苏州初二期末统考英语试卷及答案2016(3)

How do you practice listening? Here are some tips:

Put down whatever is in your hand. Are you in the middle of writing something? Put down the pen and start to listen. Are you reading something? Close it so that it will be impossible for you to look down and start reading again. Then put it down.

Face the person you are speaking with. Facing the person you are speaking with will help you listen more carefully. It will also make the person feel that you find what he is saying important.

Mind your body language. Standing towards the speaker will show interest. Looking around the room shows you have no interest. Looking that speaker in the eye tells him that he is important.

Listening completely. Do not start making comments（评论）after the first words. Do not start thinking about your reply in your mind. Listen to the speaker carefully and try to understand what he is telling you.

44. The writer begins the article with Edward’s words in order to____

A. help show his ideas B. help show his internet

C. make the readers speak D. make readers listen

45. The third paragraph is mainly about ____

A. the way of listening to people B. the way of showing respect to others

C. the importance of showing interest. D. the importance of listening.

46. Which of the following in Not the tips of listening.

A. We should put down what we are doing

B. We should look the speaker in the eye

C. We shouldn’t mind our body language

D. We shouldn’t make comments at once (立刻)

C

Teenager Jack Denham was skiing with his family in the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis. His family didn’t know that he had a problem. They kept on skiing. When they got to the top of the mountain, there was no sign of Jake.

Jack couldn’t find ski anywhere. In the end, he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain. But he couldn’t work out the right way to go.

It was now getting dark and it was a long way from any place of safety(安全). He knew that he might die that night in the cold. But Jake kept calm. At home, Jake watched a lot of programs about living in difficult situation(情况). He remembered the advice from these programs and knew that he should build a hole in the snow. He made a hole and made it up the hill so the wind couldn’t blow into it. Outside the hole, it was -15℃ that night, but inside it Jake was safe from the cold.

But he had to get down the mountain. The TV programs always said, ―if you are lost, you should find someone else’s tracks(足迹) through the snow and follow them.‖ ―I wanted to live my life,‖ remembers Jake. ―so I got up and I found some ski tracks and I followed them.‖ He asked and walked and finally he saw lights. Nine hours after he lost his ski, he found a team of workers who came to save him. He was safe.

His mum was very happy when she heard the news. Jake didn’t even have to go to hospital. He got through the terrible experience(经历) without being hurt.

So, the next time someone says that watching TV is a waste(浪费) of time, think of Jake. Sometimes TV can save your life?

47. Which of the following actions is important to Jake’s safety?

A. To go skiing with his family in the USA.

B. To build a hole in the snow to keep himself warm.

C. To search for the ski that he lost in the snow.

D. To take off his other ski and walk down the mountain.

48. How did Jake get down the mountain the next morning?

A. He followed his parents B. He followed the workers

C. He followed some ski tracks D. He followed some lights

49. Which was the correct order of the following things Jake did?