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广东省部分市2023-2024学年高一上学期期末英语试题分类汇编
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广东省肇庆市2023-2024学年高一上学期期末教学质量检测英语试卷(含解析)
第一节 (共15小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分22.5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。
George saved every coin for twenty years and used all that money to build a house on his farm for his family. ____16____, his house was built and ready. After that, an auspicious (吉利) date was ____17____ to move into his new house with his family.
But just two days before that day, a (n) ____18____ happened and George’s house was completely destroyed. Upon ___19___ the news, he went to buy sweets before going to the ____20____ where his house was built. There, many people gathered and expressed their ____21____ for him, because he lost his house before he could even get to live there. Some people tried to ____22____ him.
However, George took out the ____23____ and started giving them to everyone, which made them ____24____, wondering why he did so. Seeing this, one of his friends said, “Are you ____25____? Your newly-built house has collapsed (倒塌) in the earthquake, your lifetime ____26____ has been wasted and here you are happily ____27____ sweets!!”
George smiled and said. “You only ____28____ the dark side of this serious event, so you are not able to pay attention to the ____29____ side. It’s good that the house collapsed today. If it had collapsed when I lived in this house, my wife, my children and I all would have been ____30____! How big a loss would have happened then! So whatever happened, happened for good only.”
16.
A. Actually B. Suddenly C. Finally D. Obviously
17.
A. canceled B. chosen C. changed D. forgotten
18.
A. flood B. sandstorm C. typhoon D. earthquake
19.
A. hearing B. spreading C. breaking D. editing
20.
A. town B. market C. village D. farm
21.
A. respect B. concern C. thanks D. wishes
22.
A. impress B. praise C. comfort D. accept
23.
A. sweets B. tools C. coins D. bricks
24.
A. awkward B. anxious C. pleased D. confused
25.
A. confident B. amazed C. crazy D. powerful
26.
A. money