精品解析：2023届北京市西城区高三一模英语试卷

2023届北京市西城区高三一模英语试卷 第一部分：知识运用(共两节，30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。 As a child growing up in the 1980s, Marlene Irvin took many trips to Joyland, an amusement park in her hometown of Wichita, Kansas. She got excited the moment her family drove into Joyland’s parking lot. “The carousel circling at the entrance to the park was always the____1____for me,” Marlene said. “I could watch the horses for hours.” Joyland certainly made a/an____2____ impression on Marlene, as she got her “first real job” years later at Wichita’s Chance Manufacturing, the largest maker of amusement park rides in the world at the time. Marlene started in the fiberglass workshop, where the carousel horses’ frames, along with parts for Ferris wheels, roller coasters, and other rides, were pieced together. She____3____found her way to Chance’s art and decoration department, becoming one of the lead horse artists. Then, after working at Chance for nearly fifteen years, Marlene decided to start her own business, focusing on carousel restoration. Around the same time, Joyland started experiencing a____4____ in attendance. At last, to the heartbreak of Wichitans young and old, Joyland____5____ after more than fifty years of operation. Local preservation organizations purchased some of the park’s historical items, and Joyland’s thirty-six carousel horses were donated to Botanica, a Wichita-owned botanical garden. Botanica asked Marlene to____6____ the old, broken horses, and she accepted the challenge. As Marlene finished each horse, Botanica____7____ them for the public to see. Although they looked____8____compared to their glory (辉煌) days at Joyland, thanks to Marlene’s artistic efforts, the horses impressed observers even more than they had before. When native Wichitans saw them, their most____9____question was: “Will we be able to ride them?” Even as_______10_______, they remembered riding the horses at Joyland when they were kids. Marlene alway