世界上60%以上的信件是用英语书写的，上两个世纪英国和美国在文化、经济、军事、政治和科学上的领先地位使得英语成为一种准国际语言。精品小编准备了高二英语第一学期期中检测考试卷，具体请看以下内容。

第一部分、听力测试 (共两节，满分10分)

第一节、(本节有5小题;每小题0.5分，共2.5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 does the man want?

A. A door.             B. A key.                   C. Milk.

2. What is the woman doing?

A. Taking a picture.     B. Enjoying a fountain.        C. Climbing mountains.

3. What advice does the woman give the man?

A. Run fast.            B. Take mild exercise.         C. Run slowly for long.

4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A ghost.            B. A film.                   C. A story.

5. What is the man most probably?

A. A policeman.        B. A teacher.                 C. A doctor.

第二节、(本节有15小题;每小题0.5分，共7.5分)

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，并标在试卷的的相应位置。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题;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。

听下面一段材料，回答第6和第7题

6. What are the speakers doing?

A. Preparing for a meal.

B. Doing some shopping.

C. Talking about a recipe.

7. What do the speakers need to buy?

A. Cheese an potatoes.       B. Onions and pepper.       C. Mushrooms and butter.

听下面一段材料，回答第8和第9题

8. What is the party for?

A. John’s birthday.          B. Christmas.              C. John’s wedding.

9. What do we know about the man?

A. He’ll go to the party with the woman.

B. He has told Anna to keep a secret.

C. He looks forward to visiting the woman.

听下面一段材料，回答第10至第12题

10. Who is making the telephone call?

A. Lewis Brothers.         B. Oliver Martin.            C. Mark Hanson.

11. What has the man failed to receive?

A. The pricelists.          B. The brochures.            C. The invetation cards.

12. When did the man place the order?

A. About 15 days ago.      B. About 30 days ago.        C. About 40 days ago

听下面一段材料，回答第13至第16题

13. What is the relationship betwee the speakers?

A. Teacher and student.

B. Grandpa and Granddaughter.

C. Boss and secretary.

14. What does the man think of the typewriter?

A. Slow.                 B. Unreliable.               C. OK.

15. What once caused the loss of papers?

A. There was a power cut.

B. The battery ran down.

C. The computer was broken.

16. How did the man finish his paper?

A. He used a typewriter.

B. He used a word processor.

C. He used a computer.

听下面一段材料，回答第17至第20题

17. What is the talk about?

A. Spoken English.         B. Practical English.       C. Listening English.

18. How many activities does the speaker mention?

A. Two.                  B. Three.                C. Four.

19. Why does the speaker recommend reading books?

A. It is a popular way to improve one’s English.

B. It is interesting and books have different levels.

C. It is the most beneficial to English learning.

20. What does the speaker think of watching the news in English?

A. It is too boring to secondary school students.

B. It is more useful to advanced English learners.

C. It can help students learn how to use body language.

第二部分、英语知识运用(共2节，满分30分)

第一节、单项填空(共20小题;每小题0.5分，共10分)

21.--- Shall I open the window to let some fresh air in?

--- No, ___________.

A. I’d rather not to                     B. I’d rather you don’t

C. I’d rather you didn’t                  D. I’d like not to

22. We f ind _____________ a rule that people in the west give Christmas presents to their relatives and friends.

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

23. No one can avoid ____________ by advertisement.

A. to be influenced     B. being influenced    C. influencing       D. having influence

24. In order to warm the atmosphere, he _________ us for hours with his  stories and jokes.

A. admired              B. attracted         C. entertained      D. treated

25. A sheep ______ on this kind of special grass usually grows much faster than ______ on ordinary.

A. feeding; one          B. feeds; the one     C. fed; that        D. feeding; it

26. He couldn’t ___________ his father tha t John was telling the truth.

A. convince              B. believe         C. admit           D. display

27. The picture ________ on the wall is painted by my father.

A. hang                  B. hanged         C. hangs             D. hanging

28. A driver is asked to keep his safety belt          while driving on the freeway.

A. fastening       B. fastened          C. fasten            D. to fasten

29. ___________ your help, I got the first in the final-term English examination.

A. Thanks to        B. Without              C. If not            D. But for

30. Do remember that there is always a chance of the weak ______ the strong.

A. being beaten   B. beat   C. beating      D. to beat

31. The beauty of the Summer Palace is _____ I can describe.

A. no more       B. more than       C. no more than      D. not more than

32. Once one’s desire ______ reason, trouble is sure to follow.

A. overcomes   B. is kept free of     C. gets rid of        D. picks out

33. ___________ for several weeks, the city needed food.

A. As having flooded   B. Being f looded   C. Having been flooded   D. To flood

34. She is writing a letter to a friend of hers, ___________ him to attend the meeting.

A. having invited      B. inviting        C. to invite            D. invited

35. It is no good ________ work and not __________ up our experience.

A. doing; to sum       B. doing; summing     C. to do; to sum     D. to do; summing

36. He is not ______ the kind of man who could have done such a rude thing to a lady. You must

have been mistaken.

A. likely              B. possible           C. probable         D. maybe

37. The old man is _______ with his retired life that he always wears a ______ smile.

A. so satisfied; content               B. well content; contented

C. so content; contented              D. satisfied; satisfying

38. Having arrived at the station, ________________.

A. it was found that the train had left      B. the train had left

C. the train was found left                   D. he found that the train had left

39. ---He was born and grew up in the town.

---_______ he knows it so well.

A. No doubt.       B. No problem.       C. No curiosity.      D. No wonder.

40. We firmly believe that war never settle anything. It only __________ violence.

A. build up           B. defend against          C. leads to      D. cut off