2008-2009学年梅州中学高一英语中段考试题 高一英语备课组 2008.11.4 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分） 第一节：听力理解
每段对话播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项。
听第一段对话，回答第1至第3题。
（ ）1.In which season doesn’t the conversation probably take place? A. Spring B. Summer C. Winter （ ）2.What are the speakers going to do?
A. Go to a park B. To have a picnic C. To find a stream （ ）3.Who will prepare the food?
A. The woman B. The man C. Neither of the speakers 听第二段对话，回答第4至第6题。 （ ）4.What are the two speakers?
A. College students B. Army instructors C. Soldiers （ ）5.What are the two speakers talking about? A. The class meeting. B. The military training(军训). C. The strict instructors.
（ ）6.Which of the following is FALSE?
A. They both didn’t come late to the class meeting. B. They both feel tired.
C. They haven’t finished their training. 听第三段对话，回答第7至第9题。 （ ）7.How is Mary? A. She is very well.
B. She has been ill for some time. C. She is badly ill.
（ ）8.By whom were the flowers sent to Mary? A. Mr. Ford. B. Mary’s workmates.
C. Someone Mary doesn’t know. （ ）9.Who will come to see Mary tomorrow?
A. Mr. Ford B. John C. John and Mr. Ford 听第四段对话，回答第10至第12题。
（ ）10.What was the purpose of Mrs. Whinfield’s visits to Kew Gardens? A. To learn more about plants. B. To write an article on gardens. C. To meet the writers she read.
（ ）11.Where did Mrs. Whinfield live before she moved to her present home? A. Dorest B. Somerset C. West London （ ）12.Where does Mrs. Whinfield get most of her plants? A. She grows them from seeds. B. She gets them from her friends. C. She buys them from a market. 听第五段独白，回答第13至第15题。 （ ）13.Why did the father feel worried? A. His kid couldn’t talk. B. His son was short. C. His kid had no courage. （ ）14.What did the monk think the boy? A. He was hopeless. B. He was too shy.
C. He should be trained to be brave.
（ ）15.How long was the boy trained by the Buddhist monk?
A. Three months B. Five weeks. C. A long time
第二节：听取信息
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，填入标号为16——20的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍，你将有80秒钟的作答时间。
Leap Day(闰日)
Development process Details
The time of the earth really takes to complete its orbit around the sun People needed calendars 365days,5 hours,48 minutes and 16 . To help them know when to 17 and when to celebrate religious holidays. They produced calendars that included 18 every nineteen years. It included an extra day every four years. The ancient Greeks and Chinese The Roman’s Julian calendar It was just 19 longer than the cycle of the seasons. He decided years that could be divided by four would 20 . Pope Gregory the 13th Years that ended in two zeros that could not be evenly(均匀) divided by four hundred would not be leap years.
第二部分：语言知识及应用
第一节 单项选择 （共10小题，每题1分，满分10分）
21. Ladies and gentlemen, please keep your seat belts fasten even if the plane_____. A. takes off B. has taken off C. is taking off D. took off 22. ---He still smokes a lot, do you know?
---Yes. Though we _____ him to give it up, he still goes on with it.
A. persuade B. being persuaded C. try to persuade D. suggest 23. I insisted that a doctor ______ immediately.
A. has been sent for B. sends for C. will be sent for D. be sent for
24. Culture refers to a group or community ___we share common experiences that shape the way we understand the world.
A. with which B. that C. which D. what
25. The reason _ he is late is _ there was a breakdown on the railway.
A. why; why B. because; that C. that; because D. why; that 26. It was not until she got home __ Mary realized she had lost her keys.
A. that B. when C. where D. before
27. We discussed where to go for a whole morning, but we decided to stay at home_____.
A. at the end B. by the end C. in the end D. on end
28. Sometimes ________ English is quite different from _______ English in many ways.
A. speaking, writing B. spoken, written C. speaking, written D. spoken, writing
29. When we visited Zhangzhuang again ten years later, we found it changed so much that we could hardly ________ it.
A. remember B. think about C. believe D. recognize 30. Xiao Hong worked harder last year. _______ , she still didn’t get high grades.
A. As a result B. After all C. By the way D. However 第二节：完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
Before I left home for college, my father sat me down and shared this memorable story with me.
There is an old story of a boilermaker who was ___31__ to fix a huge steamship boiler syatem that was not working well. After he had __32___ to what the engineer had described of the boiler room, he looked at the pipes, listened to the thump(重击声) of the boiler and the ___33__ of escaping steam for a few minutes, and felt some pipes with his hands. Then he __33__ into his bag and took out a small hammer, and tapped a bright red valve one time. ___35__, the entire system began to work perfectly. And then the __36_ went home. When the steamship owner received a __37__ for one thousand dollars, he ___38_ that the boilermaker had only been in the engine room for fifteen minutes and requested an itemized bill. So the boilermaker sent him a bill that __39__ as following: For tapping the valve: $0.50 For knowing where to tap: $999.50
\more ___40__, I want you to return with an education. Do you know what I mean?\I nodded.
31. A. allowed B. forbidden C. employed D. forced 32. A. referred B. listened C. replied D. wrote 33. A. sound B. equipment C. pipe D. hole 34. A. burst B. changed C. put D. reached 35. A. Besides B. Chiefly C. However D. Immediately 36. A. engineer B. boilermaker C. boss D. assistant
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