高二英语第二学期期中试题练习

概要：rm websites that have turned wide music libraries into MP3. Once MP3 music is on your PC’s hard drive, you can play it through your computer’s speakers, copy it onto blank CDs or swap MP3 files with friends using email.How much?Software needed to play and turn MP3 music is often free. Compact portable. MP3 players start at around $ 40 and can hold hundreds of songs. A blank CD on which you can record music costs about a dollar.AdvantagesMP3 turns your home PC into a jukebox (自动唱机). Small MP3 players are the size of deck of cards, making it easy to take hundreds of songs with you.DisadvantagesYou may find that some websites only allow you

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Your computer has been playing music for years, one CD at a time, Now hundreds of songs can be stored in your PC if they’re in the MP3 format.

What is it?

MP3 compressed music into small computer files. You may download MP3 music several ways: Music can be downloaded form websites that have turned wide music libraries into MP3. Once MP3 music is on your PC’s hard drive, you can play it through your computer’s speakers, copy it onto blank CDs or swap MP3 files with friends using email.

How much?

Software needed to play and turn MP3 music is often free. Compact portable. MP3 players start at around $ 40 and can hold hundreds of songs. A blank CD on which you can record music costs about a dollar.

Advantages

MP3 turns your home PC into a jukebox (自动唱机). Small MP3 players are the size of deck of cards, making it easy to take hundreds of songs with you.

Disadvantages

You may find that some websites only allow you to listen but you can’t download music. Others let you download music but can’t be copied to MP3 players. And a growing number of new CDs make it impossible to copy songs to a computer.

41.How can you get MP3 music? (    )

A. By turning your home PC into a jukebox. B. By taking your own music or songs with you.

C. By copying songs to a PC through the speakers.

D. By downloading from websites, which have turned music libraries into MP3.

42. Which is NOT true according to the passage?  (   )

A. Software needed to play and turn MP3 music is often free.

B. MP3 music can be “ burned” onto blank CDs or be swapped with friends by email.

C. MP3 music can be taken along while traveling.

D. A growing number of new CDs make it possible to copy songs to a computer.

43.How much will you pay for a compact portable MP3 player? (    )

A. Free.  B. At least 10 dollars.   C. About forty dollars.    D. About a dollar.

44.How many disadvantages of MP3 can we see from the passage? (    )

A. 2.      B.3.      C.4.      D.5.

B

Captain Joseph Mackey’s airplane was flying over the ocean on its way to Great Britain when engine trouble started. He turned back and made a crash-landing at night in the deep snow of new found land. All the men in the plane were killed except Captain Mackey who was badly hurt.

Captain Mackey waited all the next morning for an airplane to come in search of him. In the afternoon, he set out to find help. He went about a mile but found that he was too weak  to go on through the snow. Half walking and half crawling, he made his way back to the plane.

The second day many planes passed above him, but none of the pilots saw him. In his plane was a lot of aluminum powder (铝粉). He poured this on a huge stone to make the stone shine, but the wind blew it off.

The third day, Captain Mackey heard a plane coming nearer and nearer, flying very low. It flew right over him and passed on. Then he gave up hope of being found. In a few minutes the plane returned, and the pilot dipped one wing to get a clearer view. He hand seen the aluminum powder blown by the wind on the snow.

The pilot came for a better look, and then he saw Captain Mackey waving his arms. Jim Allison, the pilot, was an old friend. Allison quickly climbed higher hand sent a radio message. In a short time, a plane came and dropped a sleeping bag, food, medicine and tools for Captain Mackey. Later, two crappers arrived with a sled to rescue him.

45.Captain Joseph Mackey’s airplane was flying over the ocean on its way to England when suddenly _______.      (   )

A. something was wrong with the plane’s engine

B. Captain Joseph Mackey operated by mistake

C. Joseph Mackey made a crash landing     D. Joseph Mackey turned back

46.Captain Joseph Mackey is the only man ______.  (    )

A. that was badly hurt in the plane    B. that was not hurt in the plane

C. that was alive in the plane        D. that was in the plane

47.Captain Mackey did not go on through the snow _______.(    )

A. because he wanted to wait for help    B. because he was too weak

C. because many planes passed above him  D. because he wanted pour aluminum powder on a huge stone

48. Captain Mackey poured aluminum powder on a huge stone in order to ______. (    )

A. make himself found by the plane    B. let the wind blow it off

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