上海市行知中学2024-2025学年高一上学期期末考试英语学科试卷.docx

上海市行知中学2024学年第一学期期末考试

高一年级英语学科试卷

II.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

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

ElonMusk,theSouthAfrican-born,entrepreneurstartedhisfirstbusinessesinthe1990s:_____1_____onlinecityguidecalledZip2andadigitalpaymentcompanynamedX.com,whichlaterbecamePayPal.MuskbecameanAmericancitizenin2002,andthenmovedintothetransportationindustryviahismostrecognizablecompanies.Inthetwo-plusdecades,he_____2_____(rise)tofamebyfoundingsomeofthemostinnovativetechcompaniesintheworldtoday,includingelectricvehiclemakerTeslaandspaceexplorationcompanySpaceX.Today,Muskranksastherichestpersonintheworld,_____3_____fortuneisestimated’tototalataround$468billiononDecember18,2024,accordingtoBloomberg,largely_____4_____hisroughly13percentstakeinTesla,whichwasworthabout$103billion.

But_____5_____Muskhasdoneinbusinessisunconventionalandsometimescontroversial.In2022,heagreedtoacquirethesocialmediacompanyformerly_____6_____(know)asTwitterina$44billiondealbeforelatertryingtobackout.HeultimatelyagreedtoclosethedealatitsoriginaltermsbeforeaDelawaretrial_____7_____(set)tobegin.

Muskhasalsothrownhimselfintothe2024U.S.presidentialelectioncampaign,backingformerPresidentDonaldTrumpandappearingatcampaignrallieswithhim.Muskhasspentnearly$120milliontowardsupportingTrump’scampaign,accordingtoTheNewYorkTimes,_____8_____initiallysayinghewouldn’tbedonatingmoneytoeitherpresidentialcandidate.

FollowingTrump’swin,hewasappointed_____9_____(co-lead)theDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency,anewadvisorypanelunderTrump’sinco