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北京市第十三中学2023~2024学年第一学期
高三英语期中测试
本试卷分为第一部分(知识运用)、第二部分(阅读理解)和第三部分(书面表达),共 13页,卷面共 100分,考试时长90分钟。答题纸从第1页至第2页。请在两张答题纸上方密封线内书写班级、姓名、准考证号。考试结束后,将本试卷的两张答题纸一并交回。
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,满分15分)
One Mother to Another
On Wednesday evening, our daughter, who was at a boarding school over 200 kilometers away, told us that she had lost her phone when she took part in an activity off campus. We realized that we had little chance of finding it.
The next morning, my phone beeped (哔哔响) loudly. A kind voice announced that she had something that belonged to my daughter. I ___1___ that I lived a three-hour drive away, and told her I would ask a friend to fetch the phone. My daughter had written my number on the inside of her phone’s case — good thinking!
After contacting the people I know who lived near the school, I was out of ___2___ — no one could go and ___3___ the phone, not surprisingly as it was the working day and everyone was busy. I decided to ask the lady to post the phone to my daughter. But when I sent her a text to ask if this would be OK, she replied, “We will ___4___ it and we’re going to drive down to the boarding school tonight.” To my ___5___, this wonderful couple, who had already spent a busy day at work, was making a round trip on the night, ___6___ for returning a phone to a complete stranger. How touching it was!
I gave them directions and they ___7___ the phone into the hands of my daughter at her boarding house. The only word of an explanation was, “I’ve got children of my own, and I know how a mother ___8___.”
We had thought that the chance of getting back the phone was ___9___, but we got it back in such a short time. It was a wonderful reminder of the good in the world and how the actions of one person can _____10_____ the world to another.
1. A. suggested B. reported C. explained D. argued
2. A. date B. luck C. work D. control
3. A. pick up B. carry out C. hand in D. give away
4. A. find B. show C. miss D. take
5. A. regret B. surpri