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45分语言知识运用保分练(二)(原卷版)
语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,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。
(2022·江西高三第一次摸底考试)At 17, I didn't have enough money for college. My mom's boss, Mr. Overstreet, often made generous __41__ for various charity purposes. On the __42__ that Mr. Overstreet would agree to help me, Mom suggested that I ask if his company would __43__ helping me pay for my college.
I__44__ walked into his large office, and told Mr. Overstreet with all my __45__ that I wanted a college education badly. He told me that he would refer my __46__ to the board of directors.
Later, as__47__, I went to his office. Mr. Overstreet __48__ me that if his corporation paid for my education, they would have to do it for all the __49__.
I thanked Mr. Overstreet and then,__50__ started to run down my face. It hit me that in no case would my chance of going to college __51__.
Then, full of__52__, Mr. Overstreet said, “Son, the company couldn't pay for your college, but I could.” With that, Mr. Overstreet produced a __53__ from his desk and sent me to college.
Four years later, I had the__54__ of keeping my promise to Mr. Overstreet. I graduated first in my class and went on to Vanderbilt Law School, and Mr. Overstreet lived just long enough to see me __55__. Eight years later, I was elected to the US Congress. In my __56__ speech that night on stage, I __57__ Mr. Overstreet looking down from heaven.
__58__, as Chairman of the Higher Education Committee, I managed to increase college __59__ aid for lowincome students by 62%. Mr. Overstreet's single act of __60__ to one poor kid ended up helping more students from lowincome families go to college.
41.A.suggestions B.introductions
C.instructions D.contributions
42.A.basis B.data
C.assumption D.choice
43.A.consider B.admire
C.brush D.withdraw
44.A.similarly B.nervously
C.secretly D.normally
45.A.knowledge B.curiosity
C.ambition D.passion
46.A.demand B.request
C.concern