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河北省部分市
2022-2023学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题分类汇编
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河北省保定市2022-2023学年高一上学期1月期末英语试题
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Although Cuban built a tech company that would finally make him extremely rich, he never showed off that. “I never, ever thought about ____41____,” he said. Instead, Cuban said his drive was something else ____42____. He said, “I always think about time. That’s always been my driving force. How can I control my own ____43____?”
At the beginning, when Cuban sold his first company for 6 million dollars, he never thought he’d have to ____44____ again. It made him so ____45____. He saved most of his ____46____ so he could live freely without worrying about future job. When he did ____47____, he spent on traveling with friends and family.
Five years later, the stock (股票) he had was highly ____48____ at the time. However, he hadn’t ____49____ most of his stock just months before the bubble (泡沫) ________50________, and then the share (股份) price dropped quickly. “It taught me a ________51________: When you just go after money, it never ________52________ well,” Cuban said. “However, if you value time, it can work out quite well. The most valuable fortune we can ________53________ is our time. The only thing we can do is ________54________ time and make full use of it. In that case, we can get amazing results.”
I couldn’t agree more with Cuban’s views. A person’s life is short. We should make the best use of time to do meaningful things, so that we won’t ________55________ a thing before death.
41. A. money B. relief C. jobs D. companies
42. A. equally B. completely C. purposely D. naturally
43. A. narrowness B. dirt C. time D. age
44. A. live B. share C. travel D. work
45. A. wise B. suitable C. impressive D. free
46. A. symbols B. strategies C. earnings D. rents
47. A. party B. spend C. challenge D. tour
48. A. valuable B. formal C. major D. obvious
49. A. sold B. packed C. held D. buried
50. A. formed B. improved C. broke D. changed
51.