2023学年第二学期高三年级学业质量调研 英语试卷 (考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140分) I. Listening Comprehension S II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. By day, Robert Titterton is a lawyer. In his spare time, he goes on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova—not as a musician but as her page-turner. “___21___ not being a trained musician, I’ve learned to read music to assist Maria in her performance.” Mr Titterton is chairman of the Omega Ensemble but ___22___ (act) as the group’s official page-turner for the past four years. His job is to sit beside the pianist and turn the pages of the score. In this way, the musicians don’t have to break the flow of sound by doing it ___23___. He said he became just as nervous as those playing instruments on stage. Being a page-turner requires plenty of practice. Some pieces of music ___24___ go for 40 minutes and require up to 50 pages of turns, including back turns for repeat passages. ___25___ matters is onstage communication. Each pianist has their own style of “nodding” ___26___ ( indicate) a page turn that they need to practise with their page-turner. But like all performances, there are moments ___27___ things go wrong. “I was turning the page to get ready for the next page, but the draft wind from the turn caused the spare pages to fall off the stand,” Mr Titterton said, “Luckily, I was able to catch them and put them back.” ___28___ most page-turners are piano students or up-and-coming concert pianists, Ms Raspopova has once asked her husband to help her out on stage. “Sometimes my husband is not an attentive page-turner. He’s interested in the music, ___29___ (feel) every note, but I have to say: ‘Turn, turn!’ ” she laughed. “But Robert is ___30___ (qualified) page-turner I’ve had in my entire life.” 【答案】21. Despite 22. has acted##has been acting 23. themselves 24. can##may##might 25. What 26. to indicate 27. when 28. Although##Though##While 29. feeling 30. the most qualified 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲的是欧米茄集团的主席Robert Titterton作为钢琴翻页者的趣事。 【21题详解】 考查介词。句意：尽管我不是一个训练有素的音乐家，但我学会了读谱来帮助玛丽亚表演。由句意及空后的not being a trained musician可知此处应填介词despite，空处位于句首，首字母需大写。故填Despite。 【22题详解】 考查动词时态。句意：蒂特顿先生是欧米茄集团的主席，但在过去的四年里，他一直是欧米茄集团的官方翻页者。空处为谓语动词，由时间状语for the past four years可知此处应用现在完成时或现在完成进行时，表示“过去动作对现在造成的影响”或者“过去的动作持续到现在而且还将继续持续下去”。故填has acted/has been acting。 【23题详解】 考查反身代词。句意：这样，音乐家们就不必自己动手来破坏声音的流动。由句意及空前的the musicians don’t have to break the fl ... ...
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