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怀柔区2023-2024学年度第一学期高二质量检测
英语
注意事项:
1.考生要认真填写姓名和考号。
2.本试卷共11页,分为三部分。考试时间90分钟,满分100分。
3.试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡的对应位置,在试卷上作答无效。选择题必须用2B铅笔作答;书面表达部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。
4.考试结束后,考生应将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上,待监考员收回。
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分,共15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的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。
The story of Jennifer Bricker is one of the most amazing story, which is full of both great surprises and life lessons.
Jennifer was born in Romania without any legs. She was later ____1____ by a loving American family, the Brickers, and raised in the small town of Hardinville, Illinois.
The Brickers never let this ____2____ stop her from achieving her dreams. Her new parents gave her a simple rule, “Never say can’t”! They did whatever they could to make her life a success.
The girl was ____3____ just like the Brickers’ own children. She was encouraged to play with the other normal boys and girls and became good at many ____4____, including volleyball, softball and basketball.
But it was tumbling (翻腾运动) that was her true love. When she was a little girl, she was a big ____5____ of the Olympic gold medalist--- Dominque Moceanu. She would copy her on TV whenever Dominque Moceanu ____6____in the tumbling programs and continue practicing afterwards.
As she grew older Jennifer began ____7____ against professional tumbling athletes around Illinois. Not only did she compete, but she even went on to become a State Champion! Jennifer and her family always believed she could do whatever she wanted to and that her positive attitude and hard work would make it another ____8____.
If her story was not amazing enough already, when Jennifer turned 16, she got the most ____9____ news in her life. She learned that her beloved Dominque Moceanu was actually her biological sister! Now Jennifer is touring the country as a(n)_____10_____ speaker to encourage more disabled youngsters.
1. A. adopted B. injured C. sold D. seen
2. A. disability B. gift C. excuse D. failure
3. A. signed up B. brought up C.