北京市海淀区2023-2024学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题

海淀区2023-2024学年第一学期期中练习 （2023.11） 高三英语 第一节：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。 On a sunny afternoon, Anthony Perry stepped off the train at Chicago's 69th Street station. The 20-year-old, who worked nights in a grocery store, was on his way to see his 1_________. On the platform, something unthinkable happened: a man fell over the edge and onto the electrified train tracks! As Perry and other horrified passengers watched, he shook uncontrollably as the __2___ moved through his body. "Help him!" someone cried. "Please, someone!" Perry couldn't just stand there and 3_________ . He sat at the edge of the platform and eased himself down. 4_________ all rails between the man and him were electrified, he quickly leaped towards the victim, using a high-knee technique from his high school football days. Perry soon reached down and grasped the victim's wrist. 5_________, he felt a powerful electric shock shoot through his body. Perry jumped back. He reached down a second time, and was shocked again. But the third lime he seized the man's wrist and forearm, and managed to move the guy's body away from the 6_________ . "Give him chest compressions!" yelled an old lady on the platform. Perry was no expert, but for a few moments he worked on the man's heart until the victim regained 7_________. Then, first-aiders arrived. Perry let the professionals 8_________. Heart still racing from the electric shocks, he climbed back up onto the platform, grabbed his things and continued on to his grandfather's. The evening news reported the incident, 9_________ an unnamed hero with saving the victim's life. To many, Perry's 10_________ deeds demonstrated the power of choosing compassion over personal safety. 1. A. manager B. client C. grandfather D. aunt 2. A. current B. oxygen C. wave D. blood 3. A. imagine B. watch C. shout D. record 4. A. Hoping B. Assuming C. Complaining D. Recalling 5. A.