西安市第一中学2011-2012学年度第一学期高三年级英语试题及答案

43 A Nothing B Anything

44 A happiness B success

45 A choosing B waiting C Something D Everything C research C planning D life D demanding 第二部分 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）

阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

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On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.”

Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.

When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44 years , he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dreams were coming true.

Robert Friedlander’s next destinations (目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.

46. The best headline(标题) for this newspaper article would be ______ .

A. The Kingdom of Bicycles B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an

C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road D. An American Achieving His Aims

47. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order, _______ .

A. China, India, and Pakistan B. India, China, and Pakistan

C. Pakistan, China, and India D. China, Pakistan, and India

48. What made Friedlander want to come to China?

A. The stories about Marco Polo . B. The famous sights in Xi’an .