辽宁省沈阳市东北育才双语学校2013-2014学年高一下学期期中考试英语
试题答题时间:120分钟 满分:150分 命题人:高一英语组 校对人:高一英语组 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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 a it was a sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night. the morning after the storm, though, was beautiful blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently. my father realized it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him. i was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but i decided to go all the same. i’m so glad i did. on the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape. after all, it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea. as we got on board, we noticed two big humps(脊背) in the distance. on approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby. we couldn’t believe it — there aren’t any whales along the coast here. the storm m