内容正文:
浙江省衢州市
2019-2022三年高二下学期英语期末试卷汇编
完形填空
浙江省衢州市2021-2022学年高二下学期期末教学质量检测英语试题
第一节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
Eleven months into my postdoctoral research, the project my advisor and I worked on was close to success. But then everything came to a ( n ) ____16____ — my 4-year-old daughter Ellie was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer.
Hearing the news, I ____17____ called my advisor, telling him to give someone else my ____18____ and clear my bench. He said he supported me in setting everything aside, but never gave up hope that I would ____19____ the lab.
In the months that followed, all my time was spent ____20____ to my daughter, who had become extraordinarily ____21____ and thin. I sometimes even checked her ____22____ at night for fear that it had stopped. In the midst of the ____23____ , I never thought about work.
My advisor stayed in touch with ____24____ messages. He only called once about a scholarship I had been ____25____ . It was an extraordinary honor, and one I had been working so hard for until months earlier. But by that point I didn’t ____26____ .
Nine months later, however, my mind started to ____27____ . Ellie was allowed back to school thanks to effective ____28____ . And I started to miss my lab. But the thought of returning to work left me feeling ____29____ and scared. What if the cancer came back when I was busy ____30____ around as both a scientist and a mom?
My advisor suggested I work a few hours per week on my project — which, I was surprised to learn, he’d ____31____ given to another person. And as I slowly re-entered my lab life, I ____32____ he had been laying the groundwork to ease my return.
I am ____33____ for my advisor’s support. He gave me the space I needed when I was ____34____ a personal crisis. He also cared about my ____35____ when I didn’t give it a second thought.
16. A. arrangement B. solution C. decision D. stop
17. A. absently B. randomly C. instantly D. suddenly
18. A. project B