甘肃省会宁县第一中学2016-2017学年高二上学期期中考试题英语试题

会宁一中2016—2017学年度第一学期高二中期考试 英 语 试 卷 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。考生作答时,将答案答在答题卡上,在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后,保留试卷,只交答题卡。 注意事项: 1.答题前,考生务必先将自己的姓名、班级和考号填写在答题卡上 2.用2B铅笔涂选择题,用0.5毫米的黑色中性(签字)笔答题、字体工整、笔迹清楚。 3.请按照题号在各题的答题区域内作答,超出答题区域书写的答案无效。 4.保持答题卡面清洁,不折叠,不破损。 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分) 第一节(共15个小题;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、D中,选出最佳选项。 A Passage 1 The Information Highway is the road that links computer users to a large number of on-line services: the Web, e-mail, and software, to mention just a few. Not long ago, the information Highway was a new road, with not many users. Now, everyone seems to want to take a drive, with over 30 million families connected worldwide. Not surprisingly, this well-traveled highway is starting to look like a well-traveled highway. Traffic jams can cause many serious problems, forcing the system to close down for repair. Naturally, accidents will happen on such a crowded road, and usually victims are some files, gone forever. Then, of course, there’s Mr. Cool, with his new broa