精品解析：北京市朝阳区2021-2022学年高二下学期期末英语试题

北京市朝阳区2021~2022学年度第二学期质量检测 高二英语试卷 第一部分 知识运用（共三节，30分） 第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，共10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。 Nathalia, from Liberty High School, was so nervous for her final scholarship interview Friday morning that she couldn’t sleep. The 17-year-old ___1___ at 4 am and began preparing for whatever questions her principal, Harrison Bailey, might throw at her during the ___2___ for East Stroudsburg University. Nathalia left home confidently and ___3___ herself of the coming success. When arriving at school, she was ___4___ to find her family, teachers and representatives from East Stroudsburg all waiting for her. Actually, it was a surprising trick for: Nathalia. She’d already won the scholarship. “I was not expecting this at all,” Nathalia said, fighting back tears. The scholarship — valued at about $34,000 over four years-is to pay for university and remove students’ financial ___5___ to higher education. Nathalia plans to major in nursing at East Stroudsburg, and she agrees that the scholarship is ___6___ for the first-generation college students like her. “I feel like that an unbelievable dream comes true,” her mother Diana said with tears of joy. The epidemic has made gaining scholarship extra challenging. Nathalia ___7___ found a way to earn college credits by taking three online courses and in this way she has ___8___ herself a lot. “Nathalia is always self-motivated and I don’t have to ___9___ her,” Diana said. “I want to help patients with better hospital experience. It is my _____10_____ that pushes me on toward success.” 1. A. got up B. sped up C. looked up D. cleaned up 2. A. discussion B. interview C. break D. visit 3. A. required B. informed C. convinced D. accused 4. A. shocked B. alarmed C. embarrassed D. ashamed 5. A. risks B. losses C. foundations D. barriers 6. A. normal B. identical C. crucial D. accurate 7. A. hardly B. almost C. rather D. still 8. A. protected B. improved C. understood D. expressed 9. A. urge B. bla