北京市昌平区2020届高三上学期期末考试英语试题

昌平区2019-2020学年第一学期高三年级期末质量抽测 英  语 笔试部分 本试卷共10页，共120分。考试时长100分钟。 考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分：知识运用（共两节，45分） 第一节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 A You are never too old to go after your dreams. Many people don’t let age stop them. If they want to do something, they just do it. For example, Gladys Burrill ran her first marathon at 86. She became famous when she 1 (finish) the Honolulu Marathon(檀香山马拉松). She was 92 then. Life is about change, so don’t be afraid to take your 2 (one) step. It is easy after you do that. So, stop 3 (think) about your dreams, and start doing something about them. B How can horses find their way back from a strange environment? For most people, that would be impossible without a map. Horses have a special system in their brains, and it works just 4 GPS. It shows signs for trees and other objects in their home areas. It also takes notes of new things in new areas. 5 horses keep t