[中学联盟]江西省兴国县第三中学2016-2017学年高一英语周练试题（无答案）（2016.9.18）.docVIP

兴国三中高一英语周周练（一） 命题人：邓关仁生 2016.9.18 一、阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分，共20分） A The University of Sheffield English Language Teaching Center Come and learn English in a safe, friendly city—Sheffield, close to a beautiful National Park. ●We offer courses in: Academic, General and Business English. ●We provide: A choice of homestay Or residential accommodation Plenty of leisure activities. Whether you want to study for a few weeks of a year, for university preparation, work of general interest, we have the course for you. Contact us on: elt@sheffield. ac. uk http: //www.shef.ac.uk/eltc 1. The University of Sheffield is loca 2.We know from the passage that Sheffield is . A. a national park B. a city C. a country D. a professor 3. English language teaching centre offers . A. business courses B. English courses C. French courses D. general courses B I took my first flying lesson at 13. My father later told me that it was to scare me out of flying! He said that flying was a hard business and that I wouldn’t like it. You see, he worked for Eastern Airlines many years ago as a manager. After Continental bought Eastern Airlines, he lost the job that he loved and wanted to protect me from going through the same pain.[来源:学|科|网] My father reluctantly agreed to pay for my first lesson. My first teacher was a young man named Peter who was just waiting to be an airline pilot himself. “Relax,” he told me. “You’ll be surprised at how fast you catch on.” He explained all the airplane’s controls. “Always be gentle with the controls…relax, be careful and easy,” he said. The palms of my hands were wet as I pushed the throttle forward for full power. I held the control wheel in front of me to feel what Peter did to take off. Speed up…airspeed…45…50…55…hold gentle back pressure…lift off, we were flying! It was amazing. An hour before, I had had no idea that I could pilot a plane so easily and confidently. I had learned something new and felt bigger for the exp