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2023-2024学年高三上学期期末考试英语试题分类汇编
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山东省日照市2023-2024学年高三上学期1月期末校际联合考试英语试题
第 一节(共15小题;每小题1分, 满分15分)
阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In 2005, Calvin Echevarria was leading a successful life with two jobs, a new house, and a young daughter. However, his world 21 upside down when he was diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy, causing him to lose his 22 as a FedEx driver due to blindness.
In the beginning, Echevarria focused on developing 23 living skills, such as using a cane(拐杖). 24 , he desired to acquire skills for gainful employment. His 25 led him to Lighthouse Works in Orlando, a company 26 to creating job opportunities for the visually impaired and blind population.
Echevarria, initially 27 with blind individuals, now works in Lighthouse Works' call center alongside nearly half of the employees who are visually impaired or blind. In his 28, he uses a system called JAWS to “hear” the computer. The system 29 the computer screen to Echevarria in one ear as he listens to a customer call in his other ear.
Despite the challenges of 30 from visual to auditory(听觉)learning, Echevarria has excelled at his job, 31 the rapid pace of JAWS. He said what makes his call center job fin is that callers on the other end of the line are 32 of his blindness. Moreover, working in a fully accessible office space, with other visually impaired people who can 33 him, is an added benefit.
“It gives me a(n) 34 . It makes me feel better because I can 35 be proud of myself saying, "I provide for my family, ""he said.
21. A. turned
22. A. freedom
23. A. interesting
24. A. Still
25. A. confidence
26. A. accustomed
27. A. disappointed
28. A. mind
29. A. gives
30. A. adapting
31. A. changing
32. A. unsure
33. A. relate to
34. A. challenge
35. A. possibly
B. fell
B. sight
B. complex
B. Thus
B. effort
B. devoted
B. dissatisfied
B. study
B. shows
B. organizing
B. controlling
B. tolerant
B. correspond to
B. purpose
B. gradually
C. broke
C. job
C. creative
C. Instead
C. perfor