内容正文:
人大附中2022~2023学年度第二学期高二年级英语期中练习
第一部分:知识应用(共三节,32分)
第一节(共10小题:每小题1.5分,共15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。
War started in our house in late July with a month to go before my first day of college. It was a battle of wills over what college I was to attend. Mom wanted me to attend a famous nursing school, and I wanted to go to a small writing college. Every night for two weeks, we argued, shouted, and gave ___1___ treatments until both sides went to bed with regrets.
It was mostly my fault. Since my junior year of high school, I had ___2___ at being a nurse. I took all the science courses and even worked as a volunteer in my town’s local hospital. My goal was to help the sick and be a superwoman to the world.
Yet, as graduation and college neared, it all changed. Treating the sick was ___3___, but not what I was meant to do for the rest of my life. I could picture myself in hospitals, making rounds, and taking temperatures, but I couldn’t picture myself happy. It wasn’t the ___4___ I wanted.
Then, I realized I had been creating and writing stories for as long as I could ___5___. I loved it, and writing was what I had been doing as a ___6___. It was going to be my career. And it had to be.
On August 1st, Mom and I sat down at the dinner table and I told her that she had every right to choose where to spend her money, just like I had every right to decide where I wanted to go to school. If it was her choice not to ___7___ any of my college education, then I would take a year off to work and earn money so I could go to the college I wanted.
Standing by my decision to be a writer had ___8___ my firm belief to my mom. Finally, we were at ___9___, and she decided to support me, which meant the world to me.
Before that time, I had never stood up against my parents on any major decision. Choosing which college to attend _____10_____ me to become a separate and complete adult. I am now finished with my first semester as a Professional Writing major, an