北京东城区2023-2024学年高二上学期期中英语试题

2023-2024学年第一学期高二年级英语学科期中考试 考生须知 1.本试卷分为试题、答题卡两部分。满分100分。考试时间90分钟。 2.认真填写所在班级、姓名、学号，并将条形码贴在指定位置。 3.请用2B铅笔填涂机读卡，用黑色签字笔在答题卡上按要求作答。 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Thanksgiving Day was near. One day, the first-grade teacher, Miss White, let her students draw a picture of something for which they were thankful. Most students would ____1____ the holiday with turkey and other traditional foods of the season. These, the teacher thought, would be the subjects of most of her students’ art. Miss White was ____2____ , but Douglas made a different kind of picture. When he was asked to draw a picture of something for which he was ____3____, he drew a hand. Nothing else. Just an empty hand. His picture brought ____4____ to his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raised turkeys. Another suggested it was a police officer’s hand, because the police ____5____ and care for people. While the children were ____6____ with each other, Miss White stood at Douglas’ ____7____, bent down and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy looked up and whispered, “It’s yours. Miss White.” What Douglas had said ____8____ Miss White of the time she had taken his hand and walked with him here and there. How often had she said, “Take my ___9___ , Douglas. We’ll go outside.” Or, “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” The story speaks of more than thankfulness. It says something about teachers teaching, parents parenting, friends showing friendship, and how much Miss White’s hand ______10______ to Douglas. He might not always say thanks, but he’ll remember the hand that Miss White reaches out. 1. A. celebrate B. spend C. decorate D. recommend 2. A. clear B. right C. curious D. smart 3. A. helpful B. careful C. pitiful D. grateful 4. A. conclusion B. imagination C. trouble D. fear 5. A. protected B. caught C. trusted D. encouraged 6. A. discussing B. quarrelling C