2015.10月市北高一英语.docx

 PAGE 11 /  NUMPAGES 11 市北中学2015-2016学年度第一学期 高一年级英语试卷 2015.10 注意： 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（笫1-13页）和第Ⅱ卷（第14页），全卷共14页。所有答題必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。 答題前，务必在答題纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码貼在指定位置上，在答題纸反面清楚地填写姓名。 第I卷 （共103分） I. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. (A) Istanbul has just been named the hottest destination for 2014 by a poll on Trip Advisor, the world’s largest travel website. So what makes Turkey’s largest city such a traveling gem? As the only city in the world 25)_________ crosses two continents, Istanbul –– once 26)________ (know) as Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine and then Ottoman empires –– also straddles (跨越) the ancient and modern worlds. This is a magical city, 27)________ that combines centuries of history with a dramatic rise as one of the most energetic cities in Asia and Europe. From the city walls to the Topkapi Palace and the Blue Mosque (清真寺), Istanbul’s historic structures are breathtakingly beautiful. 28)_________ no longer the country’s capital, Istanbul remains the economic and cultural heart of modern Turkey, where East really meets West. In conservative districts, bearded men 2