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2023高考冲刺练
1.第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1.分,满分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。
Every eighth grader wanted to be in a show choir(合唱团). I waited with the other students. Soon, it was my ____21____ to enter the room. I almost hit every note in the song without a mistake. I felt that I had done a(n) ____22____ job. Weeks passed and the list of who had made it into the show choir was ____23____.
I found my name on it, “Angelica H.—an alternate(候补人)”. An alternate? After I saw this, my ____24____ disappeared. I felt sad. In the meanwhile, I had no ____25____ of joining show choirs any more. I was separated from something that I thought made me ____26____.
A year passed and I realized that it was not ____27____ of me to give up on what I loved. Once, I was at a restaurant that also held karaoke for the customers. My parents ____28____ me to go up and sing. I said no the first time, no the second time, but ____29____ I got enough courage to go up. I chose a song by Sam Smith. When I hit the high notes in the song, people ____30____ there cheered for me. Their applause inspired me. I ____31____ singing made me happy and that I still had that ____32____.
The ____33____ that I learned is: if you are ____34____ or do not get the outcome you want, and if it’s something you love, don’t give up. I know that I won’t always get the outcome I want in the fixture. However, I will ____35____ to work just as hard.
21. A. turn B. chance C. wish D. duty
22. A. challenging B. amazing C. regular D. difficult
23. A. printed B. marked C. posted D. updated
24. A. curiosity B. honesty C. kindness D. confidence
25. A. intention B. gift C. choice D. time
26. A. fashionable B. confused C. different D. surprised
27. A. polite B. careful C. dependent D. smart
28. A. allowed B. chose C. warned D. encouraged
29. A. eventually B. suddenly C. obviously D. occasionally
30. A. talking B. eating C. competing D. shopping
31. A. worried B. regretted C. realized D. guessed
32. A. passion B. ener