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北京市东城区 2019—2020 学年度第二学期高三综合练习(一)
英语
2020.5
本试卷共 10 页,共 120 分。考试时长 100 分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上,在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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1.5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
The goshawk, a rare bird, once close to extinction, has doubled 1 (it) number in a national park in the south of England. Around 100 years ago, there were thought to be no goshawks 2 (leave), due to farmers hunting them and their woodland habitats being cut down. However, thanks to conservationists, goshawks are back. By monitoring their nesting sites over time, the teams have been able to protect them from further forestry work. As a result, their number 3 (grow) from just 20 pairs to 40 pairs in the past two years.
B
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One morning, I told my husband jokingly that he’d dropped the ball because he hadn’t made me coffee and I was having trouble getting motivated 4 (start) the day. My five-year-old son overheard me and asked what “drop the ball” meant. I told him it was just something like making a mistake. A few minutes later, he came into our bedroom 5 (hold) an overflowing coffee cup with a dishcloth underneath it to catch the drops. He said to my husband, “You dropped the ball, but I picked the ball up,” and he handed me the worst-tasting, most watered-down but 6 (sweet) cup of coffee ever.
C
In half a century, the Internet has transformed society. Billions of us can connect at the touch of a button. Access 7 information, banks and shops has never been easier. The world has changed
8 (dramatic) and continues to do so in ways we couldn’t have imagined. However, the Internet isn’t without disadvantages. By design, it has no central authority, 9 makes protecting people online or dealing with misinformation a near-impossible task.
10 the Internet develops will shape our future. If the past 50 years has been dominated by free and open exchanges, the next 50 will be about whether rules and restrictions can actually make the Internet, and the world, a better place. 第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,共30分)
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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。
At six feet, seven inches tall and weighing 253 pounds, Father was a quiet giant(巨人) who only roared when he was angry. He would work long days, often 11 when I was already in bed. My two younger sisters and I both loved and feared him. Hearing the words, “Just wait until your father comes home,” would guarantee the three of us would start 12 immediately. I was seven years old the night the “giant” became a person, and my 13 . All it took was the 14 of a tiny, dirty kitten.
I 15 to the sounds of my father coming home from work. I slipped out of bed and moved quietly towards the living room in hopes of spending a few precious minutes 16 with my parents without my annoying sisters around.
I heard mum say, “We cannot 17 it.” What was the “it”? The giant saw me and 18 I should sit down near him. I was at a loss, although 19 might be a better word, for I had never seen or heard of a giant crying before. Unshed(满眶) tears 20 up in his eyes. His cheeks were 21 from the ones he had cried earlier.
The giant reached into a cardboard box and brought out a dirty young cat and 22 it on my lap. I was soon 23 , as the giant shared a story with mum. As he spoke, with shaking shoulders caused by 24 and at times sorrow, he