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　　市一中2015-2016学年度第二学期期末
　　高二英语试题
　　第一部分  听力( 共两节，满分20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. Where are they most possibly?
　　A. At the post office           B. The bookstore         C. At the bank
　　2. What’s the man doing?
　　A. Borrowing a book 　　　　　B. Reading a book      　C. Buying a book
　　3. How is the man today?
　　A. He is better             B. He is very angry    C. He is still very sick
　　4. What is the total cost for them?
　　A. 100 yuan                  B.50 yuan               C.150 yuan
　　5. Where is Mr Black now?
　　A. He is at the Friendship Hotel.
　　B. He is in the office.
　　C. He is at lunch.  
　　第二节
　　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至7题。
　　6. What are talking about?
　　A. The weather of London  
　　B. Travelling to Britain
　　C. The traffic of London
　　7. What does the woman think of the London buses?
　　A. Rather slow           B. Very good              C. Too expensive
　　听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
　　8. What’s the woman going to do?
　　A. Attend her friend’s wedding party       
　　B. Attend Lan’s party       
　　C. Do some shopping with some of her friends
　　9. What does the man suggest to the woman ?
　　A. Wear her new dress to attend the party. 
　　B. Wear the light blue dress
　　C. Wear a more formal one
　　听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
　　10. What did the woman go to the office for?
　　A. To ask for a job          B. To see her friend           C. To man of the man
　　11. Which place did the woman want to go?
　　A. A larger country          B A nearer country           C.A new and different country
　　12. Why did the woman dislike working in the Middle East?
　　A. She hated living there      B. It was far from home       C. She’d lived there for years
　　听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
　　13. What did the driver enjoy?
　　A. Driving his car fast
　　B. Singing along the way.
　　C. Buying a famous Model T Ford car
　　14. Why did Henry go to a store when it began to get dark?
　　A. For something to eat     
　　B. For a new light bulb 
　　C. To get some tyres.
　　15. Who was the man with the white hair sitting in the back seat of the car?
　　A. The owner of the car  
　　B. The builder of the car
　　C. The inventor of the light bulb.
　　16. Who was the driver himself?
　　A. Thomas Edison          B.A tyre-maker                C. Henry Ford
　　听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
　　17. How old was Miss Jenkins?
　　A. Less than twenty         B. Thirty                     C. More than thirty
　　18. Why did Miss Jenkins get fatter?
　　A. Because something was wrong with her.
　　B. Because she liked fat and sugar very much.
　　C. Because she never had any sports.
　　19. Why couldn’t Miss Jenkins get on well with her workmates.
　　A. Because she was richer than her workmates
　　B. Because she was fatter than any of her workmates.
　　C. Because she was often laughed at
　　20. With whom did Miss Jenkins go to the restaurant?
　　A. With her servants         B. By herself                 C. With her friends
　　第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分30分）
　　第一节 阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
　　阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
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　　The Chinese put up with a lot living in the world’s most populous country: standing on over-crowded trains for 40 hours; sleeping outside hospitals to secure a doctor’s appointment; waiting more than a year to earn a driver’s license.
　　Add getting a U.S. entry visa to the list. Applicants here have waited as long as 60 days to secure an appointment at one of five U.S. consular locations（领事馆）in China that process visas. There, they’re often greeted by long lines, followed by a face-to-face interview that can end badly in a matter of seconds.
　　Now there are only about 100 U.S. visa officers in China, facing considerable challenges during the summer when tourists and students travel the most. “It’s not easy work,” Charles Bennett, minister-counselor for Consular Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, said to his staff. “You’re making, in some cases, life-changing decisions many times a day, and that can cause great tiredness.”
　　To adapt, US consular services expanded their hours, took on about a dozen additional staff and hope to have another 20 officers by spring. More facilities are also being expanded.
　　Despite the shocmbers, the embassy remains troubled by charges that it rejects applicants unreasonably and that the process is unfairly burdensome. “I’m fed up,” said Wendy Liu, 24. The single woman from Beijing said she was recently refused a visa and told to re-apply when her personal life and finances were more stable. “I’ll go anywhere but the U.S. now,” she said. “I thought America was supposed to be a country of freedom.”
　　To visit the US, Chinese nationals must prove that they have enough money and family or business ties that make it likely they’ll return to China. The Department of Homeland Security said it did not keep records on how many Chinese overstay their visas.
　　Student visas can be refused on grounds of national secu