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2022-2023学年北京市大兴区高一下学期期末考试
英 语
本试卷共10页,共100分。考试时长90分钟。考生务必将答案写在答题卡上,在试卷上作答无效。
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。
When I became an amputee(截肢患者)at age 29, I was forced to rethink the idea of physical perfection. My life became different, as I changed from an acceptably attractive woman to an object of pity and 1 .
Too busy 2 physical pain and obvious mobility limitation, I was not aware of this change at first. But I was determined to 3 my work and life as well as before, feeling good about the progress I had made.
4 , as I made my first trip outside the hospital, society had already assigned me a new status. Happy to be free of my limit in the hospital, I rolled through the shopping mall as a survivor. Unfortunately, I had a rude response as I discovered that others did not view me in the way I had come to view myself. All eyes were upon me, yet no one dared to make eye contact. Their efforts to 5 my eyes forced me to realize they saw only my missing legs.
While I sat thinking about what had happened, a small girl came up to me. She stared with unembarrassed 6 at the empty pants. Finding nothing there, she looked up at me with a puzzled look, she childishly asked, "Lady, where did your legs go?"
I explained that my legs had been sick. Since my legs hadn't been strong and healthy like hers, the doctors had to 7 them. With her head upwards, she asked, "Did they go to ‘Leg Heaven’?"
That incident made me think about how 8 children and adults react to the unknown. To a child, an odd appearance is an interesting curiosity and 9 learning experience while adults often view the same thing with fear and horror.
To fulfill the wholeness of my mind and spirit, I now smile warmly, make eye contact, and speak in a confident manner. By using a 10 approach, I attempt to enlighten society about the fact that having a not-so-perfect body doesn't mean having a poor qual