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　　黄石三中2015—2016学年度上学期期中考试
　　高二英语试卷
　　第Ⅰ卷
　　第一部分   听力（共两节，满分30分）
　　做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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，从试题所给的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 are the speakers talking about?
　　A. The man’s weekend activities. B. The woman’s favorite sport.
　　C. The city they live in.
　　2.What does the man do?
　　A. He’s a businessman. B. He’s a doctor. C. He’s a student.
　　3.When did the speakers start talking?
　　A. At 2:50. B. At 3:00. C. At 3:10.
　　4.What does the woman want to do?
　　A. Borrow money from the man.
　　B. Go to the bank. C. Start up a business.
　　5.What is the man’s research field?
　　A. Education. B. Insects. C. Finance.
　　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。
　　请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
　　6.What kind of job did the woman take after graduation?
　　A. Teaching. B. Marketing. C. Volunteering.
　　7.What does the woman think the man should do?
　　A. Take his job immediately. B. Not worry about the money.
　　C. Make a decision and stick to it.
　　请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
　　8.Where does the woman advise the man to apply for a job?
　　A. In a newspaper office. B. In a travel agency. C. In a car factory.
　　9.What does the man ask the woman about the job?
　　A. The pay. B. The experience. C. The working conditions.
　　请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
　　10.Why didn’t the man realize his childhood dream?
　　A. His parents didn’t support him.
　　B. He was offered another good job. 　　　　　　C. He lost interest in it later.
　　11.What did the woman want to be when she was a little girl?
　　A. A pilot. B. A scientist. C. A teacher.
　　12.What languages is the woman good at?
　　A. English and French. B. English and Italian. C. French and Italian.
　　请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
　　13.Who is Jenny?
　　A. The man’s wife. B. The man’s sister. C. The woman’s colleague.
　　14.How long has it been since the speakers’ graduation?
　　A. Three years. B. Ten years. C. Thirteen years.
　　15.What do we know about the man?
　　A. He continued his studies after graduation.
　　B. He once worked at a law firm. C. He is working in a trade company.
　　16.When will the speakers meet each other again?
　　A. This Saturday. B. This Sunday. C. Next Saturday.
　　请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
　　17.What is Bill Gates famous for according to the speaker?
　　A. His family bacnd. B. His position in societ y.
　　C. His educational bacnd.
　　18.What did Bill Gates do in 1975?
　　A. He went to Harvard University. B. He began to develop new software.
　　C. He sold his inventions to MITS.
　　19.When did Bill Gates leave Microsoft?
　　A. In 2000. B. In 2008. 　　C. In 2014.
　　20.Which of the following is true, according to the talk?
　　A. Bill Gates grew up in Washington. B. Bill Gates’ mother worked as a lawyer.
　　C. IBM partnered with Microsoft for a short time.
　　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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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　　She showed up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall. No way could I have sent her away. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before. People always find all sorts of excuses for abandoning(遗弃) an animal. And she was one of the most beautiful animals I had ever seen, a beautiful golden retriever.
　　I called her Goldie. She was so unsettled during those first few days and hardly ate anything. There was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner’s. But at the end of the first week she calmed down and became as loving as an animal coul