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共61小题，约3410字。
　　集宁一中2016-2017学年第一学期期中考试高二年级英语试题
　　本试卷分I卷（选择题）和II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分120分。
　　考试时间：100分钟。
　　第I卷（选择题，共70分）
　　第一部分：阅读理解（两节，共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
　　“We’re more than halfway now; it’s only two miles farther to the inn,”said the driver.
　　“I’m glad of that!”answered the stranger. He wanted to say more but the east wind blew right down his throat whenever he tried to speak.
　　“You don’t feel the cold so much at twenty below zero out in the Western Country. There’s none of this coldness,”he said, adding, “and wetness.”
　　“You’ll have a cold drive going back,”he said anxiously, and put up his hand for the twentieth time to see if his coat collar was as close to the back of his neck as possible. He had wished a dozen times that he were in his warm old hunter’s clothes which he had often worn in the worst of weather in the northwest.
　　“I shall not have to go back!”said the girl in a loud voice, with eager pleasantness. “I'm on my way home now. I drove over early just to meet you at the train. We had word that someone was coming to the inn.”
　　1.How far was the drive from the train to the inn?
　　A. One mile.   B. Two miles. 
　　C. Less than four miles.   D. A little over four miles
　　2.The driver was ____.
　　A. an old man   B. a stranger   C. a girl   D. from the Western Country
　　3.From the passage we know that the two speakers are facing ____.
　　A. west   B. east   C. northwest   D. south
　　4.According to the stranger, in the West the winters are ____.
　　A. cold and relatively dry   B. cold and relatively wet
　　C. wet and relatively warm   D. warm and relatively dry
　　5.How many characters are there in the passage?
　　A. One.   B. Two.   C. Three.   D. Four.
　　B
　　I’m a real book lover. Every time my friends visit me, my nose is buried in a book. Wherever I go, I always have a book with me. Novels, history books, stories about people, journals and news—I read them all and I’ve learnt a lot, too. For example, many things in life happen for the best even if we don’t linderstand them.
　　Why is reading such an enjoyable pastime for me? I probably first learned about it from my parents. My mother read to me at night in my childhood and bought me p