1河北省保定市高阳中学 2014-2015 学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题第 I 卷 （共 80 分）第一部分 听力（共两节 20 题，每小题 1 分，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.How much is one cup?A. $3.5.B. $4.C. $7.2.What would the man like?A. Water. B. Tea. C. Milk.3.What can we know about the woman?A. She had to work overtime.B. She failed to see Henry.C. She had a traffic accident.4.What will the man most probably do?A. Get some change from the woman. B. Go and look for a payphone.C. Use the womans mobile phone.5.What does the woman mean?A. She fell asleep before the program ended.B. She missed the beginning of the program.C. She wished she had gone to sleep earlier. 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，从每题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独自前，你将有时间阅读2各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 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 6、7 题。6.What do we know about the two speakers?A. Theyve never met each other before.B. Theyve known each other for years.C. They both have several children.7.Who is the woman?A. Roberts wife. B. Johns child. C. Johns wife.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题8.What can the woman be?A. A waitress at a hotel.B. The secretary of Mr Black.C. The assistant of Professor Green.9.How could the man get in touch with Mr Green?A. Ask the woman to find the Blackwood Hotel.B. Dial 809 to get in touch with Mr Green.C. Dial 114 to find the telephone number of the Blackwood Hotel.10. Why did the man ask the woman to change the dollar?A. To pay for the information.B. To make a phone call.C. To go to the hotel by bus.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题.11. Why did the woman call the man?A. To see whats wrong with him.B. To say hello to him.C. To ask him to play tennis with her.12. Whats wrong with the man?A. He hurt his feet.B. He got a cold.3C. He does not know how to play tennis.13. When will the woman call the man again? A. Next weekend. B. Later this week. C. Later next week. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Friends . B. Strangers.C. Husband and wife.15. How did the woman find her stay there?A. Boring. B. Wonderful. C. dangerous.16. What does the man advise the woman to do when she gets home?A. Send him an email.B. Write a letter to him.C. Give him a call.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. What do you need to do to travel in Hong Kong in early spring?A. Knowing something about the festivals there.B. Take some warm clothes.C. Book a hotel room early.18. Which of the following is the best time to visit Tibet?A. September. B. October. C. May.19. What does the speaker say about Beijing?A. The winter is dry.B. Spring is not so pleasant.C. The hotel prices are high in autumn.20. Which does the speaker think is the best season to visit Beijing?A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn.第二第二部分部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）分）第一节第一节（共（共 15 小题，每题小题，每题 2 分，满分分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ABarack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father came to America 4from Kenya, which is a country in Africa. His parents, Ann and Barack, met when they were students at the University of Hawaii. Since Barack had the same name as his father, young Barack went by the nickname “Barry”. In 1979, after he finished high school, Barry went to Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. There, he started to learn about his African roots and decided to use his African name, Barack. After two years in L.A., he went to Columbia University in New York City to study politics.After college, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he worked to help poor people in his city. He traveled to Africa to meet his grandmother and cousins for the first time. He went back many times over the years to visit with his family and learn about where he came from. At work, he met a lawyer named Michelle Robinson. They worked together in a big law firm. Then he left Chicago to go to Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He did very well in law school. After he was done with school, Barack moved back to Chicago and in 1992 he married Michelle. He worked as a lawyer, devoted to helping poor people for free who had been treated unfairly. He worked hard to get the people he helped to vote(投票).He made many people believe that their votes were important, and helped them feel like they could make a difference.21. Barack Obamas father was probably born in _.A. Hawaii B. Kenya C. Illinois D. California22. Which of the following is the right order according to the text?Getting married to Michelle.Travelling to Africa to meet his grandmotherGoing to Harvard Law SchoolGoing to Columbia UniversityWorking in a big law firm.A. B. C. D. 23. How did Obama get people to vote?A. By cheating them to do so.B. By making a difference to people.C. By showing them the importance of their votes.5D. By helping poor people who treat othe