中学高二英语上学期开学考试试题

大庆铁人中学高二年级上学期开学测试

英 语 试 题 2016. 8

时间：120 分钟 满分：150 分

第一部分：阅读理解(共15题；每小题2分。满分30分)

A City College Union Inc Secretary/Typist The Union is a student-run organization with a permanent staff of 20. Typing speed of at least 60 wpm.

The ability to take shorthand dictation (速记) is required. The basic salary for the position is

$ 18,500 per year.

Emu Airline

Secretary

Emu Airline is now offering a part-time position for a secretary.

The position offers at least 20 hours’

work a week, with a view to full-time work in the future. Monthly salary is about

$1,400.

Phone 899-3264 for an appointment.

Word Processor Operator (full-time) We need an operator to work in an office associated with the building industry. Only experienced operators are expected to apply. Starting salary: $ 17,950 yearly.

Apply in writing to: The Personnel Officer Hill Morgan Pty Ltd Sewing Machinist Wanted

Jeans Industry

We are an expanding clot hing company located south of the city. Our products include jeans, skirts, shorts and so on. We are looking for sewing machine

operators.

The factory works a 38-hour week over 4-5

days. Wages for this are $18,050 per year. If you are interested, come over and pick

38 Green Hill Rd. Kensington 2033. up an application form from Ripper Jeans,

23 North Ave, Beaudesert.

1. What do these four advertisements have in common?

A. Their companies are introduced in detail.

B. They all want people in the proper po sition.

C. Each of them is commented by their manager.

D. They are located in the south of the same city.

2. The most attractive wage of all the above is ______.

A. City College Union Inc Secretary/Typist

B. Sewing Machinist

C. Word Processor Operator

D. Emu Airline Secretary

3. If you want to be a sewing machine operator, you may contact this company by _____.

A. phone

B. email

C. visit

D. fax

B

As the world’s largest terrestrial carnivore(陆地食肉动物), the polar bear is the king of the great white north. Adult males can measure more than 9 feet in length and weigh between 770 and 1430 pounds. The polar bear has a strong body while their heads are narrow with small, rounded ears.

Polar bears can be found in northern Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia, and there hav e been reports that polar bear tracks have been found as far north as the North Pole. The 5 000 000-square-mile range of the polar bear circles the Arctic and contains pieces of open water where seals are easily caught.

Polar bears live on the annual Arctic sea ice that provides a platform from which they can hunt. They hunt seals on the sea ice by breaking into seal dens in the sea ice. The dens aren’t visible from above, but seeing is less important than smelling to a polar bear----with their sharp sense of smell, polar bears can sense the breathing holes of seals in their dens beneath the snow and ice. As the southern edge of the Arctic ice cap melts in summer, polar bears are forced to stay on land and spend their summers fasting(禁食), living off body fat stored from hunting in spring and winter.

With about 22 000 polar bears living in the wild, the species is not endangered at the moment, but its future is far from certain. Climate change is causing the disappearance