北京市中国农业大学附属中学2023-2024学年高三上学期9月月考英语试题

 

中国农业大学附属中学2023~2024学年度九月月考

高三英语

本试卷共8页，共100分。考试时长90分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题纸（卡）上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题纸（卡）一并交回。

第一部分：知识运用（共两节，30分）

第一节  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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A Very Special Special Olympian

I am thankful to this day that I signed up volunteering in this Special Olympics event. If I had missed the event, I would have missed one of the most unforgettable moments that I have ever ____1____.

Standing at the finish line, I was able to witness many amazing efforts and close races. I was most impressed by the effort each athlete put into his or her event. What also impressed me was the sincere ____2____ each athlete expressed while participating though sometimes the joy of participating in a sporting event can get ____3____ in the fierce competition of winning and losing.

Then an amazing moment happened right before my eyes. A group of athletes were ____4____ up to run a short race. One of them was in a wheelchair, a little girl with a ____5____ smile. The gun sounded. They were off. Runners sped up in the track with all their might. There she was, pumping her arms with all the ____6____ she had. Her efforts were getting little result, but that did not stop her. I noticed as she got closer that she also had an injured arm. But that did not stop this bright star. The race was long over ____7____ the young athlete kept pumping her arms. As she finally ____8____ the finish line, the noise of the crowd was thunderous. There I stood cheering, with tears falling down my cheeks.

After all these years, I can still hear those cheers. I grew up a lot that day because of the ____9____ of that little girl in the wheelchair. I was _____10_____ that day of a poem from a book that states, “Whatever you do, do it with all your might.”

1. A. ignored B. controlled C. witnessed D. imagined

2. A. joy B. belief C. trust D. confidence

3. A. stuck B. increased C. respected D. lost

4. A. mixed B. called C. lined D. piled

5. A. huge B. narrow C. weak D. hard

6. A. desires B. courage C. energy D. dreams

7. A. but B. and C. or D. so

8. A. felt B. neared C. took D. raised

9. A. honesty B. bravery C. popularity D. creativity

10. A. warned B. persuaded C. informed D. reminded

第二节  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

语法填空

Sammy Armstrong was driving to his office when he____11____(notice) a car was stuck on railroad tracks. Then he heard a train whistling. Sammy threw down his sunglasses and keys and ran toward the car. ____12____elderly man, Jean Papich, eighty-four, sat in the driver’s seat, ____13____ (turn) the key hitting the gas. His wife, Marion, seventy-eight, was looking ____14____ (nervous) at him. Then Sammy walked toward the car and pushed it forward, but his boot slipped on the warm asphalt (沥青).

B

语法填空

I was nine when I arrived at Charlotte Avenue Elementary School in Nashua. I barely passed the third grade and the fourth grade. I ____15____(convince) I wasn’t “smart”. Ms. Jambard ____16____ taught me in the fifth grade, took an instant liking to me. Of all the ____17____(subject) in school, reading was my favorite.

C

语法填空

Have you ever been to London? Which famous sites did you visit? Or, if it is the first time that you____18____ (be) there, which one will you check out? Some world famous ____19____ (culture) sites may already be on your list: Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and the London Tower. However, a tour of London would be incomplete ____20____  checking out the London art scene.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38分）

第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Planning to get away? Think passport first

If you’re planning to get away from it all this year, you should think passport first. Checking you have a valid passport before you book your trip takes minutes but could save you the trouble and cost of not being able to go.

Renewing (更新) your passport before it runs out

You can renew your passport up to 9 months before it can no longer be legally used. So take the time now and save the tears later.

Applying for a passport for the first time

Our eligibility (资格) checks mean that it takes a minimum of one week to issue (颁发) a passport. So make sure you don’t leave it to the last minute and apply in plenty of time.

Help with your application is just around the corner

Selected Post Office branches and Worldchoice travel agents offer a Check and Send service that helps you with your application. It’s convenient and you should receive your passport within 2 weeks.

If you need to apply for or renew a passport, you can either:

Pick up a Passport Application Form at Selected Post Office branches and Worldchoice travel agents.

Or call the Application Form Request line on 0901 4700 100 or visit www.passport.gov.uk

If your need is urgent, call 0870 521 0410 for an appointment at one of our offices. We can’t guarantee to see customers without an appointment.

From 14th January a guaranteed same day (passport renewals only) or one week service will be available from passport public counters.

*Calls will be charged 60p per minute and the cost per call should not normally be more than 90p.

*Calls are charged at national rates.

21. When applying for a passport for the first time, you need to know that ______.

A. passports can be legally used forever

B. passports are issued at the last minute

C. application checks take at least one week

D. applications are selected by post office branches

22. According to the passage, you can meet your urgent need by ______.

A. going to the offices directly