北京市第四十四中学2023-2024学年高三上学期期中练习英语试卷

北京市第四十四中学2023—2024学年度第一学期期中练习高三英语试卷 试卷满分：100分 考试时间：90分钟 第一部分：完形填空（共15分） I’ve been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat. One morning I ___1___ a lost lamb when I was in the top field, near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its mother, so I jumped out of the tractor to tend to it while Don stayed in his seat. Lamb and mother ___2___. I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so ___3___ because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out. Obviously, Don had somehow made the ___4___ move. My heart froze in my chest as I saw the tractor heading towards the ___5___. I ran desperately but failed to ___6___. It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The last thing I saw was Don’s face, looking calmly back at me. Heart in mouth, I reached the fence and looked over. The tractor was ___7___ against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously (奇迹般地) crossed the ___8___ road with fast-flowing traffic. I couldn’t see Don, but as I ___9___ the tractor, he jumped out onto the road, apparently unhurt and raced back to me. Don was given a special ___10___ that night — I didn’t want him to think I was angry with him. 1．A．dropped B．spotted C．carried D．returned 2．A．freed B．switched C．reunited D．examined 3．A．unexpected B．dangerous C．embarrassing D．difficult 4．A．lamb B．vehicle C．seat D．fence 5．A．crowd B．hill C．field D．motorway 6．A．take off B．catch up C．hold back D．get out 7．A．resting B．running C．parking D．turning 8．A．winding B．deserted C．rough D．busy 9．A．abandoned B．recognized C．approached D．repaired 10．A．meal B．test C．job D．lesson 第二部分：语法填空（共三节，15分） A Standing on the shore of a lake, I couldn’t help admiring the hundreds of small rocks that _____11_____ (surround) my shoes. All created from hard surfaces, the rocks softened over time. And I was wondering _____12_____we could learn