北京市第四十四中学2023-2024学年高三上学期期中练习英语试卷
一、第一部分：完形填空（共15分）
完形填空
I've been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.
One morning I    1．     a lost lamb when I was in the top field, near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its mother, so I jumped out of the tractor to tend to it while Don stayed in his seat.
Lamb and mother    2．    . I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so    3．     because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out. Obviously, Don had somehow made the    4．     move.
My heart froze in my chest as I saw the tractor heading towards the    5．    . I ran desperately but failed to    6．    . It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The last thing I saw was Don's face, looking calmly back at me.
Heart in mouth, I reached the fence and looked over. The tractor was    7．    against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously (奇迹般地) crossed the    8．    road with fast-flowing traffic. I couldn't see Don, but as I    9．    the tractor, he jumped out onto the road, apparently unhurt and raced back to me. Don was given a special    10．    that night — I didn't want him to think I was angry with him.
1．A．dropped B．spotted C．carried D．returned
2．A．freed B．switched C．reunited D．examined
3．A．unexpected B．dangerous C．embarrassing D．difficult
4．A．lamb B．vehicle C．seat D．fence
5．A．crowd B．hill C．field D．motorway
6．A．take off B．catch up C．hold back D．get out
7．A．resting B．running C．parking D．turning
8．A．winding B．deserted C．rough D．busy
9．A．abandoned B．recognized C．approached D．repaired
10．A．meal B．test C．job D．lesson
二、第二部分：语法填空（共三节，15分）
语法填空
Standing on the shore of a lake, I couldn't help admiring the hundreds of small rocks that 　11．           　 (surround) my shoes. All created from hard surfaces, the rocks softened over time. And I was wondering 　12．     　we could learn from a pile of rocks. Once I was a sharp rock that was covered with pointy edges, and now I have found my attitudes have softened and my desire to understand others　13．             　 (expand) with time.
语法填空
Oil dominates every aspect 　14．     　our life. It fuels our cars, and it is used in the production of our plastic goods and the electricity for our homes and factories. Moreover, it can even 　15．         　 (find) in the fertilizer for the soil in which our food grows. Oil makes nations 　16．          　 (extreme) wealthy, while shortages of oil can bring economies to their knees. In short, this black and sticky substance has been running 　17．     　 (we) world.
语法填空
When we go outdoors in winter, cold wind gets through our clothes, 　18．        　 (hit) our body parts fiercely. Then we may feel cold. How do we feel cold? Actually human skin is filled with temperature-sensing nerve receptors named TRPs, which receive stimuli (刺激) from the environment. 　19．         　 (sense) the cold, the brain uses one of the receptors (感受器) called TRPM8. When the TRPM8 is hit by stimuli, it will send an electric signal to the brain, 　20．     　 understands the signal as "cold".
三、第三部分：阅读理解，第一节阅读理解（共14小题；每小题2分，共28分）
阅读理解