2024届北京市朝阳区高三下学期一模考试英语试题

高三英语试卷 第 1 页 （共 9 页） 北京市朝阳区高三年级第二学期质量检测一 英语 2024. 4 （考试时间90分钟 !满分100分） 本试卷共 10 页。考生务必在答题卡指定区域作答，在试卷上作答无效。 !"#$%&'()*+,-.30$/% 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。 It was hard not to notice an 8-year-old kid storming in and out of his own house. “He doesn’t have a father,” said his neighbor, William Dunn. “I can probably do something for him.” That something was fishing, a 1 Dunn’s father had shared with him. “It brought me peace and taught me how to be patient,” he said. He then took the kid fishing every weekend. Gradually he took groups of kids out to fish. Most didn’t have father figures. “They’d been through a lot, and their lives were 2 ,” said Dunn. “But when they were fishing, all of that disappeared. On the boat, they’d be laughing and making new friends. They just 3 the moment.” 4 by this scene, Dunn started the nonprofit Take a Kid Fishing. He and the volunteers have introduced 2,500 kids—most without fathers 5 —to the calming peace found on the water and the excitement of catching a fish. Just as important as the fishing are the 6 Dunn forms with those kids. When they have a rough time, Dunn will talk with them, emphasizing self-respect and mental 7 . One of the kids, Bella Smith, said she would forget about the past while fishing and concentrate on something positive. “Fishing is learning,” she said. “I’ve learned I 8 a better life than what I had. Whenever I feel down, I know it’s time to go fishing.” Dunn’s father passed away this year, so fishing has 9 new meaning for him. “I have a stronger liking for it because now I’m fatherless too. There’s nothing like feeling that first pull on the line and seeing a kid light up with a smile,” said Dunn. “I feel 10 to witness that every weekend.” 1. A. case B. passion C. duty D. goal 2. A. difficult B. dramatic C. adventurous D. boring 3. A. rem