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北京市第一七一中学2022-2023学年度第一学期
高二英语期中调研试题
一、完型填空(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。
It was a cold evening, and my daughter and I were walking up Broadway. I didn’t notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard box, but Nora did. She wasn’t even four, but she___1___at my coat and said, “That man’s cold. Daddy, can we take him home?”
I don’t remember my reply. But I do remember a sudden heavy feeling inside me. I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her___2___, whether it was birds in flight or children playing. But now she was noticing___3___and beggary.
A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and___4___it to an elderly person. It was quick and easy, so I signed us up. Nora was excited about it. She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how___5___our job was. When Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to___6___myself to leave the house. On the way to the school, I fought an urge to turn___7___. The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting at home. Why do this? Still, we phoned the elderly person we’d been appointed. She invited us right over.
The building was in a bad state. Facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress. She took the package and asked us to come in. Nora ran inside. I unwillingly followed. Once inside I saw that the department belonged to someone poor. Our hostess showed us some photos. Nora played and when the time came to say goodbye, we three hugged, I walked home in tears.
Professionals call such a(n)___8___“a volunteer opportunity”. They are opportunities, I’ve come to see. Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something___9___that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and collect clothes for the homeless. Yet, as I’ve watched her grow over these past four years, I still wonder which of