精品解析：北京房山良乡中学2023-2024学年高三上学期期中英语试题

良乡中学2023—2024学年度第一学期期中考试 高三英语 本卷共12页，100分。考试时长90分钟，考生务必将答案答在答题纸上，在试卷上作答无效。 第一部分：知识运用(共两节，30分) 第一节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，共15分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And unless otherwise assigned a seat by the teacher, I always chose to sit at the back of the classroom. All this ___1___ after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy ___2___ because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the ability to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “___3___ for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try. Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the half of it! When I first started ___4___ the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much worse what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get ___5___ and take a shot at the wrong direction, which made me feel really stupid. ___6___ I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to focus on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t ___7___ “just yet”. I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the rules and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive ___8___ in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the process-friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun! With my improved self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from “___9___” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, to raising my hand——even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent ____10____ I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself. 1. A. continued B. changed C. settled D. starte