2017届高考一轮复习浙江省高三上学期英语分类汇编三：阅读理解（一）
<p> 2017届高考一轮复习浙江省高三上学期英语分类汇编三：阅读理解（一）</p><p> 一.（ 金华一中2017学年第一学期期中考试）</p><p> <span word="A">A</span></p><p> <span word="Our">Our</span> <span word="listener">listener</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Vietnam">Vietnam</span>. <span word="Quang">Quang</span> <span word="Khoi">Khoi</span> <span word="asks">asks</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="Murphy">Murphy</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Law">Law</span>. <span word="Murphy">Murphy</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Law">Law</span> <span word="says">says</span>: “<span word="Everything">Everything</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="possibly">possibly</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span>.” <span word="Like">Like</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="sayings">sayings</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="explanation">explanation</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p><p> <span word="Those">Those</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="Murphy">Murphy</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Law">Law</span> <span word="agree">agree</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="Air">Air</span> <span word="Force">Force</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="expression">expression</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="officer">officer</span> <span word="Edward">Edward</span> <span word="Murphy">Murphy</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="engineer">engineer</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="space">space</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1949. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="Captain">Captain</span> <span word="Murphy">Murphy</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="commenting">commenting</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="failure">failure</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="equipment">equipment</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="experiment">experiment</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="reportedly">reportedly</span> <span word="mentioned">mentioned</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worker">worker</span> <span word="responsible">responsible</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="saying">saying</span>: “<span word="If">If</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="it">it</span>.” <span word="Another">Another</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="Murphy">Murphy</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Law">Law</span>.</p><p> <span word="A">A</span>nother story is found in a book called A History of Murphy’s Law by Nick Spark. It says members of the research team working with Captain Murphy created a similar phrase: “If it can happen, it will happen.” They called this Murphy’s Law. But Spark later said there are in fact many different explanations about who invented the expression.</p><p> <span word="Still">Still</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="term">term</span> <span word="Murphy">Murphy</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Law">Law</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="later">later</span>. <span word="John">John</span> <span word="Stapp">Stapp</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="Air">Air</span> <span word="Force">Force</span> <span word="captain">captain</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="spoke">spoke</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reporters">reporters</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tests">tests</span> <span word="completed">completed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Captain">Captain</span> <span word="Murphy">Murphy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="team">team</span>. <span word="Stapp">Stapp</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tests">tests</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Air">Air</span> <span word="Force">Force</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> “<span word="Murphy">Murphy</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Law">Law</span>” <span word="before">before</span> <span word="carrying">carrying</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="experiments">experiments</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="meant">meant</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="everything">everything</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="planned">planned</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prevent">prevent</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="mistakes">mistakes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="happening">happening</span>.</p>
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