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北京市第八十中学2022-2023学年度第二学期期中考试
高一英语试卷
(考试时间:90 分钟;满分:100 分)
第一部分:知识运用(共三节,42 分)
第一节完形填空(每小题 1.5 分,共 15 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。
Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree in English literature had not really ____1____ me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow, but I had no idea how to do that until I ____2____ about the Lighthouse Project.
I knew being a volunteer in the project would be a lot of hard work, and I would be away from my family and friends. ____3____, I did not make my decision to apply for it. Neither did my family agree.
Eventually, however, I won the ____4____ of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for application. After ____5____ interviews, I managed to stand out among the candidates and ____6____ the test alone. I would be going to a small village in Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But I was about to find it.
After completing my training, I was sent to the small village. Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their food, homes, and even ____7____ as if I were their own family. I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse. For the next year or so, I ____8____ in that same schoolhouse. But sometimes I think I learned more from my students than they did from me.
Sometime during that period, I realized that all those things that had seemed so ____9____ to me no longer did, though I did not get anywhere with the local language. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever, and I returned to my city a(n) ____10____ man.
1. A. prepared B. stopped C. pushed D. forced
2. A. talked B. asked C. cared D. learned
3. A. However B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. Instead
4. A. trust B. praise C. support D. respect
5. A. countless B. hopeless C. careless D. aimless
6. A. miss B. survive C. choose D. doubt
7. A. hearts B. wishes C. dre