河南省驻马店市新蔡县2023-2024学年高一下学期7月月考英语检测试题（含答案）.pdfVIP

河南省驻马店市新蔡县2023-2024学年高一下学期7月月考英语

检测试题

注意事项：

1.答题前请填好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息；

2.请将答案正确填写在答题卡上。

一、听力(共两节，满分30分)略

二、阅读理解(共两节，共20小题.每小题2.5分，满分50分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，共37.5分)

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Formanyyears,Iwantedtobeamusicvideodirector.Aftergraduatingfromhighschool,I

movedtoLosAngeles.Iearnedadegreeinvideoproductionthere.FortunesmileduponmeasI

quicklyworkedasaproductionhelper.Iwasyoungandambitious,doingmybestinmydreamwork.

Oneday,Iworkedasavolunteeratanawardshow.Aproductionmanagertalkedwithmeand

saidthatIwasgoingtobea“bigfish”oneday.Iwaspraised,butfrightened.Iwasn’tsurewhetherI

couldbearthepressureofbeinga“bigfish”.Nottoolongaftertheshow,Iwaslaidofffrommy

positionattheproductioncompany.IwentbackhometoFloridatothinkaboutmynextcareermove.

InFlorida,Ifoundajobinafinancialcompany.Thepaywasgood,andtheworkwasnot

difficult.Butafewmonthslater,mycreativespiritsentanSOStomybrain.ItremindedmethatI

wasn’tmakingthebestuseofmytalents.Ididn’thavethemoneytomakeanothercross-country

movebacktoLosAngeles,butIcouldn’twaittocreatesomething.

Ididsomecreativewritingduringmyretime.Tomotivatemyselfevenfurther,Ipromised

myselfachildren’sstorybook.Mygoaldidn’tendthere,however.Ialsodecidedtogetthebook

published.Itwasnoteasy,andIcontinuedsendingoutmyworkfornearlyfouryears.Finallymy

workattractedtheinterestofapublisher.

WhenIheldacopyofmybeautifulchildren’sbookinmyhands,Ifeltreallyhappyfromthe

bottomofmyheart.Imaynothavebecomeabigfish,butIdidachieveagoal.Successcomesfrom

efforts.Whenyouhavesomethingtofightfor,you’renotfarfromsuccess.

21．TheauthorwenttoLosAngelesto______.

A．findahigh-paidjob