辽宁省葫芦岛市第一高级中学2016-2017学年高一下学期选拔考试英语试题

2016—2017学年下学期第一次考试 高一年级英语学科试题 满分120分 考试时间100分钟 第一部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分40分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A I hated dinner parties. But I decided to give them another shot because I'm in London. And my friend Mallery invited me. And because dinner parties in London are very different from those in New York. There "I'm having a dinner party" means: "I'm booking a table for 12 at a restaurant you can’t afford and we'll be sharing the cheque evenly (平均地), no matter what you eat." Worse, in Manhattan there is always someone who leaves before the bill arrives. They'll throw down cash, half of what they owe, and then people like me, who don't drink, end up paying even more. But if you try to use the same trick, the hostess will shout: "Where are you going ?" And I cannot say I have somewhere to go because everyone knows I have nowhere to go. But in London, dinner parties are in people's homes. Not only that, the guests are an interesting mix. The last time I