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1、山西省忻州市田家炳中学2016-2017学年高二英语上学期期中试题注意事项：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,oraworld
2、recordbroken,butashowofcourage・Theeventwasswimmingandstartedwithonlythreemenontheblocks.Foronereasonoranother,twoofthemfalsestarted,sotheyweredisqualified.That1eftonlyonetocompete.Ttwou1dhavebeendifficultenough,nothavinganyonetoraceagainst,eventhoughthetimeo
3、ntheclockisimportant・1watchedthemandiveofftheblockandknewrightawaythatsomethingwaswrong・I1mnotanexpertswimmer,butIcantellagooddivefromapoorone,andthiswasnotexactlymedalquality.Whenheresurfaced,itwasevidentthatthemanwasnotoutforgoldbecause.hisarmswerewavingin
4、anattemptatfreestyle・Thecrowdstartedtolaugh・Clearlythismanwasnotamedalcompetitor・1listenedtothecrowdbegintolaughatthispoormanwhowasclearlyhavingahardtime-Finallyhemadehisturntostartback.Itwaspitiful.Hemadeafewdesperatestrokesandyoucouldtel1hewaswornout.Butin
5、thosefewawfulstrokes,thecrowdhadchanged・Nolongerweretheylaughingbutbeginningtocheer.Someevenbegantostandandshout“Comeon,youcandoit!”andhedid・Aclearminutepasttheaverageswimmer,thisyoungmanfinallyfinishedhisrace.Thecrowdwentwi1d.Youwouldhavethoughtthathehadwon
6、thegold,andheshouldhave.EventhoughherecordedoneofthesiowesttimesinOlympichistory,thismmigavemoreheartthananyoftheothercompetitors.Justashortyearago,hehadneverevenswum,letalonerace.HiscountryhadbeeninvitedtoSydney.1.FromthepassagewecanlearnthattheyoungmanA.ma
7、dehisturntostartbackpitifullyB.wasskillfulinfreestyleinthegameC.swamfasterthantheaverageswimmerD.wasnotcapableenoughtowinthemedal2.ThecrowdchangedtheirattitudesbecauseA.theyfeltsorryfortheyoungmanB.theyweremovedbytheyoungmanscourageC.theywantedtoshowtheirsym
8、pathyD.theymeanttopleasetheyoungman3.What"sthebesttitleforthepassage?A.CompeteforGold!B.Tryagain!C.BreakaRecord!D.Goforit!BSPECIALEVENTSTHISWEEKENDCaptainGoodFellowDoyouenjoyinterestingstories,f
