河南省濮阳市范县一中2017年度届高三英语下学期第一次考试试题新人教版本.docVIP

河南省濮阳市范县一中2014届高三英语下学期第一次考试试题新人教版 范县一中高三英语组 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷(非选择题) 第I卷 注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上 2.答案涂在答题卡上 第一部分：听力（共30分）： 略 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分共30分） 阅读下列短文从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并涂在答题卡上 A Soon after I started my career in business, I learned that Carl Weatherup , president of PepsiCo (百事可乐公司), was speaking at the University of Colorado. I tracked down the person handling his schedule and managed to get myself an appointment. I was told, however, that he was on a tight schedule and only had 15 minutes available after his talk to the business class. So there I was sitting outside the universitys auditorium, waiting for the president of PepsiCo. I could hear him talking to the students… and talking, and talking. I became alarmed: his talk wasnt ending when it should have. He was now five minutes over, which dropped my time with him down to 10 minutes. Decision time. I wrote a note on the back of my business card, reminding him that he had a meeting. You have a meeting with Jeff Hoye at 2:30 p.m. I took a deep breath, pushed open the doors of the auditorium and walked straight up the middle aisle (过道) toward him as he talked. Mr. Weatherup stopped. I handed him the card then I turned and walked out the way I came. Just before I reached the door, I heard him tell the group that he was running late. He thanked them for their attention, wished them luck and walked out to where I was now sitting, holding my breath, He looked at the card and then at me. Let me guess, he said. Youre Jeff. He smiled. I began breathing again and we grabbed (霸占) an office right there at school and closed the door. He spent the following 30 minutes offering me his time, some wonderful stories that I still use, and an invitation to visit him and his group in New York. But what he gave me that I value the most was the encouragement to continue to do as I had done. He said that it took nerve for me