北京市中关村外国语学校2022-2023学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷（含答案）

北京市中关村外国语学校2022-2023学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷 学校:_____姓名：_____班级：_____考号：_____ 一、完形填空 One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun flying their kites. Multicolored creations, various shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting and dancing. As the strong wind blew against the kites, a____1____kept them in check. Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great____2____. They shook and pulled, but the restraining string and the cumbersome tail kept them in tow, facing upwards and against the wind. As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to be saying, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be____3____!” They soared beautifully even as they fought the control of the string. Finally, one of the kites____4____in breaking loose from it. Free at last, it seemed to say, “Free to fly with the wind.” Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the ____5____of the unsympathetic wind. It dropped ungracefully to the ground and landed in a mass of weeds. Free at last, free to____6____powerless, and to be blown helpless along the ground, and to lodge lifeless against the first obstruction. ____7____like kites we sometimes are! Life gives us adversity(逆境),____8____and rules to follow from which we can gain strength. Restraint is a necessary opponent to the winds of opposition. We can never rise high enough to achieve our goals if we lose our necessary____9____or the rules. Let each of us rise to great heights,_____10_____that some of the restraints that we may chafe under(因…而感到恼怒) are actually the steady force that helps us ascend and achieve. 1．A．belt B．string C．wire D．fabric 2．A．weights B．lengths C．depths D．heights 3．A．dependent B．beautiful C．free D．strong 4．A．tried B．succeeded C．failed D．managed 5．A．mercy B．risk C．sight D．expense 6．A．sit B．lay C．stand D．lie 7．A．How many B．How much C．How come D．How long 8．A．hopes B．dreams C．ambition D．restrictions 9．A．opponents B．friends C．assistants D．supporters 10．A．organizing B．admitting C．recognizing D．recommending 二、用单词的适当形式完成短文 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。 The Last Leaf is about the story of two young painters in Greenwich Village, Sue and Johnsy, and their neighbour, Behrman. Johnsy suffered_____11_____severe pneumonia in the cold November, and her condition became _____12_____(serious) than it used to be. And she put the hope of life on the last leaf outside the window,_____13_____(think) that when the last leaf fell, it was the end of her life. As a result, she lost the courage and faith_____14_____(live). 三、根据课文内容填空 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。 Cloning is the process of making an exact copy of a plant or animal and developing it eith ... ...