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牛栏山一中2023-2024学年度第二学期4月月考
英语试卷
2024.04.12
本试卷共三部分,满分100 分,考试时长90分钟。
考生务必将答案答在答题卡上,在试卷上作答无效。
在答题卡上,选择题用2B铅笔作答,其他试题用黑色字迹签字笔作答。
第一部分 知识运用(共三节,30分)
第一节 语音辨析(共5小题;每题1分,共5分)
请根据要求,选择正确选项。
(第1-4题)
根据下列单词中划线部分的发音,选出与其他三个发音不同的一个。
1. A. damage B. anxious C. escape D. imagine
2. A. calm B. rewarding C. alarm D. half
3. A. loss B. operation C. ecology D. focus
4. A. crowded B. account C. download D. shallow
(第5题)
5. 根据下列单词的重读音节,选出与其他三个发音不同的一个。
A. concentrate B. concern C. confirm D. communicate
第二节 完形填空(共10小题;每题1.5分,共15分)
阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。
Over the years, thanks to my life’s obstacles (障碍). I understood the meaning of faith and the strong will to survive. It was Hurricane Ike that made me fully ____6____ the beauty of our strength and a human’s motivation to ____7____.
Mom had a two-week vacation in summer. While we enjoyed our holiday in Southeast Texas, we didn’t realize the fact that Ike would cause months and likely years of “labor”. By September 7th, the “eyes of Texas” were watching Hurricane Ike more closely, making the typical mad rush for last-minute hurricane ____8____. Two days later, both oil and food were in ____9____ demand.
In the early hours of September 11th, some neighbors were planning to ____10____the storm in their homes, while others were making final preparations to get away. At first, we decided to stay. But that afternoon, the Houston-Galveston area would be on the more dangerous side of the storm. Mom and I packed some of our most ___11___ belongings in the car and headed for the East Texas town of Lufkin.
As Ike pushed farther inland, we ____12____ power in Lufkin. On Sunday, our next-door neighbor told us via cell phone that our house had remained well. Our hopes could not have been ____13____. But a few hours later, the neighbors reported that our brick chimney had gone, and it was sitting on our living room ____14____ a hole in the roof between two skylights (天窗).
We wouldn’t be allowed to return home until Septe