上海市部分区2023-2024学年高三上学期期末（一模）英语汇编：选词填空

上海市部分区2023-2024学年高三上学期期末（一模）英语试题分类汇编 选词填空 2024届上海市金山区高三上学期一模英语试卷 Section B Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. housed B. overcome C. mounting D. distress E. marveling F. instrument G. chain H. facilitate I. pilot J. confused K. striking Unlocking The Vatican Museums Gianni Crea has, almost every morning for the past decade, unlocked the doors to the Vatican Museums. He has seen the splendor of the Sistine Chapel and admired the textures of ancient Egypt. “Yes, I’m a key keeper. But the doors I open are the ones to the history of art, and it’s here that exists the biggest and most beautiful history in the world,” says Crea. The Vatican Museums have (31) ______ collections since the 15th century, including tens of thousands of artworks and artifacts spanning prehistory to modern times. The most (32) ______ one of them, according to Crea, is Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. He recalls being (33) ______ with emotion the first time he accompanied the former head key keeper to open the chapel more than 20 years ago. Since then, he’s witnessed people of all faiths (34) ______ at the chapel’s loveliness, something the church believes is increasingly vital during these unsettled times. “In the difficult current context the world is experiencing, in which sadness and (35) ______ seem to have the upper hand, art is more necessary than ever, because beauty is always a source of joy,” Pope Francis said last year. There is also (36) ______ scientific evidence to support this view. A 2019 WHO analysis revealed that artistic and cultural activities (37) ______ physical and psychological health. In fall 2022, physicians at Brussels’ hospitals partnered with the city to launch a six-month (38) ______ study examining the benefits of “museum prescriptions as supplemental treatment for stress, burnout, and anxiety”. I