2017年内蒙古包头市第三十三中学高三上学期期中考试英语试题.docVIP

包三十三中2016～2017学年度第一学期期中2考试 高三年级英语试卷 时间：2016-11-25 150分，考试时间100分钟。 注意事项： 1.考生务必将自己的姓名、考号用相应的笔填、涂在答题卡上。 2.每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。 3. 第Ⅱ卷试题用黑色中性笔作答。 第Ⅰ卷（选择题 ） 第一部分 听力 (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，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A It was the mens skating finals of the Winter Olympics when l was 16. Someday Id be in the Olympics. In fact, it was my dream. That night I lay on our living room floor excitedly watching the battle between the Brians: American Brian Boitano facing Brian Orser in Canada. Both of them had been world champions. Both of them deserved to win. Naturally l was for Brian Boitano,a northern Californian like me. We had skated on the same ice. I held my breath in amazement. Boitano performed successfully. The gold medal! I jumped in the air when his score went up. But what happened next is what Ill never forget. Brian Boitano sat in front of the camera with his coach, surrounded by a group of journalists. He was talking about his career and his medal, talking to the whole world. A terrible sinking feeling went through me. I could never be in the Olympics, I thought. I could not talk in public like that. Just the idea of a press conference terrified me. I loved skating partly because I didnt have to talk. I could express myself with my jumps and dances better. I didnt have to stand up and give a speech like some teachers expected. I could feel the blood rush to my face if I thought a teacher was going to call me. I stared at my shoes. 1 was sure Id make a fool of myself. The next day l was at the rink（溜冰场）as usual.1 was practising a combination of jumps that had once seemed impossible. 1 worked very hard the next few years - on the ice and especially off. After journalists talked to me and although my heart pounded every time I spoke to them, I got to know them. They became familiar faces. And they got to know me. So when my big moment came four years after Brians, I