湖南省衡阳市一中、八中2011-2012学年高一下学期期中联考英语试题

湖南省衡阳市一中、八中2011-2012学年高一下学期期中联考英语试题

（衡阳市一中、八中联合命题）

总分:100分时量:120分钟

考生注意：本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力、语言知识运用、阅读理解和书面表达。考试结束后，将答卷收回。

PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A （15 marks）

Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Conversation 1

1. What will the traffic be like?

A. There will be no taxi.

B. It will not be busy.

C. It will be heavy.

2. How will the woman most probably get back?

A. In the man’s car.

B. By train.

C. By taxi.

Conversation 2

3. Who is the girl?

A. A high school student .

B. A college student.

C. A lifeguard.

4. What is she discussing with her father?

A. How to be a lifeguard.

B. How to choose universities.

C. Her plan for the holiday.

Conversation 3

5. What does the woman suggest the man do?

A. Take some medicine.

B. Call a doctor.

C. Go back home for a rest.

6. What will the man talk about with the woman next week?

A. A business trip.

B. A project.

C. A contract. Conversation 4

7. What’s the weather like today?

A. Clear.

B. Cloudy

C. Rainy.

8. When will the speakers leave tomorrow morning?

A. At 7:13.

B. At 7:30.

C. At 7:40.

9. How are you going to visit the farm?

A. By bus.

B. By bike.

C. By train.

Conversation 5

10. Where are the speakers?

A. On the road.

B. In a garage.

C. In a parting lot.

11. What is probably the woman’s job?

A. A writer.

B. A model.

C. An actress.

12. What does the man ask the woman to do in the end?

A. Give him her picture.

B. Write some words to his wife.

C. Fix the car and pay for the repair charge.

Conversation 6

13. What does the woman think of her course book?

A. Interesting.

B. Easy.

C. Difficult.

14. What is the man’s problem?

A. He couldn’t understand his teacher.

B. Pair work is too easy for him.

C. His partner doesn’t speak any English.

15. What is the woman going to do on Saturday?

A. Going shopping and sightseeing with the man.

B. Practice English with the man.

C. Watch TV at home.

SECTION B （5 marks）

Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

You will hear the short passage TWICE.

I. On the way to London Airport

We had a trip to Paris when I was __16__ years old

It was about a three –hour drive by coach to London Airport.

We had lunch at 17 , where 18 left our passports.

II. In Paris.

I __19___ as I ate five cream cakes.

I stayed in bed ___20__.

PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE

SECTION A （15 marks）

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

21. I’m not sure _____I can affor d the time to attend the conference, but I will ____ I am not occupied then.

A. that, if

B. whether , if C .if , whether D. whether, whether

22. Thousands of visitors were______ to the art show the first day it opened.

A. attended

B. attacked

C. attached

D. attracted

23. There a driver and a number of broken wine bottles beside the high way when the

police arrived．

A．were B．was C．had been D．would be

24. If Bob’s wife doesn’t agree to sign the papers，.

A．neither he will B．neither will he C．neithe r won’t he D．he Won’t neither 25. The garden, ______with peach flowers , looks _____it were carpeted with pink snow when spring comes.

A. covering, as though

B. covered, even though

C. covering, even though

D. covered, as though

26.____director of our department, whose father used to be _____ president of a local university,

had his first book published last year.