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北京市部分区2023-2024学年高三上学期期末英语试题分类汇编
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北京市东城区2023-2024学年高三上学期期末统一测试英语试卷(含解析)
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 19-year old Alice Dickinson found out her father had cancer, her ___1___ was a little different than you might expect. To honor her father, who she also describes as her best friend, she decided to start a book drive called For Love, ___2___ books for kids with cancer.
“It was very much an overnight idea,” she explains. “I posted a message on an app asking my neighbors for used book donations. I was only expecting a few here and there, but the response was truly ___3___ and it was just the push I needed to co-exist with my sadness rather than letting it ___4___ me.”
“It was absolutely heartbreaking to watch my dad ___5___ cancer and see him lose a little bit of himself each day, but the book drive allowed me to ___6___ a newfound sense of purpose mixed with an even greater sense of sympathy and desire to help others. I wanted to help ___7___. They’ve always held a soft spot in my heart.”
Using the ___8___ she earns from working at her parents’ bread shop, Alice has bought many books out of her own pocket. In addition, she receives donations through her online wishlist. Alice spent a whole summer driving around town, loading boxes of books into her car. “It was such a unique experience to know people had carried these books all their lives through generations, and they wanted to ___9___ them to my cause.”
The project has seen a huge ___10___, with For Love donating over 15,000 books and being widely recognized by the media.
1. A. suffering B. explanation C. response D. treatment
2. A. writing B. promoting C. reading D. collecting
3. A. appropriate B. incredible C. familiar D. immediate
4. A. excuse B. consume C. dismiss D. touch
5. A. throw off B. keep from C. look into D. go through
6. A. evaluate B. develop C. regain D. provide
7. A. kids B. neighbors C. friends D. parents
8. A. credit B. interest C. awar