第一学期高一年级英语学科期末考试卷（考试时间：90分钟 满分：100分 ）第I卷 (共80分)I. Listening Comprehension (16%)Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. At 2:35. B. At 2:45. C. At 3:00. D. At 2:15.2. A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week. D. Four times a week.3. A. In Shanghai. B. In New York.C. In London. D. In Japan.4. A. 16.4 yuan. B. 7.2 yuan. C. 5.8 yuan. D. 9.2 yuan.5. A. Ann is cold. B. Ann is unfriendly. C. Ann will help. D. Ann wants money.6. A. Wife and husband. B. Secretary and boss. C. Waitress and customer. D. Doctor and nurse.7. A. 27815389. B. 27185398. C. 27815398. D. 27185389.8. A. Pleased. B. Critical. C. Angry. D. Dissatisfied.9. A.The man went to the concert, but the woman didn’t. B. The woman went to the concert, but the man didn’t. C. The speakers didn’t go to the concert. D. Both speakers went to the concert.10. A. The woman can’t attend the meeting. B.The woman was mistaken. C. He couldn’t keep his promise. D. He didn’t know what the woman thought.Section BDirections: In Part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage11. A. It’s good for training one’s character but not good for one’s health. B. It cannot prepare pupils to be good citizens. C. It has less effect on a child’s character than sports and games. D. It’s as important as after-class activities.12. A. Because pupils there have to spend most of the time studying. B. Because the school authorities insist on traditional ways of teaching. C. Because the school authorities have neglected discipline. D. Because pupils there are too fond of playing.13. A. Practical work. B. Collective activities. C. Teacher’s encouragement. D. Book knowledge.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because sports help one earn money. B. Because sports help one keep healthy and happy as well as live longer. C. Because sports help one kill time. D. Because sports help one keep a living.15. A. Horse-riding. B. Hunting. C. Fishing. D. All of the above.16. A. Football. B. Skating. C. Swimming. D. Skiing.II. Grammar and Vocabulary (25%) Section A (15%)Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.(A )Two years after making its first soft (17)_______(land) on the moon, China has started a new round of work focused on lunar exploration. The country is going to land an unmanned (无人操控的) spacecraft on the dark side of the moon. The plan (18)_______ (carry out) in two years’ time at most. The moon’s dark side is never directly visible from the Earth. Although previous spacecraft have taken pictures of the dark side, none has landed on it. The new exploration will be the first time for human beings (19) _______ (land) a spacecraft on the unexplored side. It will also mark another milestone in China’s ambitious space program.The exploration will be conducted by the new Chang’e-4 spacecraft. The spacecraft will make a soft landing on the dark side of the moon. Experts say the landing will be challenging. The dark side contains the (20) _______ (big) hole in the solar system, (21) _______ is about 2,500km wide and 13km deep.The ability to explore the space is often seen as a marker of a country’s national strength and global status. In the past decades, China (22) _______ (spend) a lot of money and energy (23) _______ space programs. However, the country has mostly repeated (24) _______ the United States and Russia pioneered decades ago.“The Chang’e-4 mission will be different,”said Liu Jizhong, China’s lunar exploration chief. “It will help our country make the leap from following to leading in the field of lunar exploration.”( B )One day, I read an article about The Life of Nick. When I saw it, I made up my mind to buy that book “The Life of Nick” (“Life Without Limits”). How wonderful it is. T。