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HTML

<select id="selection">
    <option>list1</option>
    <option>list2</option>
</select>

CSS

#selection option
{
   background: url('http://media.somewhereinblog.net/images/thumbs/spellbinder_1322469097_1-htc-desire-hd_1.jpg') 0 0 no-repeat; 
   padding-left: 50px;
    height: 30px;
    background-size: 50%;
}