精品解析：北京市人民大学附属中学2021-2022学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

2021北京人大附中高一（上）期中 英语 说明:本试卷共三道大题，共 7 页，满分 100 分，考试时间 90 分钟: 第一部分:知识应用(共三节，38 分) 第一节，(共 10 小题: 每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Leap (跳跃) to Honor Leaping on a narrow balance beam (平衡木) is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13- year-old gymnast, is an expert at it. To perfect her skills, Lola trains for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls. That’s especially impressive. Since she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and can’t____1____ how far away things are. When she was little, her mom____2____ that even though she couldn’t see well she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the sport right away and gymnastics became her favorite. Though learning gymnastics has been more____3____ for her than for some other teammates, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her____4____ stop her from doing anything that she wants to. She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest____5____ is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to trust your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go.” says Lola. To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most____6____ for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall____7____ the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10---her highest score yet. Lola doesn’t want to be____8____ differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision____9____ . She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her positive attitude. Lola never thinks about quitting. She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gym