2022-2023学年北京市海淀区高二上学期期末练习英语试题（解析版）.docx

高级中学名校试卷 PAGE PAGE 1 北京市海淀区2022-2023学年 高二上学期期末练习英语试题 第一部分：知识运用(共两节，20分) 第一节(共10小题;每小题1分，共10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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 In the tenth grade, my peers gave me a nickname that stuck until graduation: “Dictionary.” It all started the day my teacher announced a national spelling bee competition. Determined to win, I opened my dictionary to learn how to spell every word in English. In a desperate ____1____ to memorize the most words possible, I began reading day and night. During the competition, I misspelled one word. The pain over this defeat was so great that — to this day — I ____2____ the word: “graffiti.” However, not succeeding in something I invested so much effort in only ____3____ my determination to study harder. Later, my school was participating in a French dictation competition hosted by a nonprofit organization that gives kids in poverty ____4____ to an education. French isn’t my first language, so I ____5____ the books even harder. I spent all my free time studying. In the competition, I scored the highest in my school! I felt so proud. That joy was ____6____ because I knew my victory was also helping children learn to read and write. In the final, I took the fifth place. Although it wasn’t what I had dreamed of, it was quite ____7____! Besides the award, I acquired the ____8____ that I’d use for the rest of my life, such as persistence and critical thinking. And I found that whether we are generating ____9____ for ourselves or for others, we never know what can be the catalyst (催化剂) of a brilliant future. Sometimes, that catalyst can be as ______10______ as a book. 1. A. search B. sadness C. cry D. attempt 2. A. repeat B. learn C. prefer D. remember 3. A. showed B. strengthened C. shook D. tested 4. A. access B. freedom C. attention D. devotion 5. A. took B. pulled C. hit D. pressed 6. A. doubled B. spread C. transformed D. obtained 7. A. obvious B. average C. close D. familiar 8. A. rules B. abilities C. methods D. ideas 9