内容正文:
2024北京延庆高一(上)期末
英语
2024.01
本试卷共10页, 共二大部分, 54道小题, 满分100分。考试时长90分钟。试题答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上, 在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后, 请将答题卡交回。
第一卷(共45分)
I.完形填空 (共15小题;每小题1分,共15分)
阅读下面的短文, 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。
A New Friend and Perspective (视角)
I picked up the phone, slowly dialing the number to her house. All I could think was what we could possibly have a conversation about. ____1____! I didn’t think I could have anything in common with someone who is 50 years older than me.
“Your grandmother won’t be around forever,” my mom said,____2____ I just did what she told me and painfully ____3____ my grandmother. What I didn’t know was that the phone call would change my attitude to life and my grandmother.
When she answered the ____4____, I planned to have a small conversation. Instead, she invited me to lunch. ____5____, I replied with a “That sounds great.”
When I____6____ the phone, I immediately regretted agreeing to the lunch date. How was I going to fit this ____7____my busy schedule of homework, games, and friends? It was not my ideal Saturday, but I sucked it up and ____8____ anyway. Me and my grandmother… nothing to talk about.
____9____, my Saturday morning wasn’t painful. I was interested in listening about her recent trip to Europe and how she saw the famous Eiffel Tower. She told me stories about her sewing class and her friends. I wasn’t aware that 60-year-old people had a social life. It turned out that her life wasn’t as _____10_____as I thought. For once, I was _____11_____without friends and without my cell phone. We planned to meet again at her house. This time, my mom didn’t have to _____12_____me.
During the next visit, we sorted through three shoeboxes of photographs. There was an interesting story for each one. I learned that as humans, we _____13_____ human experiences, no matter what age.
Ever since I made the first phone call to my grandmother, we have talked at least once a week. I regret not calling her _____14_____. Her advice has taught me