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湖北省黄冈中学2008年秋季高一外语期中考试试题 本试卷共四部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。 命题人：涂金菊 余 亮 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间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 can we learn about the experiment? A. It was finished last night. B. It will continue to be done tonight. C. It was as easy as the man had expected. 2． How did the man feel when the professor called on him in class? A. Relaxed. B. Unhappy. C. Frightened. 3． Where does this conversation most possibly take place? A. In a bank. B. In a shop. C. In a factory. 4． What kind of assistant does the woman need? A. Someone who shows up on time. B. Someone who can do hard work. C. Someone who can type quickly. 5． What will the man most probably do? A. Remain in the hotel. B. Move to another hotel. C. Stay in the woman’s home.
第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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 is the most probable relationship between the speakers? A. Workmates. B. Doctor and patient. C. Salesperson and customer. 7． What does the woman suggest the man do? A. Give up smoking. B. Take some medicine. C. Turn to someone else for help. 8． What do we know about the man? A. He has a strong will. B. He’ll come once again. C. He has been here before. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9． Where does the woman want to fly? A. To Paris. B. To Atlanta. C. To New York.
10．Why does the early evening flight take a little longer? A. It stops halfway. B. It flies more slowly. C. It makes a longer journey. 11．When does the late evening flight leave? A. At 6: 30. B. At 9: 03. C. At 9: 45. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。 12．Where does this conversation take place? A. In a repair company. B. In a machine factory. C. In the woman’s home. 13．When did the washing machine begin to make a funny noise? A. 10 days ago. B. 3 weeks ago. C. 10 weeks ago. 14．What will the man do with the washing machine? A. Fix it up right away. B. Take it somewhere. C. Replace its motor. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15．How long will it take the speakers to get to London if there’s no traffic jam? A. 1 hour. B. 2 hours. C. 3 hours. 16．Which car will the speakers drive? A. The man’s car. B. The woman’s car. C. The man’s company car. 17．Why can’t the speakers drive at a maximum speed? A. There is a speed limit. B. There may be some traffic jams. C. Something may go wrong with the car. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18．What probably is the man? A. A writer. B. An editor. C. A reporter. 19．What are the speakers generally talking about? A. Family rules. B. Family problems. C. Family gatherings 20．What does the woman think parents and their children should do? A. Increase understanding. B. Follow the same idea. C. Keep a certain distance.
第二部分：英语语言知识运用（共三节，满分55分） 第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 21．—How long has this bookstore been in business? —_______ 1996. A. After B. In C. From D. Since 22．Thanks to the satellites, football games come to us _______ on TV. A. living B. lively C. alive D. live 23．School children must be taught how to deal with dangerous _______ . A. states B. conditions C. situations D. positions 24．Celia looks just like her sister, _______ her sister has shorter hair. A. besides B. except C. except for D. except that 25．The scenery in my hometown is beautiful beyond _______ . A. communication B. expression C. explanation D. conversation 26．She remains optimistic (乐观的) in spite of so much hardship she has _______ . A. gone through B. looked through C. gotten through D. passed through 27．The media (媒体) at home and abroad have _______ on the Incident of SanLu Milk. A. suggested B. judged C. commented D. reported 28．What _______ the youth most about Beckham is his energetic image (形象) and perfect skill on court. A. cares B. strikes C. hits D. pleases 29．English is understood all over the world ______ Turkish is spoken by only a few people outside Turkey itself. A. while B. as C. unless D. until 30．That Korean restaurant is very popular in the city, _______ with lovers. A. possibly C. simply C. mostly D. particularly
第二节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下列各小题, 根据括号内的汉语提示, 用句末内的英语单词完成句子．并将答案写在答题卡上相应的括号内。 31．It was ___________________________ (当我重读他的诗歌的时候) that I began to appreciate their beauty. (reread; poem) 32．I think it important ________________________________ (与我们的朋友保持联系). (touch) 33．____________________________ (不久) the wooden house was swallowed by the fire. (before) 34．_______________________________________ (她生病的原因) was that she ate something that had gone bad. (why) 35．The three heroes of Shen Zhou VII, ___________________________ (他们的故事家喻户晓), have won admiration from all over the world. (whose) 36．How many of you ______________________ (要来) the party tonight? (come) 37．If Newton lived today, he would be surprised by what __________________________ (已发现) in science and technology. (discover vt.) 38．___________________________ (当被问及) where he was on the night of the murder, the man simply kept silent. (ask) 39．Many people were afraid to swim in the sea when they remembered the scenes ______________ ________________________ (人被鲨鱼吃掉的). (which) 40．With ____________________________ (时间推移), we become older but wiser. (go by)
第三节： 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其中大意，然后从41－60各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 I still don’t believe in ghosts even after my experience at the Rose Inn. 41 I have never seen one. But stories have made me feel 42 since then. I arrived at the inn late at night and asked the landlord for a room. “There is nothing left,” he said, “ 43 you’d like to sleep in Number 7.” “Why not?” I said. “What’s 44 it? I am 45 that I would sleep 46 .” “Nothing,” he said slowly, “but something happened there a few months ago.” Every old inn has its own strange stories, so I thought that
