新疆喀什地区泽普县第二中学2023-2024学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

泽普县2023—2024学年（上）期中考试 高一年级 英语试卷 分值：150分 时间：150分钟 注意事项： 1．答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息 1. 请将答案正确填写在答题卡上 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A I have been drawing for as long as I can remember. When I was a little girl, my parents were very busy. In order to entertain myself. I found pens and paper and started drawing. At that time, I thought of drawing just as a hobby. When I was tired of doing homework, I wanted to do something creative. One day, it hit me. How nice would it be if I could do something I love for a living? I did research on the best art schools around the world. One of my friends studied art in the USA．She advised me to go to Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Luckily, I was accepted into RISD．At first, I felt a little down. I didn’t have my own style. I tried many different things. Finally, Chris Baselli, one of my teachers helped me find it. Now, I’ve been working as a full-time illustrator (插图画家) for ten years. I’ve drawn for newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times and The New Yorker. I often get letters from readers. They love my style. I’m still in the early part of my career(职业). The biggest fear that I have is losing the excitement. I hope that will never happen so that I can keep creating wonderful artworks in the long period. 1．The writer started to draw in order to ______. A．make money B．entertain herself C．help her parents D.help her mother 2．Chris Baselli was important to the writer because ______. A．she helped her find a good job B．she helped her find her own drawing style C．she got her interested I being an illustrator. D.she helped her make money 3．What can we learn about the writer? A．She is worried, she will lose her job. B．She reads newspapers and C．She feels she still has a long way to go in her career. D.She reads book every day. B During work hours in Becker’s bread shop, the kitchen is especially quiet excep