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　　试题类型：A
　　“四校”2015—2016学年度高三第一次联考
　　英 语 试 题
　　注意事项：
　　1. 本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。
　　2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号等填写在答题卷相应的位置。
　　3. 全部答案在答题卡和答题卷上完成，答在本试卷上无效。
　　4. 本试卷卷面总分为120分，考生最终成绩按总分135分进行折算，折算公式：最终成绩=卷面成绩(总分120分)×1.125，四舍五入取整数计分。
　　第I卷
　　第一部分 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　During the cold winter days, there are some interesting festivals in the world. Look at the following ones.
　　Harbin Ice and Snow Festival
　　Place: China
　　Time: January 5 to February 5
　　People build incredible things out of ice and snow, decorating them with lights.
　　The Carnival of Venice
　　Place: Italy
　　Time: between February and March
　　One of the most beautiful festivals in the world, people wear masks and elaborate costumes to hide differences among classes, and there are contests for the best costumes.
　　Holi Festival
　　Place: India
　　Time: late February/ March, on the last full moon day
　　Hindus and Sikhs, in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka celebrate the main day of this incredibly fun 16-day festival by throwing colored powder and water at each other.
　　Sundance Film Festival
　　Place: Utah, the US
　　Time: end of February
　　The largest independent film festival in the US. Watch both feature films and shorts. You need to buy a ticket.
　　1. Which of the following festivals can’t be celebrated at the end of February?
　　A. Sundance Film Festival.        B. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival. 
　　C. Holi Festival.                 D. The Carnival of Venice.
　　2. If you want to watch wonderful films, you may go to _______.
　　A. India    B. China    C. America    D. Italy
　　3. If you go to Europe, which festival can you celebrate?
　　A. Sundance Film Festival        B. Holi Festival
　　C. The Carnival of Venice        D. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival.
　　B
　　Thomas James Hanson will remember for a long time the snowstorm that hit the state of New York on November 22. The 47-year-old man from Niagara Falls was stuck in his car on the highway for almost eight days after his vehicle was accidentally pushed to the side of the road and covered with snow by workers employed to remove the snow from the streets.
　　Driving on the Interstate Highway 190 during the worst of the snowstorm, Mr. Hanson decided to pull over his old 1993 Volkswagen Passat to the side of the road and wait for the weather conditions to improve. He remained motionless for approximately five hours before a snow plow arrived to clear the way. Unfortunately for the poor man, the driver of the gigantic snow removal vehicle did not see the small car, pushing it into the ditch and covering it with more than 2 meters of snow.
　　Fortunately for the father of two children, the snow that was stacked over his vehicle was not very dense and allowed for enough fresh air to get through to enable him to survive. He was able to drink water that he obtained by melting snow with his lighter in an aluminum coffee cup, and he ate the few items of groceries he had bought before going home.
　　“If I had known I would be stuck for eight days,