通州区2024一2025学年第二学期高一年级期中质量检测 英语试卷 2025年4月 本试卷共10页，共100分。考试时长90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，请将答题卡交回。 第一部分：阅读理解（共14小题；每小题2分，共28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 卡上将该项涂黑。 A A Book Review-The Snake-Stone by Berlie Doherty The setting:Urban England(the cities),but also rural England (the countryside)including remote(偏远的)English villages. The theme():The main theme is a teenage search of self-discovery,in this case the search for a mother from whom the hero was separated at an early age.Its other concemns are love, getting on with others,being persistent and courageous and trying to deal with doubts,troubles and worries.As the book moves to a close,James'swimming coach says to him:"You are not like a kid obeying(遵守)instructions any more.You are diving(跳水)like a young man who knows where he is going." The characters:James is the hero of the story.He is a championship diver,and has a comfortable life with his foster parents ()Yet he also has the qualities to take him on a long joumey to find his birth mother.The other characters in The Snake-Stone,James'parents, his diving instructor,best friend,the villagers,people he meets on his joumey,are pictured realistically. The turning point:The turning point in the story comes while James'foster parents are away in London,and he wonders about the identity of his birth mother.The onty clue he has is a fossil(化石)，“the snake stone'”which she left behind along with a note on which she had written:"Take good care of Sammie."It was written on a tom envelope with parts of an address still there. 高一英语试卷第1页（共10页）
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