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贵州省部分市(州)
2023-2024学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题分类汇编
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贵州省遵义市2023-2024学年高二上学期1月期末质量监测英语试题
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I stood at the departure gate in Boston, preparing to cross the Atlantic. Although I had made the journey countless times before, it never really got much ____21____ to leave my home and family. I looked at my mother, our eyes full of____22____ and as we wondered when we would see each other again she handed me a ____23____, saying it might help me feel better. Little did I know that it would not only help me feel better, but would also teach me one of life’s greatest lessons.
Now, back in Switzerland, I opened my mother’s package. It was a book of recipes; I laughed out loud as I ____24____ through it. All the sections were ____25____ but the one section on ____26____ was full. Here were handwritten cards ____27____ things like “Double Chocolate Fudge,” many of which were created by my mother. Then my heart ____28____ as I noticed what she had written:
Make some desserts. Remember all the wonderful times we have had together, and have them now with your family.
She was telling me: we must grow up and ____29____ our own lives, even when it sometimes _____30_____. But there was more to be enjoyed. Recipes in hand, I remembered Christmases of joy and _____31_____ homemade treats. Now, years later, Mom was telling me about what really _____32_____ in life: the only real gifts we can _____33_____ for our children are the beautiful memories of our time together. It is never too late or too early to create beautiful memories and it is now my _____34_____ to give them to my children.
I hope that my girls will marry the boy next door. But wherever they may be, I hope that they will one day open my mother’s recipes. And like me, they will find a recipe for _____35_____.
21. A. closer B. easier C. faster D. harder
22. A. concern B. hope C. curiosity D. light
23. A. toy B. gift C. card D. package
24. A. thumbed B. passed C. pulled