精品解析：北京市西城区育才学校2023-2024学年高二下学期期中测试英语试卷

2023—2024学年度第二学期北京育才学校高二英语 期中考试试卷 本试卷共11页，共100分。考试时间90分钟。 第一部分：知识运用（共两节，30分） 第一节 完形填空 （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。 Sleepy-eyed, I arrived in Jordan just before midnight: Picking up the rental car, the agent mumbled (咕哝) something about a gas station. Trying to stay ___1___, I really didn’t pay attention. The next morning, I headed the desert castle excitedly. While driving, I noticed that there wasn’t a fuel gauge (指示器) on the dashboard. That was ___2___, but I didn’t think twice about it. I had just got the rental so there would be plenty of fuel. After passing numerous gas stations, I was finally in the open desert. Complete ___3___. And that’s when my car suddenly came to a stop. What? In the middle of nowhere, I stared at the engine with no idea what to do. ___4___ seized me. Within 10 minutes, a Jordanian ___5___. He didn’t speak English and my Arabic was limited. After ___6___ my car, he told me through hand gestures that I was out of gas. Who knew that rental cars didn’t come with a full tank of gas there?! The man ___7___ me to get in his car and drove to the nearest gas station to get extra petrol. We then got back to my car to put the gas in. When I pulled out my wallet to pay him, he refused. My thanks, a smile, and one photo together were all he wanted. Before we fully ___8___, he even followed me a bit to ensure that I was safely on my way even though it was not getting late. Today, whenever I think of Jordan, this memory ___9___ comes to mind, and my heart swells with gratitude. It is the stranger who saved my trip and reminded me of the importance of ____10____. 1. A. humble B. awake C. silent D. calm 2. A. unlucky B. unsafe C. odd D. foolish 3. A. isolation B. damage C. chaos D. darkness 4. A. Anger B. Curiosity C. Fascination D. Panic 5. A. turned over B. pulled over C. passed over D. took over 6. A. examining B. repairing C. stopping D. moving 7. A. required B. encouraged C. prepared D. signaled 8. A