2016-2017学 年 深 圳 市 高 级 中 学 高 三 年 级 第 一 次 考 试 试 卷英 语 科 试 题 注意事项：1. 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在答题卡相应的位置。3. 全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。4. 考试结束后，只交答题卡。 第Ⅰ卷第二部分 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。 AThe chance of a snowy holiday season in most American cities is practically impossible this year, so any festive atmosphere to be enjoyed will have to be the imaginary sort. Luckily, there are books for that.The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenAny reader of fairy tales knows Andersen’s responsible for the snowy scenes in "The Snow Queen", the story of children Kai and Gerda, who must face the goddess-like woman who controls all snowflakes after Kai is kidnapped. Family Life by Akhil SharmaIt's a beautiful yet tragic novel about an Indian family immigrating to America, only to face entirely new hardships. Sharma's novel isn't entirely set in the wintertime, but his poetic descriptions of winter weather as lovely yet isolating make it a great choice for a December read.Frankenstein by Mary ShelleyGo ahead and give up movie adaptation that has been produced recently and read or re-read the classic itself. You know the story: a scientist driven by his ambition discovers a method for creating life, and spends two years cobbling together a living creature, who later feels anger about him.An American Childhood by Annie DillardDillard's first book is, as its title suggests, about her change from being a self-centered child to being an adult more concerned...
