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北京市朝阳区2022 -2023学年度第一学期期末质量检测
高一英语 2023. 1
(考试时间100分钟 满分100分)
本试卷共10页。考生务必在答题卡指定区域作答,在试卷上作答无效。
第一部分知识运用(共三节,30分)
第一节 完形填空(共10小题;每小题I分,共10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。
Steph Clemence had good grades and always intended to go to college. But her poor family couldn't 1 it. Steph had to find a job and tried to figure out what to do with a life that was greatly different from her plan.
The answer came one afternoon when she was cleaning her bookshelf. Inside a box she 2 two pages titled "Mrs. Clark's Book List" from the English teacher in her high school, Dorothy Clark. "She'd spent months creating a list of 153 books, " says Steph. "She knew most of us would not go to college, but we could continue to learn. She was 3 about that. "
Steph was 4 and determined to improve herself So it began in 1970. Starting at the top, she read every book in the order they appeared. People around her didn't find much 5 in her journey, as some of the books were hard going. But she felt 6 Each of those books inspired her to learn more about the world.
Now Steph is 70 and she never did get to college. But she has only four books left to read from the list. She expects to 7 them sometime in 2023. "I don't race through a book, as I want to fully 8 it. Each of the books has added something to who I am and how I see the world, she says. "I'm no expert, but I am working for my own 9 I now have the background to see how the world works. ”
In Steph's eye, Mrs. Clark felt it was her particular 10 to offer young students a road map in a changing world. Thanks to a book list, at least one young woman who couldn't pay for college was the better for it.
1. A. avoid B. afford C. change D. refuse
2. A. collected B. packed C. selected D. noticed
3. A. wrong B. upset C. right D. angry
4. A. surprised B. hopeful C. calm D. nervous
5. A. value B. time C. support D. trouble
6. A. exactly B. badly C. differently D. similarly
7. A. copy B. forget C. check D. finish
8. A. describe