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广东省河源市2016-2017学年高一英语上学期期中试题（无答案） 本试题分三个部分：阅读理解；英语知识运用；写作 ；满分120分，考试时间120分钟。 第部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分分） 第一节 （共15题;每小题分，满分分） 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 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。A What would it be like to be over 100 meters in the air？Besides taking a plane，there is a more interesting and relaxing way to experience it：having a ride on a Ferris wheel （摩天轮）． London Eye，England With a height of about 135 meters，the London Eye is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe．There are 32 cars（轿厢） and each can carry 25 people at most．On the ride，people can get a view of London Tower．Buckingham Palace and Big Ben．One turn takes 30 minutes． High Roller US It is the world’s tallest Ferris wheel．It is 168 meters tall．High Roller first opened in Las Vegas on March 31st，2014．A ride takes 30 minutes．You can also enjoy videos and music during the ride． Tianjin Eye，China Tianjin Eye is a 120﹣meter﹣tall Ferris wheel．It lies on a bridge over the Haihe River in Tianjin，China．It is the only Ferris wheel in the world to stand on a bridge．The wheel has 48 cars．Each can take eight passengers．People can get good views of the city during the 30﹣minute trip． Roue decision Paris France Roue decision Paris looks like all other Ferris wheels．It is about 60 meters tall and has 42 cars．But people can move it．Because of this，the big wheel has been to many other places like Manchester in the UK and Bangkok in Thailand． 1．There are　　　　　　cars in London Eye． A.25 B.30 C.32 D.135 2．The tallest Ferris wheel in the world is in　　　　　　． A．Paris B．Tianjin C．Las Vegas D．London 3．High Roller is　　　　　　meters taller than Tianjin Eye． A.33 B.48 C.60 D.108 B Once upon a time，a hippo （河马）lived in a river next to a big tree． One day，a bird came and nested （筑巢）in the tree．The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy （羡慕）that he couldn’t think of anything else．Every day he would think why he wasn’t born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so l