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2023北京高三一模英语汇编
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(2023·北京东城·统考一模)Bernard, the 82-year-old retired police officer, was heartbroken when he ____1____ his precious medal. His house was broken into last December. The thief took away some jewelry, some cash and his treasured medal given for his 32 years of ____2____ with Liverpool Police Station. He believed the medal was gone forever.
Three months later, David, a young volunteer pulled the medal from a river in a “one-in-a-million” catch. The young man was in a litter clean-up programme in Liverpool. He had been using a large magnet (磁铁) to ____3____ metal rubbish out of the river for 30 minutes when he found a small blue metal box.
“I would have never found the medal if we hadn’t ____4____ all the rubbish in the river first,” said David. “At first, we found old bits of shopping carts and other metal items but about half an hour later, I pulled out the ____5____ , and it’s got ‘Police Long Service Medal’ written on it, It really was like finding a needle in a haystack (干草堆).”
____6____ , the medal was carved with Bernard’s name and the medal number, which David used to ____7____ the senior’s phone number online. The retired police officer was ____8____ when he received a call saying the medal had been found in a river, still in its metal box. And when he was told it would be ____9____ to him by the young man who found it, his face lit up. David then planned a visit to meet Bernard and returned the medal to him.
“This was truly the best _____10_____ for cleaning up that rubbish... It’s amazing,” David said.
1.A.damaged B.lost C.sold D.dirtied
2.A.business B.communication C.cooperation D.service
3.A.net B.site C.cup D.fish
4.A.tackled B.deserted C.recycled D.buried
5.A.magnet B.rubbish C.box D.jewelry
6.A.Apparently B.Thankfully C.Gradually D.Consequently
7.A.track B.recall C.record D.dial
8.A.nervous B.astonished C.proud D.embarrassed
9.A.awarded B.submitted C.presented D.addressed
10.A.drive B.proof C.wish D.reward
(2023·北京西城·统考一模)
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