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房山区2023-2024 学年度第一学期期末检测试卷
高二英语
本试卷共10页,共100分。时长90分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上,在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后,将答题卡交回,试卷自行保存。
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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own efforts.
Many years ago I took the head ___1___ job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.
It was a tradition for the school’s old team to ___2___ against the new team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even prepare for the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to ___3___, but to my disappointment we were defeated. Thinking hard about this bad situation, I came to realize that my team members were ___4___ me. I had to change my attitude about their ability and potential.
I started helping them build a little ___5___. Most importantly, I began to treat them like winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and ___6___ passing and kicking the football.
Six months after suffering our defeat on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to ___7___. Finally, my boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me a sudden feeling of great ___8___!
From the experience I learned a lot about how the attitude of the leader can affect the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and ___9___ them. I helped them to see themselves ____10____, and they built themselves into winners.
1. A. operating B. editing C. consulting D. coaching
2. A. play B. guard C. protect D. inform
3. A. fight B. attend C. win D. act
4. A. reacting to B. looking for C. depending on D. caring about
5. A. pride B. culture C. fortune D. relationship
6. A. risked B. missed C. considered D. practised
7. A. relax B. improve C. expand D. defend
8. A. sadness B. excitement C. curiosity D. fear
9. A. encouraged B.