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内蒙古部分地区
2020-2021学年高三英语一模试题分类汇编
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内蒙古包头市2021届高三第一次模拟考试英语试题
第一节(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I'm now living in southern France with my husband and three kids. I____21____like a fish out of water everywhere but one place—the Saturday street____22____.
It's been operating in our small town of Sommieres____23____the 13th century, but we've only lived here for three months. I'm____24____against many difficulties. On weekdays, life is all about the children. I'm____25____helping them____26____life in a French school. It's not easy, and their pressure is the whole family's stress, as Keith and I juggle the daily school runs and piles of homework in French.
But on Saturday, the market is for me. I feel so____27____as I walk along the quiet street toward the busy town square. The knife-sharpening man is there, running a machine that looks like it____28____from the Industrial Revolution. There are street musicians with guitars and microphones, and the sound of beautiful songs____29____the air. And the food, of course, is delicious. The cheese man doesn't speak—he just points and____30____, offering a piece from his knife.____31____come out of the door for fresh bread at the bakery, La Maison Aux Mielles Pains. Organic vegetables, herbs, and pastries are a feast for the eyes,____32____being put into the bag to be enjoyed later for lunch. The noises and smells of the market are____33____and thrilling, but their procedures are clear to me.
This is part of why I love the place so much: Unlike during the week, when I'm____34____ faced with my own difficulties, I know how this place works. My terrible French isn't the____35____to communication as it is in other circumstances. At school and in the village, I can't joke on or ____36____a conversation.____37____the other parents at the school are kind, I'm a(n)____38____. Surrounded by day-trippers, I feel like a local-greeting people I know and petting dogs.
My Saturday experiences____39_