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北京市广渠门中学高三年级保温测试英语试题
考试时间:90分钟 试卷满分:100分
第一部分:知识运用(共两节,30分)
第一节 完形填空(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。
My wife and I usually don’t keep houseplants. Anything in pots gets either overwatered or underwatered.
But after my diagnosis with a brain cancer, I loved the idea of having something green and 1 around
us.
Last year, my friend Mitch gave me a lucky bamboo plant. Tending to the plant gave me a sense of 2
at a time when I sometimes felt useless because my ability to move was limited. As a physician, I was used to
being the one who 3 care. Watering the plant 4 me to a core part of my old identity and
taught me I could still be a caregiver.
However, after several weeks growing in perfect condition, the plant 5 began to show signs of
stress. No matter what I did, the leaves kept 6 and dropping to the floor.
“I can’t even care for a simple plant!” I yelled. “If my lucky bamboo dies, I might die too!”
Identifying with the green and growing plant had offered me comfort. But when the tree was struggling, I
felt increasingly uneasy and 7 .
It was several months later when I recovered from surgery that I realized I had wrongly linked my careful
nurturing of the plant—something over which I had at least some control—with my own 8
—something over which I had no control.
As my 9 lessened, I began to study online tutorials to figure out how to care for the tree. I
transplanted it to a larger pot, and when it was back in the sunny window, we both began to thrive (旺盛 )
again.
Now whenever I look at the tree in its new pot, I make a point to relax and think of the things I can
10 .
1. A. alive B. primitive C. delicate D. mature
2. A. warmth B. relief C. achievement D. security
3. A. valued B. needed C. provided D. lacked
4. A. added B. connected C. adapted D. compared
5. A. casually B. interestingly C. genuinely D. mysteriously
6. A. spreading B. browning C. waving D. dancing
7. A. fearful B. innocent C. faithful D. dishonest
8. A. dre