内容正文:
中央工艺美院附中
2022—2023学年第一学期
10年级1—3班、国班际、2021级(1+3)1—3班
英语学科期中考试试卷
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。
Kate Meyer and Adam Jankowski had just returned to the U.S. after honeymooning in Africa and were waiting out a 10-hour connecting time at Washington—Dulles before they changed the plane to their home in South Carolina.
It had been a dream trip. Along with their memories, they also brought back a beautiful, one-of-a-kind ___1___ of three African wild dogs created by a local artist. For safekeeping, they rolled the artwork in a tube and hand — carried it on their ___2___.
Having arrived at Dulles after a 28-hour journey, Kate and Adam went to a museum to ___3___ themselves during their long connecting time. After spending a few hours there, they returned to the airport before boarding time. It was then Kate noticed that Adam wasn’t carrying the tube with the painting. Trying not to ___4___, Kate checked with the airport Lost and Found, and Adam ran back to where he’d last had the painting, but it was ___5___. Finally they went to the airport customer service counter, where they met Bella Beyene-Seboka. What happened next ___6___ Kate and Adam so much. Positive and ___7___, Bella said she wasn’t willing to give up and would do everything she could to find the painting.
The three of them ___8___ the gate podiums. At the second one, they found the tube with the painting, safe and sound. They were all so ___9___. The couple were in tears, hugging Bella and thanking her. Bella said she just loved knowing she’d helped people and that was why she didn’t give up.
The painting now hangs in Kate and Adam’s home as a daily reminder of not only an unbelievable trip, but of the unbelievable ____10____ shown to them that day by Bella.
1. A. painting B. article C. photo D. card
2. A. luggage B. flight C. seat D. holiday
3. A. entertain B. adapt C. prepare D. control
4. A. panic B. waste C. fail D. suffer
5. A. tireless B. endles