河南省沁阳市第一中学2022-2023学年高三上学期开学考试英语试题

试卷第 1页，总 8页 英 河南省沁阳一中2023学年高三（上）开学考试 语 第一部分 完型（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。 At 36, I have three kids and a great husband, and I'm enjoying a challenging but fun career. Although this is “__1__”sometimes I feel my heart asking if this is who I truly am. The chaos of the family kitchen___2___my brain: the noise of the kettle, pots and dishes, and the conversation demands while I'm making breakfast. I escape __3___to my bedroom. Only in silence do I hear the self that is__4____from the children and wonder who that person might be. So, I journeyed, for the first time in a decade, without my husband or kids. I went with a friend to__5____in Iceland. I hoped the consideration of walking would help me better ___6__ who I want to be. For 6 days, I was absorbed in__7____scenery and real weather. The mountains in Iceland__8__ black and tall into the heavens against the white of the snow.Looking outside at wild wind and rain and knowing there's no___9____ to make freed the soul. Climbing a mountain against sheets of rain and returning to a tent for a simple meal___10___ me how little I actually needed and how __11____I felt when uncomfortable. I found __12____ in Iceland, and time to consider "the me" outside career and kids as I shared stories with strangers with no __13___past and no expected future. When I stopped talking and just listened, I was surprised at how my____14____changed-----I became more generous. I learned generosity can __15____ more space, more food and more warmth____16_ when there may not seem enough to go around at first glance. I came home to noise, chaos and love. I know the answer isn't waiting out there on the top of a mountain or inside my head if I just __17___hard enough to hear, and it isn't in conversation with other seeking souls. The answer is in front of me with every step on my own life's____18__. I'm not finding myself, but I'm creating myself. I need the storm as much as I need the quietness. _