一下学期第一次阶段考试英语试题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面五段对话，选出最佳选项。

1. Why can’t the woman go to the party?A. She is ill.B. She has to look after her mother.C. She will meet her friend.2. When will the train leave?A. At 9:45B. At 10:15C. At 11:153. What does the man mean?A. The woman should take bus 712.B. The woman should take bus 873.C. She could walk to Time Plaza.4. What does the woman mean?A. She doesn’t like the man.B. She would go out with him next time.C. If there was no test, she would go with him.5. What’s the woman’s opinion about how to learn a language?A. The same as the man’sB. Going abroad to learn it.C. We don’t know.第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. In which way does the woman know Jeff is a student and musician?A. From his schoolB. From his application.C. From his introduction.7. What can you know from the dialogue?A. Jeff wants to find a job.B. Jeff’s classes are in the morning.C. Jeff thinks it’s easy to make a living as a musician.请听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Is the man settled in the new building?A. Yes.B. No.C. Unknown.9. Why isn’t the man a TV fan?A. He doesn’t like cable TV.B. It’s hard to get cable for his TV.C. He used to be too occupied.10. Which statement is true?A. Cable TV is as excellent as TV without cable.B. The woman is a TV fan.C. The man hasn’t finished moving.请听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What make the garden so untidy?A. The dead trees.B. The dead flowers.C. The new trees.12. Why will the man not water those new fruit trees?A. Because he just watered them.B. Because they don’t need watering.C. Because it is going to rain.13. What will the man and woman put on?A. Gardening coat.B. Gardening boots.C. Gardening gloves. 请听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. The woman thinks the trouble with education in Britain lies with ______.A. the governmentB. the teachersC. the students15. Why don’t the children get interested in the subject?A. Because there are not too serious and academic problems.B. Because there is not too much theoretical teaching.C. Because there is not enough excitement.16. In the woman’s opinion, which teachers are proper?A. The ones who should be less than 25 years old.B. The ones who should be forced to live in the outside world before they become teachers.C. The ones who should go from the classroom to the university and then back to the classroom again.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What happened according to the report?A. A hurricane struck a mountain city.B. A typhoon struck a mountain city.C. A flood occurred in South China.18. How many people died in the flood?A. 8000 people.B. 180 peopleC. No one.19. What did Sophia find when she woke up one morning?A. Her car was upside down in the street.B. Her house was damaged badly.C. There was water all over the floor.20. When do typhoons often occur in Sophia’s hometown?A. During June and July.B. During July and October.C. During June and August.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. The Forbidden City is a great tourist _____ drawing millions of visitors every year.A. arrangementB. attractionC. accommodationD. appearance22. Many color-blind people can’t _____ different shades of red and green.A. recogniseB. decideC. faceD. handle23. —Did you study Japanese?—No, I didn’t. I just sort of _____ when I lived in Japan.A. picked it upB. gave it upC. put it upD. took it up24. He had just reached home _____ a man called to see him.A. whenB. afterC. untilD. while25. We were still sleeping when the fire _____, and then it spread very quickly.A. broke downB. broke outC. broke offD. broke up26. Professor Lee asked each of us _____ to describe how computers had affected our daily lives.A. in timeB. in a wordC. in a wayD. in turn27. —What do you think of the weather here?—_____.A. I’m from the south and ... I hate these cold daysB. I don’t like working here very muchC. Well, I think I’d much prefer to go skatingD. Well, what I like most is staying at home28. —So tell me, Robert, what sports do you like doing?—_____. It’s great, really exciting.A.I can’t stand ice divingB.I like bungee jumpingC. I hate sky surfingD. I wouldn’t like sailing29. None of us expected Miss Wang, our math teacher, to _____ at my birthday party. We thought she was still in hospital.A. turn upB. turn offC. turn downD. turn on30. Your article won’t _____ if you use too many technical terms in it.A. get acrossB. watch outC. back outD. go round31. It is well-known that humans differ _____ other mammals in their ability to speak.A. withB. betweenC. ontoD. from32. We have learnt which mushrooms are safe to eat, so we won’t risk _____.A. to get sickB. getting sickC. get sickD. got sick33. That area has plenty of natural resources _____ this one has none.A. sinceB. whileC. asD. whether34. They own a restaurant in Shanghai _____ a store in Hangzhou.A. as well asB. tooC. as wellD. also35. The twin sisters didn’t go ho me all night, _____ made their family feel worried.A. whenB. whichC. thatD. this第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。