黄金卷05-【赢在高考·黄金8卷】备战2024年高考英语模拟卷（北京专用）

【赢在高考·黄金8卷】备战2024年高考英语模拟卷（北京专用） 黄金卷05 （考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分） 注意事项： 1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分知识运用（共两节,满分30分） 第一节完形填空（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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 （2023上·北京房山·高三北京市房山区校考期中）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 whe