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2024学年第一学期期中考试

高三英语试卷

I.Listening略

II.GrammarandVocabulary(25分)

SectionA(共10分,每小题1分.)

Directions:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

StephenHawking:Asuperheroscientist

Wearejustanadvancedbreedofmonkeysonaminorplanetofaveryaveragestar.Butwecanunderstandtheuniverse.Thatmakesussomethingveryspecial.That’s(21)______theworld-famousphysicistStephenHawkingoncedescribedhumans.

TheBritishscientistwasbestknownforhisgroundbreakingworkinphysics.Hawking’sideashelpedusunderstandthewaytheuniverse(22)______(work),andmadehimfamousaroundtheworld.In1985,hesaid,Mygoalissimple.Itiscompleteunderstandingoftheuniverse,whyitisasitisandwhyitexistsatall.

BorninOxfordon8January1942,Hawkingwastheoldestoffourchildren.Asastudent,he(23)______(draw)totheworldofphysicsandmathsbecausehebelievedtheyofferedthebestinsightsintotheuniverse.

Aged21,whenhewasstudyingatuniversity,HawkingwasdiagnosedwithALS,aformofmotorneuronedisease.Whenhisillnesslefthimunabletowrite,Hawkingtrainedhimself(24)______(visualize)complexproblemsinhismindinstead.ScientistswhoworkedwithHawkingsuggestedthatthiswayofthinking(25)______(help)himcomeupwithhismostbrillianttheories.

Hewroteanumberofbest-sellingbooks,includingABriefHistoryofTime,in(26)______Hawkingexplainsthescienceofcosmology(thestudyofhowtheuniversebeganandthenevolved)includinghowblackholeswork.Thesecomplicatedtopicswereexplainedinawaythatmade(27)______easierforeveryonetounderstandthem.

Hawking’sillnessdidn’tstophim(28)______(try)newthings.Forhis65thbirthday,Hawkingexperiencedweightlessness