北京市中国人民大学附属中学2023-2024学年高二上学期期中练习英语试题

第 1页，共 8 页 人大附中二年级英语期中练习 2023年 11月 1日 说明：本试卷共三道大题，共 8页，满分 100分，考试时间 90分钟；请在密封线内填写个人信息。 第一部分：知识应用（共三节，43 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。 Sports are important in our family. Both of our sons were high-school athletes. So, I shouldn't have been 1 when Lauren announced she was going out for the girls' basketball team. But I was, because she has Down syndrome (唐氏综合症). My wife and I never told Lauren that she was 2 . We treated her like our other children. We didn't want her to feel disabled. "I'm gonna play basketball, Daddy." Lauren ran to meet me when I came in from work. She flew into my arms and lingered long in my embrace. "That's 3 , honey," I patted her shoulder and walked into the kitchen. My wife spoke slowly, her tone steady. "What Lauren's trying to say is that she's joining the girls' high-school basketball team." Her words 4 in. Everything that could happen flashed through my mind. But what could we do? Mid-November, the season's first basketball game arrived. It got off to a good start, but soon Verden, Lauren's team, was behind. Lauren 5 followed the movement on the court and reacted to every shot. Even though she wasn't playing, she looked as if she were having the time of her life. Just less than two minutes were left, and Verden was down by seventeen points when Lauren was called in for the game! She 6 the others fairly well. From her agile movement and eager expression, I knew she was desperate to score for her team. Then they passed Lauren the ball. She 7 it. She shot. She scored! A few minutes later, Lauren joined us in the stands. "Did you see? I scored! I made a 8 !" For sixteen years, I'd tried hard to 9 Lauren from feeling like she was different. But watching Lauren in the game, I saw that she really was different—not physically or emotionally, but 10 . 1. A. disappointed B. surprised C. depressed D. embarrassed 2. A. normal B. ordinary C. different D. typical 3. A. awful B. strange C. hard D.