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北重三中2014-2015学年度第二学期期中考试
高一英语试题
（时间：120分钟满分：150分）
第一卷（请将答案涂在答题卡上）
第一部分阅读理解（共两节，40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
OnedayanAmericancalledSimonwenttoLondontovisithisfriend,Rick.Ricktoldhimthathisflatwasonthefirstfloor.Whenhearrived,Simonwentstraighttothefirstfloorofthebuilding.ButhewastoldthattherewasnoRickonthatfloor.Doyouknowwhy?
Infact,theBritishcallthefirstfloorofabuildingthegroundfloor.Thefloorabovethegroundflooristhefirstfloor,whichAmericanswouldcallthesecondfloor.
ThestoryshowsthatthereareafewculturedifferencesbetweenBritainandAmerica,thoughtheBritishandAmericansbothspeakEnglish.
TheBritishusuallyhidetheirfeelings.Theyseldomstartaconversationwithstrangers.Forexample,onthetraintheBritishoftenspendtheirtimereadingnewspapersorbooks.ButAmericansarequitedifferent.They’remoreactiveandeasiertotalkwith.
TheBritishandAmericansmayusedifferenttermsformanythings.TheBritishusuallyusefootball,eraserandmailwhileAmericansprefertousesoccer,rubberandpost.
1.SimonwenttoLondonto______.
A.visithisfriend B.spendhisholiday
C.studyEnglish D.haveameeting
2.WhichpictureshowsuswhereRick’sflatwas?______.

3.Accordingtothepassage,theBritishusuallyspendtheirtime______onthetrain.
A.playingcards B.talkingloudly
C.doingsomereading D.singinganddancing
4.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“terms”meaninChineseinthepassage?______.
A.成果 B.学期 C.会议 D.用语
B
Toomanypeoplewantotherstobetheirfriends,buttheydon’tgivefriendshipback.Thatiswhysomefriendshipsdonotlastverylong.Tohaveafriend,youmustlearntobeone.Youmustlearntotreatyourfriendthewayyouwantyourfriendtotreatyou.Learningtobeagoodfriendmeanslearningthreerules:behonest;begenerous;beunderstanding.
Honestyiswhereagoodfriendshipstarts.Friendsmustbeabletotrustoneanother.Ifyoudonottellthetruth,peopleusuallyfindout.Ifafriendfindsoutthatyouhaven’tbeenhonest,youmayloseyourfriend’strust.Goodfriendsalwaystrustoneanothertospeakandacthonestly.
Generosity(大度)meanssharingandsharingmakesafriendshipgrow.Youdonothavetogive