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2023-2024学年第二学期平谷五中期中考试
英语试卷
2024.4
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。
On a bright afternoon, Jordan, Mahir and Mahir’s father gathered at the foot of a mountain. “Hey, Jordan, over here!” Jordan’s best friend, Mahir, waved his hand, pointing to a crack in the side of the mountain. “We could ___1___ this!”
Jordan tied his safety harness (系带) and checked his rope. He weighed one of them in his hand, determining its weight. Then he looked for ___2___ locations, considering the difficulty of the task. “That crack is ___3___ narrow. I don’t think we’d get up very high.”
“At the time of a test, a person rises or falls.” said Ghanim, Mahir’s dad. Shaking his head in ___4___ over the foreign proverb (谚语), Jordan examined the crack. It was nothing more than a sliver in the solid face of the cliff. He shifted in his harness as Mahir gave the proverb his own explanation: “If you’re not reaching the ___5___, you’re not trying hard enough.” Jordan recognized the bit of advice from a previous climbing lesson.
His own father’s voice resounded in his thoughts, as if in a half-forgotten dream. “Climb a mountain, son, and you climb the insecurity in your own life. You climb over your shadow, climb over your ___6___.”That was five years ago, before the automobile ___7___ that took his dad’s life. Jordan’s father swiftly turned his car and effectively ___8___ a car from going over a cliff (悬崖). The sudden move had saved the people in that car. But his father’s car went off a cliff. ___9___ with the difficult situation, Jordan’s dad had never hesitated before making the decision.
And now Jordan wouldn’t either. ____10____ on his balance, he took a deep breath and began to climb. Finally, they made it to the peak of the mountain.
1. A. master B. pack C. climb D. dive
2. A. worthwhile B. possible C. unique D. immediate
3. A. acceptable B. classical C. amazingly D. unbelievably
4. A. confusion B. awareness C. understanding D