安徽省淮北市第一中学、合肥市第六中学2017-2018学年高一下学期期末联考英语试题第I卷（共70分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15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和D）中，选出最佳选项。AHolidaysHoliday NewsVacancies now and in the school holidays at a country hotel in Devon. This comfortable, friendly home-from-home lies near the beautiful quiet countryside, but just a drive away from the sea. The food is simple but good. Children and pets are welcome. Reduced prices for low season.The Snowdonia CenterThe Snowdonia Center for young mountain climbers has a mountain lesson. The beginners costs are 57 for a week, including food and rooms. Equipment is included except walking shoes, which can be hired at a low cost.You must be in. good health and prepared to go through a period of body exercises. This could be the beginning of a lifetime of mountain climbing adventure.The World Sea Trip of a LifetimeOur World Sea Trip of 2008 will be unlike any holiday you have ever been on before. Instead of one hotel after another, with all its packing and unpacking waiting and traveling, you just go to bed in one country and wake up in another.On board the ship, you will be well taken care of. Every meal will be first-class and every cabin will be like your home.During the trip, you can rest on deck （甲板）, enjoy yourself in the game rooms and in the evening dance to our musical team and watch our wonderful play.You will visit all the places most people only dream aboutfrom Acapulco and Hawaii to Tokyo and Hong Kong. .For a few thousand pounds, all youve ever hoped for can be yours.21. What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?A. Visit Acapulco and Hawaii. B. Go to the Snowdonia Centre.C. Join the World Sea Trip of 2008. D. Choose the holiday in Devon.22. In what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays?A. It offers a sport lesson. B. It provides customers with good food.C. It provides chances of family gatherings. D. It offers comfortable room.23. At the Snowdonia Centre, the beginners costs of 57 do not cover .A. food B. rooms C. walking shoes D. body exercises【答案】21. D 22. A 23. C【解析】【21题详解】细节理解题。从Holiday News倒数第二句话可知：孩子和宠物是受欢迎的。故如要带宠物度假的话，只能选择D项。【22题详解】细节理解题。从The snowdonia Centre第一句话可知：The snowdonia Centre给登山者提供登山培训课。C项并没有提到；B、D项是一般的度假中心都提供的。故选A。【23题详解】细节理解题。根据The Snowdonia Center中The beginners costs are 57 for a week, including food and rooms. Equipment is included except walking shoes, which can be hired at a low cost.可知，在斯诺登尼亚中心，初学者的费用是57英镑，不包括步行鞋。故选C。BIn the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopted and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantasticand very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No,3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8! Our home was a complete zoo a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college fulltime. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester.The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree!I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when youre looking at a big challenge from the outside, it looks huge, but when youre in the midst of it, it just seems normal Everything you want wont arrive in your life on one day. Its a process. Remember: little steps add up to big dreams.24. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?A. She wanted to study by herself. B. She fell in love and got married.C. She suffered from a serious illness. D. She decided to look after her grandma.25. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?A. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.B. She wanted to remain a full time housewife.C. She was busy yet happy with her family life.D. She was too confused to make a c