广东省四会中学、广信中学2023-2024学年高一下学期第二次月考英语试题

第 1 页 2023-2024 学年度高一下学期第二次教学质量检测 英语科试卷 全卷满分 120分。考试用时 120分钟。 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动， 用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本 试卷上无效。 3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分 37.5 分） 第一节 阅读理解（共 10 小题; 每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A The annual South Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade will be held on Sunday, March 17, beginning at 1 p. m. ET. This is the 119th-annual parade for the historically-Irish city, and always falls on the Sunday closest to St. Patrick’s Day. This year, it luckily falls on the day of the holiday itself. The Route According to the Allied War Veterans Council, the parade will start at 1 p. m. at Broadway station and move up West Broadway. It will continue on East Broadway, take a right on P Street, then a right onto East Fourth Street. From East Fourth Street, it will turn left onto K Street, then right onto East Fifth Street, where it will continue until taking a left onto G Street. It will stay left of South Boston High School to Thomas Park, and follow the park until it takes a left at Telegraph Street and another left to Dorchester Street. The parade will stay on Dorchester Street until its end in Andrew Square. How to participate If you’re local to the area or traveling especially to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, you can, of course, attend the parade in person. But for everyone else, there are a few options on how to watch it live. Local stations NBC10 Boston and NECN will air the parade on television or stream on various platforms starting at 1 p. m. ET, including on Peacock, Roku and on its YouTube channel. USA TODAY is also providing coverage for the parade in Boston, as well as celebration in other U. S. cities over the weekend, including New York City and Chicago. You can watch the parade at the top of this page or on USA TODAY’s YouTube channel. 1. Where will St. Patrick’s Day parade start? A