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　　2016——2017学年高一年级期中考试
　　英语试题
　　本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟。
　　注意事项：
　　1．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。
　　2．每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。
　　3．二卷试题用黑色中性笔作答。
　　第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共100分）
　　第一部分  阅读理解（共20小题；每小题3分，满分60分）
　　第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
　　A
　　In 1978, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 270 km away from Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five fays off from duty. Unfortunately, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought I’d hitch a ride (搭便车).
　　I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon. He said that although he couldn’t give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch. He noticed me standing for hours in the November heat and thought I must be hungry. I was doubtful as a young girl but he assured （使…放心）me I was safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.
　　Twenty-five years later, in 2003, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to hitch a ride. I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the kindness I’d been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked him up. I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water.
　　After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, “You haven’t changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same.” I couldn’t remember where I’d met him. He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago. It was Gordon.
　　1. The author had to hitch a ride one day in 1978 because          .
　　A. her work delayed her trip to Sydney
　　B. she was going home for her holidays
　　C. the town was far away from Sydney
　　D. she missed the only train back home
　　2. Which of the following did Gordon do according to Paragraph 2?
　　A. He helped the girl find a ride.
　　B
　　Thint the different ways that people use the wind. You can use it to fly a kite or to sail a boat. Wind is one of our cleanest and richest power sources（来源）, as well as one of the oldest. Evidence shows that windmills（风车）began to be used in ancient Iran back in the seventh century BC. They were first introduced to Europe during the 1100s, when armies returned from the Middle East with knowledge of using wind power.
　　For many centuries, people used windmills to grind（磨碎）wheat into flour or pump water from deep underground. When electricity was discovered in the late 1800s, people living in remote areas began to use them to produce electricity. This allowed them to have electric lights and radio. However, by the 1940s, when electricity was available
　　to people in almost all areas of the United States, windmills were rarely used.
　　During the 1970s, people started becoming concerned about the pollution that is created when coal and gas are burned to produce electricity. People also realized that the supply of coal and gas would not last forever. Then, wind was rediscovered, though it means higher costs. Today, there is a global movement to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind.
　　5. From the text we know that windmills_________________.
　　A. were invented by European armies
　　B. have a history of more than 3000 years
　　C. used to supply power to radio in remote areas
　　D. have rarely been used since electricity was discovered
　　6. What was a new use for wind power in the late l9th century?
　　A. Sailing a boat.    B. Producing electricity.
　　C. Grinding wheat into flour.    D. Pumping water from underground.
　　7. One of the reasons wind was rediscovered in the 1970s is that________.
　　A. wind power is cleaner
　　B. it is one of the oldest power sources
　　C. it was cheaper to create energy from wind
　　D. the supply of coal and gas failed to meet needs
　　8. What would the author probably discuss in the para