山西大学附属中学2017届高三上学期期中考试 英语 含答案.doc

山西大学附中 2016 ~ 2017 学年高三第一学期 11 月(总第五次)模块诊断英语试题考查时间: 100 分钟考查内容:高考内容第一部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分 60 分) 第一节: (共 15 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( A、B、C和D )中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A I had an ettable experience with my friends ona plane three years ago. W hile we were waiting for it to take off, the pilot ’s voice was heard throughout the plane: “ Sorry for the delay, ladies and gentlemen. Our engines don ’t work. We are going to jump-start them. Once we get them going , we ’ ll get up in the air and see what happens. ” That was all he said. “ See what happens? ” Shouldn ’t we have had a better plan than that? At that point. I could only laugh nervously. One woman started crying. “ Oh no! We are going to crash! ” There were sighs of hopelessness and anxiety, and we hadn ’t even taken off yet. The pilot even seemed unhappy. He told us our one engine was working double time, and his plan was to get up in the air and see what happens! Then we did. We got up in the air, and what happened? Nothing. We arrived in Norfolk, and no sooner had the wheels touched down than applause burst out as everyone on the airplane breathed a sigh of relief. All too often, people stop trying to achieve their goals just because they don ’t have a guaranteed result. But ess will never be guaranteed. The best thing that you can do is just get up in the air, and see what happens. While I do prefer planning better th