20172018学年度第一学期高一年级第二学段英语试卷 注意：本试卷共6页，满分100分，时间90分钟第I卷 （共50分）第一部分 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，共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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AArriving in New YorkHotelsThere are lots of good hotels in New York. The best is The Plaza on 5th Avenue but you dont have to pay a lot to stay there, for there are lots of smaller hotels for young people.Eating outThere are many kinds of food in New York and you shouldnt eat at McDonalds every day. There are good restaurants in Little Italy and Chinatown, for example.Places to seeThere are many places to see in New YorkTimes Square, the Statue of Liberty. And you shouldnt go home without climbing the Statue of Liberty to enjoy the scenery of the city.Public TransportIn New York ,theres a good bus and subway service. If you are planning to use the subway a lot, you should buy a subway ticket for the journey because its cheaper. 1. “ The Plaza” here is the name of _.A. a hotel B. a restaurant C. a place of interest D. a kind of transport2. When you visit New York, you should _.A. eat at McDonalds every day B. go home immediatelyC. stay at the best hotel D. climb the Statue of Liberty3. From the passage, we can learn that_.A. The best choice to travel in New York is taking a busB. the best restaurants in New York are all in ChinatownC. Young people had better live in some smaller hotelsD. people have to eat only one kind of food in New York BI have never traveled by plane but I would like to. Anyway, one can find advantages and disadvantages when traveling by plane.The most important advantage is that it is the fastest way of transport when you take a long-distance travel. One can arrive in Spain in almost two hours and a half by plane. He cant even realize time passing and he has arrived at his destination. He does not have to wait three days in order to arrive in Spain by coach (长途公共汽车), which makes him feel pain in his legs and feel tired.Then, think about the conditions. We are attended by a beautiful hostess who will take care of us on the flight. The comfort helps us forget about the possibility of some technical problems.Anyway, many people feel scared when it comes to flying in a plane.They say that the risks of losing your life in plane travel are higher than in car travel.Apart from this disadvantage, there are people who dont choose to travel by plane because they get altitude sickness and they think air fares are too high.One piece of advice I would like to give to people who choose to travel by plane is that they should not even think for a second about the plane crashing. Just relax, be comfortable and everything will be all right. Planes are well equipped and advanced technology tries to offer perfect protection to all passengers.4. The passage tells us _.A. the advantages of traveling by planeB. the disadvantages of taking a plane C. the comfort of traveling by planeD. both advantages and disadvantages of traveling by plane5. Which of the following is NOT the reason why people dont like to travel by plane?A. The risk of losing life is higher by plane.B. Some people have altitude sickness.C. It costs more to take a plane.D. They cant have a good sleep on a plane.6. Whats the authors attitude towards plane travel?A. She is fond of it.B. She is against it.C. She thinks it not reliable.D. She is worried about it. 7. What advice does the author give in the passage?A. Never travel by plane. B. Never worry about plane crashingC. Never forget the risks D. Never care about the time passing CWhen Joe was 13, his family was very poor. His sister would tell him that she had a headache because of no enough food, but there was nothing to give her. Joe made bad friends, who were always talking about stealing. Later, Joe did things bad. Finally, he was put behind bars. Joe has spent nearly three years in a prison in Douglas, South Africa. “I want to be a bright, bright star. I want people, when they hear me, to see the darkness a little less.” The first seven months in prison he thought about “everything”. Then he started to write songs. “I started to put my feelings into words,” said Joe.Aron Turest-Swartz, noticed Joes music. “I was really shocked because I hadnt heard a voice like that before,” he said. Turest-Swartz visited Joe and listened to some of the 40 songs he had written in prison, and came up with the idea of recording an album (唱片) there.On December 13, 2010, the album he recorded in prison was released (发行). He was set free for good behavior after two years. That afternoon, Joe gave a concert at the prison to celebrate his freedom and his CD, Crazy Life. Joe got into a crowd favorite.8. Joe was put into prison for _. A. fighting.B. s