湖北省武汉外国语学校2018-2019学年度第一学期期中考试高一英语试题

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武汉外国语学校2018—2019学年度第一学期期中考试
　　高一英语试题
　　考试时间：2018年11月16日　　　　　　命题人：刘维、宋丽　　　　　　　　满分：140分
　　Part I Listening (total 20 marks; 1 mark for each question)
　　Section A  (5 marks)
　　Listen to the five dialogues, and choose the correct answer to each question. Each dialogue will be played only once.
　　1. What will the woman do?
　　A. Miss the next game.
　　B. Watch the next game.
　　C. Refuse the next invitation.
　　2. Why doesn't the man want any breakfast?
　　A. He has already had it.
　　B. He doesn't want to get up.
　　C. He is not hungry.
　　3. What will the woman do later?
　　A. Take her sons to the hospital.
　　B. Take her son to school.
　　C. Buy medicine at the doctor's.
　　4. What time will the two speakers meet?
　　A. At 6:30 p. m.
　　B. At 8:00 p. m.
　　C. At 9:30 p. m.
　　5. What do we know about the professor?
　　A. He changed his reading task.
　　B. He forgot to bring the materials.
　　C. He brought 38 copies in all.
　　Section B  (10 marks)
　　Listen to the four dialogues and choose the correct answer to each question. Each dialogue will be played twice.
　　Listen to the dialogue 6 and answer question 6 and 7.
　　6. What is a special feature of New Orleans?
　　A. Its shops and restaurants.
　　B. Its narrow streets.
　　C. Its French Quarter.
　　7. Why do the cars in San Francisco need good brakes?
　　A. There are many travelers in the city.
　　B. There are hills in the city.
　　C. The city has strict traffic rules.
　　Listen to the dialogue 7 and answer question 8 and 9.
　　8. Why does the woman often dream about animals?
　　A. She reads frightening stories before sleeping.
　　B. She stays up late into the night.
　　C. She fears animals.
　　9. What usually happens in the woman's dreams?
　　A. She is caught by the animals.
　　B. She escapes from the chasing animals.
　　C. The animals open their frightening mouths.
　　Listen to the dialogue 8 and answer question 10 to 12.
　　10. How will the two speakers go to Hangzhou?
　　A. By air.     B. By bus.    C. By train.
　　11. When did Helen go to Hangzhou?
　　A. Last week.
　　B. Last month.
　　C. Last year.
　　12. What will they do next?
　　A. Talk to Helen.
　　B. Surf the Internet.
　　C. Book tickets.
　　Listen to the dialogue 9 and answer question 13 to 15.
　　13. What is the relationship between the two speakers?
　　A. Journalist and tourist.
　　B. Reporter and zoologist.
　　C. Boss and secretary.
　　14. Where is the woman studying monkeys?
　　A. In the African jungle.
　　B. In the jungle of South America.
　　C. In the jungle of North America.
　　15. What can we learn from the conversation?
　　A. The man works for a magazine.
　　B. The man will also live with monkeys.
　　C. The woman will carry on her work.
　　Section C  (5 marks)
　　Listen to an interview with a scientist about memory. Choose the correct answers.（It will be played twice.）
　　16. When we ‘register’ a memory, our brain
　　A. keeps it in a safe place so it is easier to find.
　　B. finds it and recalls it.
　　C. saves it in a way that it can process.
　　17. Our short-term memory allows us to remember
　　A. a little information for a short period.
　　B. a lot of information for a short period.
　　C. complicated information, but only for a short period.
　　18. When trying to memorise a long phone number, Dr. Willard says we should
　　A. repeat the number again and again.
　　B. divide the number in smaller parts.
　　C. focus on each individual number separately.
　　19. Dr. Willard says that we remember an event more clearly if we
　　A. have strong feelings associated with it.
　　B. focus our thoughts on the details.
　　C. try to separate our emotions from it.
　　20. What does Dr. Willard say about sleep?
　　A. Sleep allows the brain to organise new information.
　　B. Sleep is as good as studying through the night for your memory.
　　C. Sleep lets the brain sort out positive and negative memories.
　　Part II Use of Vocabulary and Grammar (total 35 marks)
　　Section A  (10 marks)
　　Complete the words in the blanks in the sentences. The first letters are given.
　　21. He has the p___________ to become a world-class musician.
　　22. Grandfather can s____________ the Times crossword puzzle in a few minutes.
　　23. The directions she had given us were c____________ , so we got lost.
　　24. Don’t go to a job interview in s____________ clothes. Wear something smart but comfortable.
　　25. The police are keeping the suspects under constant s____________.
　　26. The bomb caused serious damage to the building, but there were no c__________.
　　27. I've always told my kids to treat every obstacle as an opportunity in d___________.
　　28. She wasn't moving or responding, but the doctor d___________ a slow heartbeat.
　　29. We loot over a d__________ landscape of bare trees and stony fields.
　　30. He was slightly i__________ by her forgetfulness.