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渤海高中2016-2017学年度第一学期期中高三英语学科试题考试时间：100分钟试题满分：120分2016.11本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。考查范围：必修1-4全册考生注意：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的考号、姓名填写在试题、答题纸和答题卡上，考生要认真核对涂准答题卡上的相关信息。2.第I卷每小题选出答案后，用2B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，再选涂其他答案标号。第Ⅱ卷用黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上书写作答。在试题卷上作答，答案无效。3.考试结束，监考员将答题纸和答题卡按对应次序排好收回。第Ⅰ卷选择题（共70分）第一节阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）。AKevingRogersusedtobemyboss.Atthattimehealwaystoldustosellmore.AssoonasIcould,Ilefthisshopandgotanewjobinanotherplace.ThelasttimeIsawRogerswasmorethantenyearsago.Atleastthat’swhatIthought.ButnowIamnotsosure.Iwasonmywaytomyofficeinthecentreoftown.Thereisasmallparknearby,whichIsometimeswalkthroughafterlunch.Theparkwasalmostemptyexceptforashabby-lookingmanononeofthosebenches.Themanlookedaboutfiftyyearsoldandwaswearinganoldgraycoat.Itwascoldandwindy,andhewastrembling.“It’salongtimesinceIhadameal.Canyouhelpme?”hesaid.Therewassomethingabouthisvoicethatsoundedfamiliar.Igavehimafewpennies.AshewentpastmeIlookedathisfaceclosely.IwonderedwhereIhadseenhimbefore.Thenitsuddenlycametome.Coulditpossiblybe…?No!Impossible,Ithought.Iwatchedhimwalkingaway.HewasthesameheightasRogersbutlookedalotthinnerthanIremembered.YesterdayIranintosomeonewhohadworkedforRogersatthesametimeasIdid,andhadstayedonlonger.IstartedtellinghimaboutthemanIhadseeninthepark.”ForamomentIthoughtitwasouroldboss.Butitcouldn’thavebeen.Rogersmustbetheheadofacompanynow.”Isaid.Myex-workmateshookhishead,?Ithoughtyouknew.”“Knew?Knewwhat?Whatareyoutalkingabout?”“Rogerswassenttoprisonsixyearsago.He’sprobablybeenoutbynow.ForallIknowheissleepingonparkbenchesandbeggingmoneyfrompassers-by.”1.WheredidthewriterlastmeetRogers?A.Inasmallpark.B.Inarestaurant.C.Inthecentreoftown.D.Inhisoffice.2.Whichofthefollowinghappenedfirst?A.Rogerswassenttoprison.B.Thewritergotajobinanotherplace.C.ThewritersawRogerstenyearsago.D.Theex-workmateleftRogers’company.3.Thestorydoesn’tmentionanythingabout______.A.whathappenedtoRogerssixyearsagoB.whatRogerslookedlikeC.whyRogerswassenttoprisonD.howRogerswaslivingon4.Thereasonwhythemanwastremblingwasthat______.A.hewasillB.hewasveryexcitedC.hebecameverypoorD.hefeltcoldandhungryBWiththegrowthoftheEuropeanUnionandincreasedglobalisation,Englishisincreasinglythelinguafranca（通用语）inEuropeanbusinesses,andthosewhospeakithavebecometheelite（精英）oftheworkforce．Inthepast,onlyafewspecialistsinacompanywereneededtocommunicatewithforeignbusinesses．However,inthesedaysofmultinationalcompanies,whereworkersarerequiredtocommunicatewithotheremployeesfromseveralcountries,acommonlanguageisessentialandEnglishhasbecomethelogicalchoice．Nowadays,evenblue-collarworkersinmanycompaniesarerequiredtospeakEnglish．Forexample,justoverthreeyearsago,aDutchcompany．UnitedPan-EuropeanCommunications（UPC）,wascontractedtobuildaTVstudioinAmsterdam．Thejobinvolvedmanyelectricians—morethanthecompanycouldfindintheNetherlands．TherewereplentyofqualifiedelectriciansinnearbyFranceandBelgium,buttheAmericanandDutchexecutives(高管)ofUPCwantedeveryoneonthejobtospeakandunderstandthesamelanguage．So,theUPChiredBritishelectriciansandflewthemtoAmsterdameveryMonday,accommodatingtheminhotelsalloverthecity,andflyingthemhomeonFridayevenings．Increasingly,workerswhocanspeakEnglishearnsalaries25-35%higherthanthosewhocan't．Theyarealsoeligible（有条件被选中的）forawiderrangeofhigh-leveljobs．Theproblemisthat,whiletheabilitytospeakEnglishisfastbecomingessential（很重要）forgettingagoodjob,thereisashortageofpeoplewhocanspeakit．AccordingtoarecentEuropeanCommissionreport,onlyabout41%ofcontinentalEuropeanscanspeakEnglish,andonly29%speakitwellenoughtocarryonaconversation．ManycompaniesaresolvingthisproblembysettingupEnglishlanguageschoolswithintheworkplace．EnglishlanguageschoolsalloverEuropeareexpandingatahugerate,andgovernmentsarelookingatwaystoimproveEnglishtuitioninschools．OneresultofthismodemurgetolearnEnglishisthatagenerationgapisappearing．AccordingtoaEuropeanUnionstudy,67%ofEuropeansbetween15and24saytheycanspeakEnglishwhileonly18%ofthoseover55saytheycan．Increasingly,alloverEurope,itisthechildrenwhoareleadingtheparents．5．InEuropeancompanies,workerswhospeakEnglish________．A．finditeasytocarryonaconversationB．haveanadvantageoverotherworkersC．mustbewhite-collarworkersD．traveltomanydifferentcountries6．WhydidtheUPChiretheBritishelectricians?A．TherewerenotenoughelectriciansinnearbyFranceandBelgium．B．BritishelectriciansweremorequalifiedthanthoseintheNetherlands．C．TheUPCwantedalltheemployeestospeakEnglish．D．TheUPCmeanttoshowtheywererichenoughtoaccommodateandflythem．7．WhatcanyoulearnfromthepassageaboutEuropeanpeople?A．MoreyoungpeoplecanspeakEnglishwellthanolderpeople.B．67%EuropeanscanspeakEnglishverywell．C．18%ofthepeopleover55can'tspeakEnglish．D．OverhalfthepeoplecanspeakEnglish．CBERLIN—Withthecrisis（危机）inJapanraisingfearsaboutnuclear（核能）power,GermanyandSwitzerlandsaidonMondaythattheywouldreassess（再次评估）thesafetyoftheirownreactors（[核]反应堆）.DorisLeuthard,theSwissenergyminister,saidSwitzerlandwouldputoffplanstobuildnuclearplants.Shesaidnonewoneswouldbepermitteduntilexpertshadreviewedsafetystandards.Germanywillputoff“the