1、吉林省长春市学年高二英语下学期期初试题吉林省长春市2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期初试题第卷（共 90 分）第一部分 听力（共两节，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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15 B. 9.18 C. 9.151. What does the woman mean? A. She is going out next week.
2、B. She invites the man to an outing. C. She needs the car for her family.2. How does Jack feel these days? A. Excited. B. Worried. C. Nervous.3. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Doctor and patient. 4. What will the speakers probably do this
3、 weekend? A. See a movie. B. Eat out in town. C. Buy a refrigerator. 5. When will the next train for Chicago leave? A. At 11:30. B. At 10:30. C. At 8:30.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
4、，回答第6、7题。6. Where are the speakers? A. At school. B. At home. C. At the zoo.7. What does the woman ask her son to do? A. Tidy up his room. B. Wash the dishes. C. Prepare breakfast.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Who is Molly? A. A nurse. B. A patient. C. A mother.9. What does Doctor Laver ask Molly to do? A. Dre
5、ss the baby. B. Wash the baby. C. Comfort the baby. 10. How is Doctor Laver towards Molly? A. Grateful. B. Encouraging. C. Generous. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Who is Janet? A. Dons mother. B. Dons assistant. C. Dons neighbor.12. What happens to Don?A. He gets lost. B. He is ill. C. He misses a call.13. W
6、hat will Professor Webster do for Don? A. Return the exam papers to students. B. Give the students some homework. C. Find someone else to teach the class.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Why does the woman need the job? A. To learn to start a business. B. To gain some work experience. C. To support herself thro
7、ugh college.15. Where exactly will the woman work if she gets the job? A. At the cashiers desk. B. In the managers office. C. Between the shop shelves.16. How is the womans performance at school? A. Poor. B. Average. C. Perfect.17. What will be the womans working hours if she gets the job? A. 8:30 a
8、m-6:10 pm. B. 9:00 am6:00pm. C. 8:30 am10:00 pm. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. How many tube lines are there in London? A. 12. B. 25. C. 34.19. How are different lines marked on the tube map? A. By shape. B. By color. C. By number.20. What should you do if you find yourself going in the wrong direction? A.
9、Ask the train driver for help. B. Get out of the tube at once. C. Get off at the next station.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节,满分40分）第一节(共15小题; 每小题2分, 满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AIn China, there are usually two reasons why people receive messages from friends and relatives from whom they havent heard for
10、 a while. The first is about New Year greetings, which are always welcome. The second reason is often less pleasant, however; people are increasingly contacting long lost friends, or even casual acquaintances, and urging them to cast online votes for their children or grandchildren in competitions.T
11、he practice, which has been growing rapidly, has now reached the point where people are becoming tired and may even feel annoyed.The results of a recent survey conducted by the Jinhua Evening News in East Chinas Zhejiang Province show that 94 percent of 384 interviewees were once asked by friends or
12、 relatives to cast votes online for their children. The contests range from the cutest baby to dancing competitions. Most people receiving the messages havent heard from the sender for a long time and have never met the child involved.Although the competitions may appear to be fun, some education pr
13、ofessionals are concerned that they could have a negative effect on children.Tang Sulan, a member of the CPPCCs National Committee (全国政协)，proposed a ban on online competitions featuring children to prevent future psychological issues. She was also concerned that public disclosure of a childs persona
14、l information and publication of photos cause a potential risk to the childs safety.Li Hongyan, the mother of an l1-year-old girl and an 18-month-old boy in Beijing, said she has never urged others to vote for her children. Although on the surface the children are competing among themselves via thei
15、r parents social networks, the competitions are also about parents seeking a “sense of victory” for themselves, she said. “It feels as though parents are using their babies as tools to win glory for themselves, rather than truly respecting their kids dignity and nature.” However, despite her dislike
16、 of the contests, she has twice voted for the babies of close friends because “it would be embarrassing to say no”.21.What is the best title for the text?A. A Dilemma: Vote or NotB. TO Say No: An Embarrassing Experience C. Childs Safety and Casting Votes on LineD. Receiving Messages: An Unhappy Expe
17、rience 22.What does the underlined word “disclosure” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?A. Reputation. B. Concern. C. Competition. D. Exposure. 23. What can be inferred from Li Hongyans words?A. She urges people to vote for the babies of her close friends.B. She opposes the idea of parents seeking votes f
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