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昌平区2023年高三年级第二次统一练习
英语试卷笔试部分 2023.5
本试卷共共100分。考试时长90分钟。考生务必在答题卡指定区域作答,在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后,将答题卡交回。
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。
“Dear department,I would like your approval if I can have a unicorn(独角兽) in my backyard if I can find one. Please send me a letter in response." In mid-November, Joyce wrote a letter to the local department of animal care and control with a(n) 1 request.
Director Annabelle Bradshaw wrote back a few weeks later with good news. She said the department does in fact license unicorns under certain 2 Those include polishing the unicorn‘’s horn(角)at least once a month,giving it 3 access to sunlight, moonlight and rainbows, and feeding it watermelons at least once a week.
4 that Joyce would meet all the requirements, Bradshaw sent her a “preapproved unicorn license” for her future pet. “It is always 5 to hear from young people who consider providing a loving home to animals.” Bradshaw wrote. She deals with a lot of “emotionally exhausting” issues on the job. So Joyce's letter has 6 brightened her spirits. The first-grader also 7 her for wanting to ask permission in the first place, and doing her research to figure out how to go about that.
Joyce's mother didn't want to 8 her when she asked for a unicorn at first, so advised it might come down to getting approval. Joyce agreed and she 9 and an hour later she came back and said, “Will you help me 10 this?”
While the letter was received and replied to in a matter of weeks, Joyce thought the license would be a perfect present for her birthday this month.
1. A. special
B. urgent
C. reasonable
D. silly
2. A. structures
B. conditions
C. systems
D. programs
3. A. regular
B. similar
C. fair
D. instant
4. A. Upset
B. Concerned
C. Confident
D. Surprised
5. A. useful i
B. rewarding
C. necessary
D. important
6. A. normally
B. gradually
.C. greatly
D. carefully d''
7. A. impressed
B. admired
C. amused