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北京市海淀区2024-2025学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题

第一部分：听力理解（略）

第二部分：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。

Progressmayfeelsoslowattimesthatitfeelslikeyou’renotreallygettinganywhere.Tiredness____1____.Thendiscouragement.That’swhenyouknowit’stimetotakeaglanceintothe____2____toseejusthowfaryou’vecome.

Twelvemonthago,myhusbandJohnandItookonarenovation(翻新)projectinanewcountry.Inthefirsttendays,itwaslikeanexcitingadventure.Wecarefullymeasuredthewalls,pickedoutpaintcolors,and____3____aboutthelovelyhomewewouldbuild.Progressadvanced____4____,andIrecallsaying,“Whosaidrenovatingwashard?Thisissomuchfun.”

Weeksturnedintomonths,andthepacebegantoslowdown.Aftersixmonths,insteadofseeingthebeautifulseaviewbeforeme,Ionlysawbaredirtpatches,unpaintedpillars,andunfinishedrooms.Guestswereduetoarrive,andtheplacelookedlikeamessybuildingsite.

I____5____,“Willweevergetthisfinished?”

That’swhenIdecidedtorevisitphotographsfromjustafewmonthsearlier.Iwas____6____bythetransformationwehadachieved.Lookatthepillarsthathadbeenpainted,andtheblossominggardenwehadcultivated!Thosebefore-and-afterimagesservedasapowerful____7____:eventhoughourprojectwasfarfromcompletion,wehadactuallydonesomuchwecouldbe____8____of.

Thatevening,asthesunset,paintingtheskyorange,wesatonourbalconyanddranktea,quietly____9____whatwehadaccomplished.Ourrenovationprojectwasnotjustabouttransformingahouse;we’dbeentransformingourlife.Wewereremindedthatjoyisn’tonlytobefoundinthefinal_____10_____,butratherineachandeverystepoftheproject.

1.A.goeson B.setsin C.easesup D.meltsaway

2.A.past B.mind C.distance D.destination

3.A.asked B.cared C.learned D.dreamed

4.A.secretly B.suddenly C.rapidly D.caut