvantage when you try to get a job.

A. on B. in C. under D. at

20. It ___ in the hall ____ the anniversary ceremony is to be held tomorrow afternoon.

A. is, where B. is, that C. was, where D. was, that

21. Hurry! The train_____. You know it _____ at 8:30 am.

A. leaves; leaving B. is leaving; leaving

C. is leaving; leaves D. is leaving; is leaving

22. ______ his accent, he may be from Guangzhou.

A. Judging from B. Judging with C. Judged at D. Judged by

23. 60% of the travellers prefer rooms _____ windows face south.

A. which B. where C. whose D. of which

24. The scientist was devoted to _____ so he didn’t get married until forty.

A. work B. working C. be working D. being worked

25. He was generous with his time, _____ I was very grateful.

A. to which B. which C. for which D. who

26. Many of the umbrellas prepared for customers disappeared, but nobody admitted _____.

A. take B. to take C. having taken D. to have taken

27. He said he didn’t know _____ the matter.

A. how he should deal with B. how should he deal with

C. what he should deal with D. what should he deal with

28. It ___ the first time that my friend Anne _____ to Guangzhou last year, so I went to the station