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东城区2021-2022学年度第
高三英语
本试卷共11页,共100分。考试时长90分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上,在试卷上作答无效,考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分:知识运用(共两节,30分)
第一节 完形填空(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。
Sometimes the world gives us a small sign of encouragement, right when we need it the most.
Murphy lost her parents in her early 20s. Two years ago, she was ____1____ with finding happiness in her career. During walks on the beach she would talk to her parents in her head, seeking guidance about her career choices. “Since they weren’t with me ____2____ , I would ask for little signs in the form of heart-shaped rocks. When I would find one, I would feel connected to something outside of myself.” These small ____3____ made her feel like she wasn’t alone.
Once, during a trip, Murphy was moved by the way tiny courtesies like a smile made her feel more ____4____ in an unfamiliar country. She came back with—the understanding that small acts of kindness could have a big ____5____ .
One day, while walking on the beach, she suddenly came up with an idea of writing some encouraging messages on rocks. So she did it. She soon learned her small action was already making ripples (涟漪). That night a friend texted her a picture of a rock and said, “Was this you?” She had ____6____ Murphy because she knew Murphy walked along that same beach. Murphy was ____7____ by the way her friend said finding that rock had made her day.
Murphy became hooked on the idea that she could spread happiness through something as ____8____ as a rock with a message on it. She started leaving rocks in other places. With these rocks, she left a small sign encouraging others to leave a kindness rock somewhere else—“One rock, one person.” Murphy explains. “If a message ____9____ a person at the right time, or they join, it’s like a huge _____10_____ . It’ what our world needs right now.”
1. A. meeting B. struggling C. living D. engaging
2. A. mentally B. regularly C. physically D. temporarily
3. A. treasures B. incide