武汉外国语学校2013—2014学年度下学期期中考试高一英语试题满分：150分第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。
录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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. What does the woman think of the book?A. It’s too long.B. It’s attractive.C. It’s hard to understand.2. What is the man trying to do?A. To make an apology.B. To make a decision.C. To make a suggestion.3. What does the woman suggest?A. Leaving early for the airport.B. Checking the flight schedule the next morning.C. Listening to the weather forecast the next morning.4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Teacher and student.B. Boss and secretary.C. Husband and wife.5. Why is the man moving to London?A. He has got a job there.B. He runs a company there.C. He prefers to live in a big city.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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. How long will it take the man to ride a 10-mile distance?A. About half an hour.B. About an hour.C. About two hours.7. How does the woman go to work?A. By train.B. On foot.C. By bike.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. How old was probably the man when he got his PhD?A. 18.B. 26.C. 28.9. When did the man begin his research on the cancer drug?A. When he got a job in a medical lab.B. When he worked at a medical company.C. When he was in the process of getting his PhD degree.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What did the head teacher tell the woman?A. Jim failed in the exam.B. Jim didn’t attend class today.C. Jim didn’t study hard at school.11. What’s the woman’s advice?A. The computer should be sold at once.B. Jim can never use the computer any more.C. Jim can use the computer only on weekends.12. What does the woman want the man to do?A. To have a talk with Jim.B. To help Jim with his lessons.C. To tell Jim that he is also his favorite cousin.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What do we know about the woman?A. She is smart.B. She is actually very young.C. She is familiar with the young man.14. Why does the woman refuse to give a bottle of Scotch to the man?A. She is too frightened to do so.B. She knows the man is younger than 21.C. She intends to find out more about the man.15. What will the woman tell the police about the man?A. The man’s appearance.B. The man’s name and address.C. The man’s drive experiences.16. What is the possible ending of the story?A. The police arrive in no time.B. The young man gives up robbing the woman.C. The woman fights against the man and wins at last.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Which of the following hobbies is NOT mentioned?A. Collecting coins.B. Collecting stamps.C. Collecting phones.18. How much is the man’s coin collection worth?A. $215.B. $250.C. $275.19. Wh at does the speaker’s youngest brother collect?A. Matchboxes.B. Stamps.C. Model airplanes.20. What do most people want to get from their hobbies?A. Inspiration.B. Pleasure.C. Money.第二部分：词汇知识运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)从A21. In _______ Chinese culture, marriage decisions were often made by parents for their children, which definitely doesn't work now.A. historicB. remoteC. traditionalD. initial22. Sorry, she went out with her friends for singing Karaoke yesterday. My daughter's fault of being unable to ________ anything prevents her making progress.A. persist onB. insist onC. resist onD. stick to23. I'll have to _______ if there's suitable container space available for shipment next month for Europe.A. requestB. inquireC. acquireD. require24. Milk is especially ________ to temperature changes, so put it on a shelf as close to the bottom as it will fit.A. sensitiveB. positiveC. sentimentalD. sensible25. You should have locked your gold necklace away at the hotel’s sa fety box. If you had read your key card carefully, you would have realized that we _______ warned you to do so.A. especiallyB. constantlyC. speciallyD. extensively26. For all the contemporary problems cars bring, no one can deny the convenience cars bring us and ignore the ________ we make to solve these problems.A. actB. behaviourC. doingsD. effort27. Why does the _______ of sheets wake us up on some nights, but we sleep through the sound of our alarm clocks going off on others? A. rumble B. rustle C. splash D. whisper28. He started by telling her that her staff member Gabe Zimmerman died, which caused her to ______ and cry in a wave of emotion.A. moanB. snuffleC. muffleD. creak29. People can see objects because they _____ the light that strikes them, reflecting some of it back to the eye.A. thumpB. drenchC. scatterD. gasp30. In this post, we will take at broad look at the problem ________ to figure out what can be done.A. in vainB. in responseC. in relationD. in attempt第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。