广东省广州五中2016届高三英语上册期中考试题.doc

广东省广州五中2016届高三英语上册期中考试题.doc. net 教师助手学生帮手家长朋友 . net . net 教师助手学生帮手家长朋友 . net 广州五中 2015-2016 学年高三上学期期中考试试题英语第Ⅰ卷第一部分阅读理解(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,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 A You never forget your first whale. The impact it makes upon you is huge and life is never quite the same again. My first whale was a 40ft grey, off the coast of California in1979, and I’ve been a whale addict ever since. Now I have to go whale watching regularly just to survive normal daily life. I may be crazy but I am certainly not alone. The world is filled with whale watchers: since its beginnings in the mid-fifties, whale watching has grown dramatically and now more than 13 million people anized whale watching trips every year. As a faithful whale watcher, all your holidays center on whales. The only books you read are ones about whales; you wear whale T-shirts, and every time you meet your friends you talk about whales. So what is it about these larger-than-life animals that makes them so special? Their enormous size isone possible explanation: imagine sitting ina small boat next toa blue whale almost as long asa Boeing fact that we know so little about them is another possibility: modern technology has taken us to the moon and beyond, yet we are only just beginning to understand these extraordinary forms of intelligent life onour own . Planning and patience are just two essential