高中英语真题：02016-2017学年高一年级第一学期第二学段考试.pdfVIP

02016-2017 学年高一年级第一学期第二学段考 试 （满分100 分 考试时间 90 分钟） 请考生注意：所有题目的答案必须写在答题卡的指定位置，否 则不得分。 第一部分阅读理解 (本大题共 17 小题，每题 2 分，满分 34 分) 第一节（共 12 小题；每小题 2 分，共 24 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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 A Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the cit y streets at night and they were not paid. About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live there. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many thieve s who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their ho mes as much as possible. In 1750, Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to sto p thieves. They were like policemen and were called “Bow Str eet Runners” because they worked near Bow Street. Fifty years later, there were 120 “Bow Street Runners”, but Lo ndon had become very big and needed more policemen. So i n 1829, the first Metropolitan(or London)Police Force was star ted with 3,000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses. Until 1920 all the police in London were men . Today, London police are quite well paid and for the few polic e officers who still ride horses, the pay is even better than for t he others. 1. About 300 years ago, many people __________. A. wanted to leave London B. had big houses in London C. became policemen D. came to live in London 2. People didn’t leave their houses because___________ . A. they had no money B. they were afr aid of losing money C. the city was not clean D. they liked homes 3 . Today, police officers who ride horses are paid __________ A. the same as their workmates B. more than their workma tes C. half as much as their workmates D. less than their workm ates B Doctor and Robber One night about