山西省忻州市田家炳中学2016-2017学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题含答案

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1、忻州第十中学2016-2017学年第一学期期中考试高二年级英语注意事项：1.本试卷分为两卷，所有答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。2.本试卷共150分，考试时长120分钟。第一卷第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节（共15个小题；每小题3分，满分45分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AWhilewatchingtheOlympicstheothernight,Icameacrossanunbelievablesight.Itwasnotagoldmedal,oraworldrecordbroken,butashowofcourage.Theeven

2、twasswimmingandstartedwithonlythreemenontheblocks.Foronereasonoranother,twoofthemfalsestarted,sotheyweredisqualified.Thatleftonlyonetocompete.Itwouldhavebeendifficultenough,nothavinganyonetoraceagainst,eventhoughthetimeontheclockisimportant.Iwatchedthemandiveofftheblockandknewrightawaythatsome

3、thingwaswrong.I¹mnotanexpertswimmer,butIcantellagooddivefromapoorone,andthiswasnotexactlymedalquality.Whenheresurfaced,itwasevidentthatthemanwasnotoutforgoldbecausehisarmswerewavinginanattemptatfreestyle.Thecrowdstartedtolaugh.Clearlythismanwasnotamedalcompetitor.Ilistenedtothecrowdbegintolaug

4、hatthispoormanwhowasclearlyhavingahardtime.Finallyhemadehisturntostartback.Itwaspitiful.Hemadeafewdesperatestrokesandyoucouldtellhewaswornout.Butinthosefewawfulstrokes,thecrowdhadchanged.Nolongerweretheylaughingbutbeginningtocheer.Someevenbegantostandandshout“Comeon,youcandoit!”andhedid.Aclear

5、minutepasttheaverageswimmer,thisyoungmanfinallyfinishedhisrace.Thecrowdwentwild.Youwouldhavethoughtthathehadwonthegold,andheshouldhave.EventhoughherecordedoneoftheslowesttimesinOlympichistory,thismangavemoreheartthananyoftheothercompetitors.Justashortyearago,hehadneverevenswum,letalonerace.His

6、countryhadbeeninvitedtoSydney.1.Fromthepassagewecanlearnthattheyoungman____.A.madehisturntostartbackpitifullyB.wasskillfulinfreestyleinthegameC.swamfasterthantheaverageswimmerD.wasnotcapableenoughtowinthemedal2.Thecrowdchangedtheirattitudesbecause____.A.theyfeltsorryfortheyoungmanB.theyweremov

7、edbytheyoungman’scourageC.theywantedtoshowtheirsympathyD.theymeanttopleasetheyoungman3.What’sthebesttitleforthepassage?A.CompeteforGold!B.Tryagain!C.BreakaRecord!D.Goforit!BSPECIALEVENTSTHISWEEKENDCaptainGoodFellowDoyouenjoyinterestings