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。精品小编准备了第一学期高二级英语期中考试，具体请看以下内容。

第I卷(三部分，共85分)

第一部分：听力(共两节,满分20分)

第一节(共5小题;每小题1分，满分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.Where are the two speakers?

A. In the bank       B. In the street     C. On the playground

2. How long did the man study for the test?

A. 3 hours                 B. 6 hours                    C. 7 hours

3. How will the man go there?

A. By train        B. By ship        C. By air

4. When will the speakers meet?

A. This Monday     B. Next Monday       C. On Sunday

5. Why does the man feel sad?

A. Because his wife will talk to him.

B. Because he had a fight with his wife.

C. Because he hasn’t seen his wife for a long time.

第二节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15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，各个小题将给出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 are the two speakers talking about?

A. Food             B. New Year wishes         C. Examination

7. What is the woman?

A. A senior middle school student.  B. A junior middle school student.

C. A senior middle school teacher.

8. According to the conversation, which statement is TRUE?

A. It is the first time for the woman to decide to lose weight.

B. Visiting Beijing is the woman’s most important wish.

C. The man disbelieves that the woman will lose weight.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In the chemistry lab   B. In the sound lab        C. In the classroom

10. What should be done there?

A. Put on the earphones as soon as coming to the lab.

B. Take the parts off if there is anything wrong with the machine.

C. Follow the instructions and take care of everything.

11. What is the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Teacher and student           B. Mother and son        C. Friends

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What happened to the man?

A. His house was broken into.     B. He locked himself out.

C. He forgot to lock the door.

13. What is the woman most likely to be?

A. The man’s wife       B. A policewoman      C. The man’s neighbor

14. What is the woman going to do?

A. Have a look            B. Talk to others      C. Ask more questions

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What does the woman think of Frank’s plan?

A. She thinks Frank could learn a lot.                   B. It’s costly.

C. She is not sure if it is a good plan.

16. How long is Frank going to stay on Europe?

A. Six weeks        B. Two months    C. Six weeks to eight weeks

17.How is staying in youth hostels?

A. It’s really cheap             B. It is quite expensive       C. It is too dangerous

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What does the speaker think of watching his friends making decisions?

A. Strange                  B. Interesting               C. Surprising

19. Why can the children of the speaker’s sister make decisions quickly?

A. They have a quick mind.

B. They make a decision without thinking.

C. They were given responsibility when they were little.

20. What can we learn form the passage?

A. The children sometimes ask their mother’s voice.

B. The speaker’s friends make decisions very quickly.

C. All of the speaker’s friends can decide their own clothes.

第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)

第一节：单项选择(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

21 There is ______ thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.

A. not such           B. such no         C. no such           D. such not

22. His failure in the college entrance exam _______ him the opportunity to go to university.

A. spent           B. took            C. paid          D. cost

23. ----- What do you think of my homework?

----- Good work, ________a few slight mistakes.

A. in addition to       B. except          C. as well as          D. apart from

24. Dick enjoys painting but he knows the fact _____ he doesn’t have _____ it takes to be a painter.

A. which; what        B. that; what        C. what; that         D. that; that

25. We believe her design is _______ because it is completely different from anyone else’s.

A. original            B. initial           C. vivid             D. previous

26. The MH370 from Malaysia crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, ______ global concern about flight safety.

A. to cause            B. causing         C. having caused      D. caused

27. ________ to the current education system of China, the Ministry of Education should make changes to make it efficient for selecting talents.

A. Most of us are so accustomed          B. so are most of us accustomed

C. Accustomed as most of us are          D. As most of us are accustomed

28. He accidently _______ that he had been laid off and had to make a living away from home.

A. let out            B. let alone        C. let down            D. let off

29. If it hadn’t rained so hard last night, it ________ so cold today.

A. wouldn’t be         B. hadn’t been     C. wouldn’t have been   D. weren’t

30. On Sundays there were a lot of children playing in the park, _______ parents seated together joking.

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

31. Loneliness is a feeling where people experience a powerful ______of emptiness and solitude(孤独).

A. trend               B. dash            C. crash              D. rush

32. Tony _____ the invitation, otherwise he would have attended your birthday party.

A. couldn’t have received             B. mustn’t have received

C. needn’t have received              D. shouldn’t have received

33. ---- Is this the first time you _______ Shanghai?

----- No. But the first time I ________ here, the city wasn’t so beautiful.

A. visit; came                       B. have visited; came

C. have visited; have come            D. visit; have come

34. _______ a scenic spot worth _______, Hangzhou, a friendly city, attracts many visitors from all over the world.

A. Considering; visiting              B. Considering; being visited

C. Considered; visiting               D. Considered; visited

35. ---- I’m sorry. Jack, please don’t ________

---- I had a little accident with the car, but it wasn’t my fault.

A. be on cloud nine                B. be down in the dumps

C. promise me the moon            D. fly off the handle