西安中学2016—2017学年度第一学期期末考试
高一英语试题
（时间：100分钟 满分：100分）
第I卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5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. How is the woman going to attend the conference? A. By taxi.
B. By air.
C. By bus.
2. What will the woman do today?
A. Attend a meeting. B. Go to the office early. C. Complete the presentation. 3. Where does the conversation take place? A. At a restaurant.
B. At the man’s.
C. At a store.
4. What do we know about the exhibition? A. It has the most visitors on weekends. B. It is closed on weekends. C. It is boring.
5. What meeting is the manager late for? A. A sales meeting.
B. A production meeting. C. A risk planning meeting.
第二节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。 6. What is the girl doing?
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A. Borrowing a phone. B. Asking for directions. C. Welcoming new students. 7. What is the two-storey building? A. The Student Center. B. The Girls’ Dormitory. C. The Computer Center.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。 8. Where are the speakers? A. At a cafeteria.
B. At a ticket office.
C. At a theater.
9. Where is the woman probably from? A. China.
B. The USA.
C. Japan.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。 10. What is the woman? A. A store owner.
B. A teacher.
C. A librarian.
11. Why does the man look tired? A. He just did some sports. B. He has been studying hard. C. He worked overtime in a bookstore. 12. What is the woman trying to do? A. Encourage the man. B. Apologize to the man. C. Understand the man.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。 13. What can we learn about the woman’s mother? A. She has been sick.
B. She misses her original culture. C. She lives away from her kids. 14. Where does the woman live? A. In America.
B. In Britain.
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C. In India.
15. What does the woman plan to do next year? A. Study a new language. B. Travel abroad with her parents. C. Visit her mother’s native country.
16. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Good friends.
B. Husband and wife.
C. Teacher and student.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。 17. How can people get to the museum from Cherford? A. By plane.
B. By bus.
C. By train.
18. How long does the museum keep open every day in winter? A. 6 hours.
B. 7 hours.
C. 9 hours.
19. How much does a student ticket cost? A. ￡18.
B. ￡6.
C. ￡4.50.
20. What makes this year special? A. A family ticket.
B. An air tour.
C. An advanced booking.
第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分30分） 第一节 （共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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In this special season of the year, travelers and shoppers are ready for all the crazy excitement that they have been awaiting for almost a year. Now is the best time for Hong Kong shopping lovers, as most shops and markets are having their seasonal sales. With the same amount of money, you can find different kinds of goods in this charming city. Women, young and old, rarely resist the attraction of this shopping paradise(乐园) at this time of year. Lovers will surely have an exciting Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations at the Time Square or in the western styled bars. Spending your holiday in Hong Kong will be easy too, as several packing tours are available from CZL, with four-day tours for less than 4,000 yuan.
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? Tour Package 1 (3,200 yuan): a 4-day tour including three nights’
accommodation(住宿), science helicopter flight, night ferry tour of Victoria Harbor and shuttle bus to the park to view the city at night.
? Tour Package 2 (1,880 yuan): a 4-day shopping tour including three nights’
accommodation, tour to Golden Beach and the Waxwork Museum, shuttle bus to the Peak and shopping opportunities.
? Tour Package 3 (1,480 yuan): a 4-day DIY tour including three nights’
accommodation in a four-star hotel and total freedom to do what you want, and to decide where you go.
21. This advertisement is probably given by a ____________. A. shopping center B. hotel
C. travel agency D. tour guide
22. If you are particular about the hotel you stay in, you’d better choose _________. A. Tour Package 1 B. Tour Package 2 C. Tour Package 3 D. both A and B 23. You may see the advertisement ____________________. A. on New Year’s Day B. on Christmas Day
C. between New Year’s Day and Christmas D. before Christmas and New Year’s Day
B
When I recently told my friends, colleagues, and family members that I would be moving my family to Israel, the reactions were numerous and different. Some people said it was an expected thing while others asked: Why now? What will you do?
For me, making the move to Israel is the realization of a dream that has lasted for my 47 years of life. I have always known that Israel is my home. Over the years Israel has been in my heart, but I have found a number of reasons to put off making it my permanent residence(永久定居地): kids, the economy(经济), education…You name an excuse, and at some point I have probably used it.
Truthfully, I believe that I was always just a little bit scared. And of course I still am, with the fear factor that is reported by the press surrounding the Israeli army and enonomy. However, it has come to the point when I have realized that for
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