苏州市20172018学年度第一学期期中考试英语第卷(选择题，共80分)第一部分：听力理解(共两节，满分15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。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. When will the next party be held?A. In April.B. In May.C. In August.() 2. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The woman is happy to go back to work.B. The man was on vacation for three weeks.C. The man works in another place once a year.() 3. When is the flight to Shanghai?A. At 9：30 am. B. At 11：00 pm. C. At 1：00 pm.() 4. What does the woman mean?A. The man can ask Bill for help.B. The man cant finish the report in a week.C. The man should be able to finish his report.() 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A scientific study. B. A research report. C. An environment project.第二节(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)听下面4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。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，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，回答第6、7题。() 6. Where is the conversation taking place?A. In a library. B. In a study. C. In a book store.() 7. What are they looking for?A. Some valuable secondhand books.B. The nineteenthcentury poetry as a present.C. The secondhand books with Shakespeares signature.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。() 8. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Strangers. B. Relatives. C. Friends.() 9. Why does the man come?A. To visit his old friends. B. To look for his old friends. C. To visit his friends friends.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。()10. What can we know about the woman?A. Shes a bus driver. B. Shes a student. C. Shes a librarian.()11. When are there fewer shuttle buses?A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In winter.()12. Where is the woman on Friday night?A. At home. B. At the library. C. At her office.听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。()13. Where was this announcement made?A. In a supermarket. B. In a theatre. C. In a hotel.()14. Why did the speaker ask the people to leave the building?A. The police were looking for a missing bag in the building.B. There was an explosion in the building.C. Something dangerous was found in the building.()15. What can we learn from it?A. The speaker must be a policeman.B. People should report anything strange to the police.C. Elderly and disabled people should leave first.第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)第一节单项选择(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。()16. It is important to keep up with the news at home and abroad, because global political and economic conditions are _ factors in the world of international business.A. arbitrary B. concrete C. dynamic D. fragile()17. One senior research fellow from CCG, said he is optimistic for the future of ChinaUS ties and that small _ are normal, but they wont influence the bigger picture.A. ambitions B. frictions C. competitions D. conversations()18. Daniel didnt say anything good at all about my composition. I felt pretty “criticized”Your work is to be judged and analyzed by others in class. Dont take it _A. easily B. thoroughly C. originally D. personally()19. A new kind of powerhouse has been built in a park in Beijing, which generates electricity by harvesting energy from raindrops, _ for solar energy on rainy days.A. applying B. hunting C. pushing D. substituting()20. New discoveries have been made by radio telescopes to solve key physics problems, _ the largest is FAST.A. with which B. for which C. of which D. by which()21. Contrary to _ the school recently requires, the development of the program does not address the problem with lunch nutrition.A. that B. which C. how D. what()22. With the three historic tasks _， we Chinese should keep on working with great determination.A. accomplish B. accomplishing C. accomplished D. to accomplish()23. As VR games fast _ among youngsters and game fans, most of the VR headsets and controllers are not necessarily pricefriendly.A. take on B. hold on C. catch on D. count on()24. It was mainly because William _ a game on his phone that he didnt notice the deep hole in the sidewalk until it was too late.A. played B. was playing C. had played D. would play()25. He made irresponsible remarks on their performances _， regardless of the consequences.A. at random B. at length C. at hand D. at ease()26. “_ many people say that life is the art of living, I believe that life is the art of drawing without an eraser，” said Christine Ip, CEO of the Greater China division from a bank in Singapore.A. Once B. Since C. While D. If()27. OK, wake up! Only when you stop seeking shortcuts to success _ being successful means hard work.A. you have realized B. have you realized C. can you realize D. you can realize()28. On October 18, 2017, President Xi