北京市朝阳区2021-2022学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题

北京市朝阳区2021~2022学年度第一学期期中质量检测 高三英语试卷 第一部分 知识运用 第一节 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。 Marty Verel, a 59-year-old man who had had a kidney transplant in Ohio, should have been near the top of the list to receive a COVID-19 vaccine (疫苗). Yet like millions of others, he wasn't having any 1 scheduling. Marty and his wife, Nancy Verel, would sit with computers on their laps trying for hours to book on different sites, all of which were slow and complicated. “I felt 2 ,” Nancy says. Then Nancy heard about Marla Zwinggi, who was spending up to ten hours a day online trying to book appointments for vulnerable (弱势的) individuals. So Nancy 3 Zwinggi on Facebook: Can you help? Twenty-five minutes later, Zwinggi responded by asking for Marty's personal information. Nine minutes after that, Zwinggi 4 back—Marty had an appointment to get the vaccine. Zwinggi's vaccine 5 started on February 1, when she learned that her seriously sick parents were unable to get appointments themselves. Clicking around on vaccine registration sites, Zwinggi discovered just how 6 it was to book an appointment. She applied 7 that web insiders are familiar with. “I'm determined. I drink a lot of coffee, and I'm a fast typer,” she says. Soon enough, Zwinggi had 8 appointments for both of her parents. Zwinggi decided that helping others would be her way of 9 . “I feel like I need to will us out of this pandemic,” she says. On February 10, she logged on to Facebook to let people know that she was assisting with bookings. By March 2, she'd booked appointments for 400 people, an impressive achievement that made Nancy 10 , “Zwinggi is some sort of COVID angel (天使).” 1. A. advice B. fun C. money D. luck 2. A. safe B. hopeless C. ashamed D. positive 3. A. messaged B. greeted C. accepted D. recognized 4. A. paid B. looked C. reported D. travelled 5. A. developing B. hunting C. testing D. giving 6. A. difficult B. necessary C. expensive