海淀区高三年级第二学期期中练习
英 语 本试卷共10页，120分。考试时长100
分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题纸上，在试卷上作答 无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题纸一并交回。 第一部分：知识运用(共两节，45分)
第一节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题分，共15分)
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给 出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
At 8,1 started taking art lessons 1 (improve) my painting skills. However, later, I found that I focused too much on mastering different techniques. Eventually, I became more distressed when my expectations weren't matched.
So, in the 11th Grade, I returned to the basics. On 2 sketchbook I forced myself to draw whatever interested me. Over time, I have been released from the tight control. I have learned that a good painting is not about having perfect technique. In fact, all I need to do is trust my 3 (create) talents and find moments of joy in life.
B
In recent years, trampolining (蹦床)has become a new craze among Chinese youths. Short videos 4 (show) people's excitement about jumping back and forth on the colourful trampolines are regularly uploaded to social media. Most videos feature teenagers, but adults too have jumped on the trend, hoping to relive their childhood
Compared with soccer, basketball, tennis or any other competitive sports, 5 various injuries occur from time to time, trampolining is relatively 6 (safe). However, preparation and safety always come first. You must do warm-up exercises before playing and you can't lose concentration during the movements.
C
A news report shows that China's urban pet consumer market 7 (expect) to break through the 200 billion yuan threshold this year. Young people in big cities are the main contributors.
Nowadays, with the cost of living rising, young people 8 (suffer) from greater loneliness and pressure. They are busy working all day in a competitive environment, leaving little time for fun and friends. That may explain 9 more and more young people are choosing to keep pets 10 companionship. Apart from relieving loneliness, many scientific studies have shown that keeping a pet reduces stress and may even improve overall health.
第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题L 5分，共30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 在答题纸
上将该项涂黑。
I was 11 when I asked my mum for piano lessons. We were in an economic crisis and she'd recently been 11 off. She said a polite “no\
That didn't 12 me. I drew a keyboard onto a piece of paper and stuck it on my desk. I would 13
notes on an online keyboard and \—keeping the sound they made on the computer in my head. I spent six months playing without 14 a real piano. As my mum found I was 15 about it, she bought me 10 lessons with borrowed money.
I still remember the first one. I was 16 by how organic the sound of the piano was, as I had become familiar with the 17 electronic sound. The teacher was trying to explain where middle C was, but I could 18 play all the major and minor scales.
I 19 my grade one after eight lessons and got distinction. By the time I started secondary school, we couldn't 20 lessons again, so I returned to my paper keyboard. I passed grade three, then grade five, practising only on my piece of paper.
For the grades above that, there is an 21 that you add a certain sensitivity into your playing. The music teacher at my school said I could practise on the school's grand piano. I would wake up at 5:30 am to get there in time and play until lessons started. I'd 22 lunch and then practise after school until the caretaker kicked me out. At home, I'd have dinner, do three hours of revision, and then 23 practice until 1:00 am.
My school didn't offer music A-level. I found the Purcell School for young musicians. The audition （试镜）was extremely24 , and I felt overwhelmed. To my amazement, I was offered a 25 .
I had been told I had started playing too 26 to reach conservatoire （音乐学院）level, but when I left Purcell, I was awarded the senior piano prize. That was the point when I realized I wasn't behind everyone else. I am now at the Guildhall School in London, where I was offered a scholarship. I feel 27 : ifs been 10 years since I drew my paper piano and I'm at one of the world's 28 conservatoires.
The irony is that I continue to do a lot of my practice away from the piano what we call mental practice. It 29 key areas of the mind that are less readily accessed by piano playing alone. The paper piano helped stimulate my 30 about how music works. 11. A. laid 12. A. annoy 13. A. take 14. A. seeing 15. A. serious 16. A. struck 17. A. natural 18. A. only 19. A. sat 20. A. offer 21. A. attitude 22. A. avoid 23. A. social 24. A. fascinating
B. pushed B. bother B. sign B. touching B. careful B. puzzled B. artificial B. still B. joined B. teach B. expectation B. miss B. mental B. motivating
C. dropped C. embarrass C. click C. enjoying C. hesitant C. comforted C. practical C. hardly C. failed C. afford C. opinion C. save C. mechanical C. frightening
D. knocked D. discourage D. compose D. choosing D. nervous D. inspired D. magical D. already D. repeated D. observe D. opportunity D. skip D. physical D. challenging
25. A. course 26. A. soon 27. A. proud 28. A. grand 29. A. builds 30. A. prediction
B. reward
B. late B. lucky B. strict B. covers B. memory
C. place C. hurriedly C. ambitious C. leading C. defines C. curiosity
D. certificate D. suddenly D. grateful D. expensive D. unlocks D. imagination
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30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，并在答题纸上 将该项涂黑。
A
What are some of your favourite memories of the University
In preparation for each falls 50th reunion, members of the milestone class are asked to recall campus memories for an annual Memory Book.
Here's a small selection of some memories from the Class of 1969. Phyllis Jo Baunach
\in the stacks. We did everything by hand! But the joys of ideas coming to life and understanding thorny concepts are priceless.
Additionally, I cannot forget the joyful hours of Co-Kast rehearsals for student-written-and- directed plays, and the thrill of audiences5 responses to our efforts. Nor will I ever forget taking voice lessons at the Eastman School of Music. This course gave me confidence to try new musical approaches and to think on my feet. Paul Boehm
\一five feet of deep snow, getting stranded on the Thruway, music at Hylie Morris's Alley, and, of course, I met my wife of 48 years, Ellen Blazer Boehm from the Class of 1972, when she was a freshman and I was a senior. As a five-year chemical engineering major, I had one elective to spare, and Ellen said, 'How about oceanography’So, I enrolled in oceanography with Dr. Taro Takahashi （the famous climate scientist）, which awakened my environmental juices, and changed my professional direction.,, Farel Vella McClure
\that I stayed an extra year to get a master's degree! I was very fortunate to have been totally immersed in student life on campus. My memories include campaigning and winning a seat on the student government during my freshman year. Other memories include the Susan B. Anthony banquet, and sleeping in the comfy chairs in the library. I was also privileged to be selected as a student representative on the design team for the new Wilson Commons. I. M. Pei, the famous architect who designed the Louvre Pyramid, was the architect for Wilson Commons. We even visited his offices in New York to see the \9 at work.,, 31. According to the passage, Paul Boehm A. married Ellen Blazer in 1972 B. disliked his major in university C. became a famous climate scientist later D. discovered his interest in environmental science
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