河南省南阳市第一中学2016-2017学年高二下学期开学考试英语试题

南阳一中2017年春期高二开学考试 英语试题 温馨提示：本试题满分120分=阅读50+完形30+单词填空15+作文25 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） 第1节 阅读理解（共20小题，满分40分） A As a boy, Tim was much influenced by books about the sea, but in fact by the age of fifteen he had decided to become a doctor rather than a sailor. His father was a dentist and as a result, Tim had the opportunity of meeting many doctors either at home or elsewhere. When he was fourteen he was already hanging around the clinic of a local doctor where he was supposed to be helping to wrap up medicine bottles, but was actually trying to listen to the conversations taking place between the doctor and his patients in the next room. During the war Tim served in the Navy as a surgeon(外科医生). “That was the happiest time of my life. I was dealing with very real suffering and on the whole making a success of it.” In California he taught the country people simple facts about medicine. He saw himself as a life-saver. He had proved his skills to himself and his ability to make decisions. Thus