北京交通大学附属中学2023-2024学年高二上学期期中练习英语试题

北京交大附中2023-2024学年第一学期期中练习 高二英语 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15分，共15分) More Than I Had Dreamed Of From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Students Union. I always ___1___ my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of us. So I dreamed of being a leader. Years flew by, and soon I was able to participate in the elections, ___2___ I would win. But the reality struck that I hadn’t had a chance. I wasn’t pretty. Girls across the school hardly knew me. I just did not have what it took to win a school election. I was ___3___. As I cried in my room that evening, I immediately took a deep breath and decided I wouldn’t stop dreaming. I decide that I would ___4___ for elections again in my final year at school—and I would win. I recognized that my competitors had a lot of things in their favor. What were the ___5___ that would work in my favor? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpful. And my biggest strength was the faith I had. I would not allow my ___6___ appearance to hold me back from putting my best foot forward. That evening, I began my election plans a whole year in advance. I realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognize that I had the ability to ___7___ them. I loved making friends and I liked being helpful, so I decided that perhaps I could use these qualities to work to my advantage. In order to learn how to present a great election speech, I also attended a course on effective public speaking. The day after the election when the principal announced I won the second highest number of votes, the students ___8___. That joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my victory was also theirs. Suddenly, I realized that I had ___9___ much more than I had dreamed of. I had made many new friends and had helped people along the way. I had won the _____10_____ and love of my schoolmates and they knew me as somebody who would stand by them. I was able to put a smile on their faces and brighten