2024-2025学年第二学期高三年级开学测试
英
语
(考试时间：90分钟试卷满分：100分)
第一部分知识运用（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Some dreams take longer to come true than others,but with the help of 21st-century
social media and her great-grandson,at the age of 110,one British woman is1 hers
at long last.
At the end of World War I,Amy Hawkins was a 7-year-old child who loved nothing
more than to 2.As a teen,Hawkins set her 3 on becoming an entertainer.
Hawkins was on her way,touring the country with a dance troupe-until her ambition was
4 by her mom,who didn't see it as a respectable 5 for a young lady.
All these years later,the 110-year-old lady lives at home in Monmouth,South Wales,
surrounded by her loved ones.The four-generation family unit includes her granddaughter,
Hannah Freeman,and Freeman's 14-year-old son,Sacha.Even though she's no longer
doing it 6,Hawkins has never stopped singing.
"She's like a clock,once you 7 her up she won't stop,"Freeman said in an
interview."She just keeps asking,'Would you like another one '."
On Hawkins'110th birthday,Sacha 8 his great-gran singing one of her favorite
WWI tunes.When Freeman jokingly suggested Sacha post it to TikTok,neither of them
could have 9 the overwhelmingly positive response it would receive,reaching
100,000 views and a large number of emotional praises in just days.
Some joureys take longer than others.Sometimes,we're detoured (along the
