西北师大附中 2020-2021学年第一学期期中考试试题 高三 英语 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、学号填写在答题卡上。 2. 本试卷满分 120 分，考试时间 100 分钟。 3. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号框涂黑。 如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号框。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 4. 考试结束后,请将答题卡交回，试题自行保管。 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 There is nothing like travel when it comes to gaining perspectives and exposing yourself to other cultures. Here is a list of books that transport readers to another time and place. ITALY: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter This book is written by the popular author Jess Walter. It is a love story that begins on the Italian Coast in the early 60s and eventually appears on the screen in Hollywood. As the settings shift from Italy to Edinburgh to Los Angeles, you will find yourself longing to go as well. SEATTLE: Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple Maria Semple’s first novel is not exactly a love story to Seattle, but if you read it, you just might want to come here to see if people are really as self-involved as the characters in her book. What really shines through is the strange storytelling and the laugh. ENGLAND: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel You can’t travel to Thomas Cromwell’s England without a time machine, but reading Mantel’s prize-winning novel is the next best thing. It will make you long to see the ancient buildings and green grass of the English countryside, much of which is still there. NANTUCKER: Here’s to Us Elin Hildebrand Elin Hilderbrand has built a writing career about her hometown island of Nantucker. Her latest is Here’s to Us, which, perhaps not surprisingly, is a great beach read that will spice up your vacation. You won’t be able to put the page down and desire to get there. 1. Which book has been adapted for a film？ A. Here’s to Us. B. Wolf Hall. C. Beautiful Ruins. D. Where’d You Go, Bernadette. 2. What is the special feature of the Where’d You Go, Bernadette? A. Its low price. B. Its interesting characters. C. Its content about love. D. Its way of telling stories. 3. What can we infer about the books mentioned in the text? A. They inspire you to travel. B. They are all about love stories. C. They show the joy and sadness D. They help you to be self-involved. B One of the greatest contributors to the first Oxford English Dictionary was also one of its most unusual. In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would include every English word possible and would give not only the definition but also the history of the word and quotations(引文) showing how it was used. This was a huge task, so Murray had to find v ... ...
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