湖南省湘潭县云龙中学2023-2024学年高二上学期英语限时训练1

高二英语限时训练 1 第一节：语法填空 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 One day, Pierre, ___1___ worked in a government office, received an ___2___ (invite) to a palace ball. His wife, Mathilde, had no money for jewellery, so she ___3___ (borrow) a beautiful necklace from her friend, Jeanne. She looked very beautiful and they had a wonderful time that evening. She said that it was her ___4___ (good) moment in her life. But after the ball, she found the necklace ___5___ (miss). They had to borrow a lot of money ___6___ (buy) a new one for Jeanne. In order to pay ___7___ the money, they worked day and night for 10 years. Mathilde became ___8___ (extreme) old, so Jeanne didn’t recognize her ___9___ they met in a park 10 years later. From this story, we know a person shouldn’t ___10___ (affect) by vanity (虚荣心), otherwise it will cost him a lot. 第二部分 阅读理解 A Promise Sawyers, a 10-year-old girl in Nashville, Tenn., is inspiring people old and young after making a video before going to school “bigger and better” with her natural hair, just one day after she was made fun of for her afro. Promise Sawyers’ motivational video was posted online by her mom Qui Daugherty, after the 5th-grader secretly recorded it on Daugherty’s phone. In it, Sawyers explained that she was feeling “some type of way” after her classmates had mean things to say after she wore her natural hair the day before. But she was determined not to let it bring her down, and wore it the same way the following day. “Don’t allow anyone to steal your joy,” Promise said. “Don’t give them that much power.” Daugherty says that Promise has been surrounded by that type of positivity her whole life. She’s always taught her daughter to “meet a negative with a positive”, even when somebody is trying to bring her down. And although this example seems like one of the more disheartening( 令人气馁的) ones that Promise has faced after starting at a new school, her video proved that she took her mom’s advice to heart. Now, nearly 2 million views la