河北省邢台市2018-2019学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题 （无听力题 含解析）

邢台市2018-2019学年高一下学期期末考试 英语试题 考生注意: 1.本试卷共150分。考试时间120分钟。 2.请将各题答案填写在答题卡上。 3.本试卷主要考试内容:人教版必修3+必修4。 第一部分 听力(省略) 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Hong Kong and Paris are now the world’s most expensive cities to live together with Singapore. It’s the first time that three cities have been for the first place in the 30-year history of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2019 Worldwide Cost of Living Survey. Hong Kong moved up three places to join Singapore, which has been the world’s most expensive place to live for the last five years. Paris, which has been one of the top 10 since 2003, moved up this year from the second most expensive last year. Paris, Singapore and Hong Kong are all 7 percent more expensive to live than New York. The survey released on Tuesday compares the cost of 160 items, such as food, drink, transport, utility bills, and rent, in 133 cities. The top 10 most expensive cities are largely from Asian and European cities. ● Japan’s Osaka moved up six positions, and now shares the fifth place with Switzerland’s Geneva. ● New York and Los Angeles are the only North American cities in the top 10, to seventh place, a position it shares with Denmark’s Copenhagen. ● Los Angeles was named the 10th most expensive city in the world, along with Israel’s Tel Aviv. San Francisco has also become a more expensive place to live in. ● Swiss cities Zurich and Geneva, coming in at fourth and fifth (with Osaka), had the highest costs when it came to household, personal care and entertainment. 21. Which city ranks tenth in the world’s most expensive cities to live in? A. Hong Kong. B. Tel Aviv. C. Geneva. D. San Francisco. 22. Where do the top 10 most expensive cities to live in mainly come from? A. Asia and Europe. B. Asia and America. C. America and Africa D. America and Europe. 23. Which section of the newspaper does the text mostly appear in? A. Education. B. Amusement. C. Finance. D. Sports. B Three months from retirement (退休), I was anything but excited. Retirement felt more like an end than a new beginning. A new beginning didn’t come until I saw an advertisement in the newspaper for a little dog. I called to see if I could just have a look. To my surprise, they agreed. Within seconds of laying eyes on that small black-and-white fur ball, there was no way I went home without her. I named her Kelly. I kept her in a large box, with some toys. She was very energetic. Even after a long walk, she still required attention and care until I played a game with her, which almost drove me crazy. So I turned to my cousin. “Get her into a good dog school. A dog like Kelly is in need of friendship with other dogs,” he replied. It was amazing to watch Kelly run around a yard with other dogs. Best of all, I noticed how well-behaved Kelly was after the play. One day, a ... ...