精品解析：2024届北京市西城区高三下学期一模英语试题

英语试题 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。 When Susan was a high school senior, her English teacher Mr. DiMeo gave the class a challenging task: Recite a poem in front of the whole class. “I had a mild stutter (结巴). I’d be ____1____ to get a word out that might begin with ‘D’ or ‘TH’, or I might say ‘the’ three times,” Susan said. The thought of getting up in front of her classmates and stuttering through the poem was too much to ____2____. Susan went home and ____3____ how scared she was to her mom, who agreed to write a note asking for her to be ____4____ from doing the task in front of the whole class. When the day of the recitation came, Susan recited the poem one-on-one to Mr. DiMeo. ____5____ she was done, Mr. DiMeo said something she’d never heard before: that he liked listening to her voice. For the first time, she considered the possibility that public speaking didn’t have to be a source of ____6____. Susan went on to graduate from high school and go to college. She never got to properly thank Mr. DiMeo. But sometime after college, she ____7____ a job as a corporate trainer. The new position made her realize how big a (n)____8____ he had had on her confidence. “I stand up in front of people and speak, and I do it all the time. If I do stutter once in a while, no big deal,” she said. Susan recently found a way to ____9____ her former teacher, and plans on sending him a letter expressing her appreciation. In her mind, Mr. DiMeo is an unsung hero, because he’s a big reason why she has a successful career and life. “I don’t know where I would’ve gone if I felt like I had to keep my voice ____10____ because I was afraid of embarrassing myself. I’d like to thank him for that kindness.” 1. A. continuing B. struggling C. pretending D. hoping 2. A. share B. express C. find D. bear 3. A taught B. proved C. revealed D. promised 4. A. excused B. prohibited C. corrected D. discouraged 5. A. While B.