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2022-2023学年上海市华一附中高二上学期10月月考英语试卷
I. Listening Comprehension
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II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
On Teachers
Ancient scholars certainly had teachers. A teacher is one who passes on the truth, imparts knowledge and solves puzzles. Man is not born with knowledge. Who can deny that he has puzzles? If one had doubts and is not willing to learn from a teacher, his doubts ___1___ (never resolve).
The men born before me surely know the truth before me, so I respect them as teachers, whereas those born after me may also know the truth before me, so I likewise respect them as teachers. It is the truth that I endeavor to learn. Must I know beforehand ___2___ my teacher was born earlier or later than me? Therefore, no distinction should be made between the noble and the humble or between the young and the old. Where lies the truth, there is a teacher.
Alas, it is a long time ___3___ the admirable tone of respecting teachers ceased to pass on! How hard it would be to expect a man to be free of puzzle! Sages in olden times ___4___ outstripped by far the ordinary people even had teachers and asked them questions. Nowadays the multitude(大众), ___5___ much inferior to sages, are ashamed of being instructed by teachers. As a consequence, sages become more sage, and ignoramuses(无知识的人)more ignorant. The wisdom of the former and the stupidity of the latter -- are they not all caused by this?
Loving parents may select teachers to instruct their children. But when it comes to themselves, they feel ___6___ a disgrace to be taught by them. How wrong they must be! The teachers of their children only show them how to read a book sentence by sentence, not to be mentioned in the same breath as those whom I refe