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1、2022年高三上学期期末考试英语试题 含答案(II)II. Grammar &vocabularySection A (16)Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, each blank with the proper form of the given word For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word
2、Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.(A) The courses of the Essex English Language Program valuable though they were, did not pose a challenge to me. However, during the two weeks there, I still failed on one simple but subtle question, “What else?This question was raised by Alex, a
3、 teacher from the University of Essex. And I was the ignorant student who blankly stared at the textbook ju.st like my Japanese classmate. In front of me was a picture of the first Ford Model T assembly line. You must have seen similar old pictures, _25_workers are proudly fixing the bolts and check
4、ing car lever. A minute before, Alex asked, According to the picture, what are the differences between the factories today and back then?The assembly line was less mechanized then, I promptly answered.Dead silence. I pretended to ponder over the question, but actually I got _26_ in my head. How _27_
5、there be anything else different? Isnt the assembly line an idea so brilliant that it has been passed down without any major changes? It was the Japanese student next to me_28_ broke the silence:There were no protective devices _29_ the workers. Rig ht. There were no protections. What else? Alex kep
6、t digging. Of course! There were no protective devices. How could I have overlooked that? I, for the first time, started to doubt my intellect while_30_ (struggle)with the second What else?Shiho, who sat on my left, already had an idea: There were child laborers. Obviously, there was a kid standing
7、right in front of the camera. What else? Tom found out that there were no women. What else? Now it was Tomomis turn to point out that the workers seemed to live a_31_ (good) life than now, judging from their clothes. I sat there totally_32_ (beat). There answers were right under my eyes, but I could
8、 even spend another day staring at the picture without noticing them. The “What else?”question was never about importance. It was about the souls alive behind the cold facts Keys: in which, nothing, could, that, for, struggling, better, beaten(B)A huge fire has engulfed a 63-storey hotel in central
9、Dubai ahead of a New Years Eve firework display. _33_ the blaze at the Address hotel, the display at the nearby Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, started as planned at midnight.Officials say the fire _34_ largely under control and 16 people suffered mostly minor injures. It is unclear
10、 _35_ caused the blaze, which broke out as large crowds had gathered to ring in the New Year. People were asked to leave the area around the Address Downtown Hotel, which was evacuated.As I watched the flames engulf the massive building, I knew right away it was the Address Hotel in Dubais downtown
11、district that overlooks Burj Khalifa. I also knew that it was fully booked five years in advance. There were also thousands of people in the streets below and in the adjacent buildings, all waiting to view the highly anticipated New Years Eve fireworks display, _36_ them my youngest sister. After ch
12、ecking on my sister, I hastily decided to head out to downtown Dubai in the hope of seeing the scene on the ground for myself.As I approached downtown, I realized that the normally brightly illuminated Burj Khalifa was only half-lit and I could barely see the imposing structure amid the black smoke
13、from the Address Hotel. I did not expect to spend the next four hours right outside the downtown area, in one of the worst traffic jams I have ever encountered. _37_ the clock struck midnight, I resigned myself to ringing in the New Year among thousands of strangers, all gazing out of our cars towar
14、ds Burj Khalifas spectacular fireworks display, alongside a burning hotel.It started on the 20th floor, officials said, and had not spread inside the building, they claimed.14 people were believed to _38_ minor injuries, one moderate injuries and there was one heart attack case due to overcrowding a
15、nd smoke.Irish singer Anita Williams, who _39_ at the hotel when the fire began, told the BBC that people left in a stampede.We left everything. There was debris falling down. It the fire just shot up through the entire hotel.Everybody was screaming, everybody was running. I thought: This is _40_ film.Despite, has been brought ,what ,among ,As ,have suffered ,was performing ,aSection B (10)Directions: plete the sentences with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once. There is one extra which you do not need.A. positive B. tear C. secure D. frustrated E. reduced F. stic