[中学联盟]河南省太康县第一高级中学2016届高三上学期第二次考试英语试题

太康一高2015-2016上期高三往届第二次考试 英 语 A 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。 “How are things back at the office?” one of the gentlemen in my bicycle tour group asked me as we were nearing the end of another long ride through Croatia’s beautiful countryside. “I think they are going fine,” I said. “I haven’t had any contact and I don’t plan to.” “Your cell phone isn’t on?” he asked, incredulously (不相信地). “You haven’t checked your e-mails?” “My phone is off and no, I’m not planning on checking e-mails,” I said. My wife Heidi and I took our children, Daniel and Rachel, on a two-week trip to Croatia, one of the most beautiful countries in the world. We made a decision to spend all the time with each other. In order to share this wonderful experience, I tried to take us all out of the busy world that we live in. If I had my cell phone on and was constantly searching out a wireless connection to keep up with the office, I would just bring that busy wor