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北京二中2022—2023学年度第三学段高一年级学段考试试卷
英语
第一部分:知识运用(20分)
第一节 完形填空(共10小题;每小题1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。
Two-year-old Nancy is deaf. However, that hasn’t stopped her from being a(n) ____1____ little girl trying to “chat” to anyone she meets. As soon as she goes out into town with her parents, she starts ____2____ in the hope that the person she is talking to knows sign language too.
Normally, hearing loss is a social ____3____ for those who don’t know how to use sign language. Anyone Nancy tried to talk to ____4____ this and felt so sorry they couldn’t respond. They wished they could ____5____ her and say something back, but they found themselves completely at a loss.
Then, something amazing happened. Instead of causing a/an ____6____, this barrier brought the community together. Determined to learn sign language so that they could talk to Nancy, her neighbors hired an instructor on their own, and now they are ____7____ to taking classes together. The teacher admits that this is really remarkable because, quite often, even the parents of deaf children don’t want to learn the language. But here Nancy has a full community that is signing and communicating with her, and it is a/an ____8____ story.
The teacher also says that this level of inclusion will make a huge difference in Nancy’s life. It almost certainly ensures that she will be a happier and more ____9____ individual in the future. Nancy’s parents are already noticing a _____10_____ in their daughter and they have no words to express how grateful they are to their neighbors.
With a little girl and a lot of love, the neighbors truly make the neighborhood a community.
1. A. independent B. persistent C. outgoing D. generous
2. A. signing B. cheering C. waving D. smiling
3. A. absence B. barrier C. stress D. interaction
4. A. discussed B. ignored C. realized D. predicted
5. A. inspire B. protect C. trust D. understand
6. A. conflict B. separation C. complaint D. incident
7. A. devoted