丰台区2024-2025学年度第二学期期中练习

高二英语考试时间：90分钟

笔试（共三部分100分）

第一部分知识运用（共两节，30分）

第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Sportsareimportantinourfamily.Bothofoursonswerehigh-schoolathletes.So,Ishouldn’thavebeen____1____whenLaurenannouncedshewasgoingoutforthegirls’basketballteam.ButIwas,becauseshehasDownsyndrome(唐氏综合症).MywifeandInevertoldLaurenthatshewas____2____.Wetreatedherlikeourotherchildren.Wedidn’twanthertofeeldisabled.

“I’mgonnaplaybasketball,Daddy.”LaurenrantomeetmewhenIcameinfromwork.Sheflewintomyarmsandlingeredlonginmyembrace.“That’s____3____,honey,”Ipattedhershoulderandwalkedintothekitchen.Mywifespokeslowly,hertonesteady.“WhatLauren’stryingtosayisthatshe’sjoiningthegirls’high-schoolbasketballteam.”Herwords____4____in.Everythingthatcouldhappenflashedthroughmymind.Butwhatcouldwedo?

Mid-November,theseason’sfirstbasketballgamearrived.Itgotofftoagoodstart,butsoonVerden,Lauren’steam,wasbehind.Lauren____5____followedthemovementonthecourtandreactedtoeveryshot.Eventhoughshewasn’tplaying,shelookedasifshewerehavingthetimeofherlife.

Justlessthantwominuteswereleft,andVerdenwasdownbyseventeenpointswhenLaurenwascalledinforthegame!She____6____theothersfairlywell.Fromheragilemovementandeagerexpression,Iknewshewasdesperatetoscoreforherteam.ThentheypassedLaurentheball.She____7____it.Sheshot.Shescored!Afewminuteslater,Laurenjoinedusinthestands.“Didyousee?Iscored!Imadea____8____!”

Forsixteenyears,I’dtriedhardto____9____Laurenfromfeelinglikeshewasdifferent.ButwatchingLaureninthegame,Isawthatshereallywasdifferent—notphysicallyoremotionally,but_____10_____.

1.A.disappointed B.surprised C.depressed D.embarrassed

2.A.normal B.ordinary C.differe