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2023-2024 学年第一学期高二期中练习英语学科试题
(总分100分, 考试时间90分钟)
一、完型填空(共10小题, 每小题1分, 共10分)
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 从每题所给的选项中, 选出最佳选项。
“I knew when I saw you, I wanted to take you home,” my dad says to me. I am sitting beside him for our Saturday morning visit. While our conversation may repeat at times or be filled with silence, sometimes I get these ___1___ words.
My father has Alzheimer’s (阿兹海默症病人). It has been a long time since he ___2___ me by my name. When he says these words, my tears ___3___ . There is a deep-seated ___4___ of a father seeing his daughter when she was born. It makes me think of a rare photo I have of my father with me as a baby. In the photo, he is holding me, with arms outstretched as if inspecting me.
Another Saturday, it happens again. He is looking at a photo of me in high school. He points to the photo and says, “She’s smart. She can do anything.” I am shocked. The emotion catches in my throat. Does he ___5___ the same person is sitting beside him? It does not ___6___ . In that moment I feel his love and it’s a/an ___7___ of my pain.
Our weekly visits repeat. We sit. I listen. He talks.
The more I listen, the more I ___8___ that his words are tied to a memory from long ago. He may ___9___ to find a word but he finds a way to express himself. I am ____10____ to be by his side when he says these unexpected words. He’s giving me what he can.
1. A. simplified B. invaluable C. abnormal D. anxious
2. A. called B. taught C. contacted D. evaluated
3. A. summed up B. rolled over C. welled up D. ran out
4. A. need B. memory C. dream D. intention
5. A. believe B. wonder C. found D. know
6. A. last B. appear C. work D. matter
7. A. relief B. reminder C. instance D. absence
8. A. expect B. imagine C. sense D. doubt
9. A. attempt B. hesitate C. forget D. struggle
10. A. grateful B. curious C. ashamed D. amused
二、语法填空(共10小题; 每小题1分, 共10分)(原创)
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阅读下面短文,根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词。在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what