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北京第二外国语学院附属中学2022—2023学年第一学期期中考试
高二英语
本试卷共8页,100分。考试时长90分钟。
第Ⅰ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)
阅读下面的短文,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。
When I was a junior in high school, I was nominated (提名) to run for vice president of the Student Council at the start of our senior year. I turned it down because of the responsibilities of this position. But I ___1___ to run for court clerk instead, as I knew that being court clerk wouldn’t be difficult. When the election came, I ___2___. Indeed, over the whole year that followed, the only thing my new position brought was a sense of ___3___, just as I had hoped.
Then towards the end of the year, all the council members took turns to talk about their experiences in their positions in the final assembly (集会) of the year. I thought I was last in terms of importance, the ___4___ position on the council. So when talking about my job, I said that the court clerk didn’t do anything; since there was no court, it didn’t matter who they voted for. I thought I was being ___5___ and cool.
As I exited, however, I was ___6___ by an angry Mr. Roberge, the Student Council advisor. He took me aside and criticized me, using whatever ___7___ words he could think of. I can’t exactly remember what he said. But I was forced to realize I had developed the disease of not caring, and the cancer of a lack of ___8___.
I cannot say Mr. Roberge ___9___ me then and there. But since that day I have been much more aware of my struggles to be respectful for people and for myself. Mr. Roberge changed the ____10____ of my life, by maybe a few centimeters. But that difference has accumulated over time, and I am not the person I would have been.
1. A. continued B. agreed C. hesitated D. failed
2. A. won B. voted C. withdrew D. panicked
3. A. freedom B. achievement C. lightness D. security
4. A. coolest B. hardest C. best D. lowest
5. A. truthful B. respectful C. smart D. humble
6. A. disturbed B. punished C. doubted D. stopped
7. A. sharp B. abstrac