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顺义区2020—2021学年第一学期期末质量监测
高二英语试卷
一、完形填空(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。
Billy lived in a coal-mining town in the north of England. His mother was dead and his whole family was suffering from the loss. The father became silent and ___1___ tempered. Billy was quiet and lonely. The family had little money but his father scrimped to send Billy to a boxing club. Billy was not good at ___2___ and only went to make his father happy.
One day Billy came across a ballet class run by Mrs Wilkinson in the same hall as his boxing club. Billy was interested and Mrs Wilkinson invited him to ___3___ the all-girl class. Billy fell in love with ballet at once. In the tough mining town where Billy lives ballet is thought to be suitable only for ___4___. So he didn’t tell anyone about it but used his boxing club money for ballet lessons. After the secret was discovered, his close friends accepted it, ___5___ some other boys at his school laughed at him and called him “ballerina boy” and “girlie boy”. When Billy’s father finally learned about Billy’s dancing, there was a ___6___ argument and he was forbidden (禁止) to dance anymore. But Billy ___7___ his lessons. When his father found out, he was angry and ___8___ down to the hall to “beat some sense into him”. However, Billy danced in front of his father, performing a combination (组合) of tap dance, ballet and athletics. Billy’s ___9___ and talent shocked his father. He finally allowed Billy to go on dancing. Billy eventually struggled to become a successful dancer with the Royal Ballet.
Billy’s advice to young people is simple: “No matter what kind of ___10___ boys and girls have, they should go for it. So long as you go for it, you can make it.”
1. A. sweet B. cheerful C. bad D. easy
2. A. dancing B. boxing C. singing D. performing
3. A. hold B. drop C. join D. teach
4. A. girls B. boys C. kids D. adults
5. A. and B. but C. or D. so
6. A. huge B. friendly C. silly D. weak
7 A. learned B. miss