北京市首都师范大学附属中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期试题2（含解析）

北京市首都师范大学附属中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期试题2（含解析）一、完形填空Hawthorne worked as a clerk in a small company. He suff

北京市首都师范大学附属中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期试题2 （含解析） 一、完形填空 Hawthorne worked as aclerk in asmall company. He suffered aheavy ___1___ when he lost his job．His boss had spoken ___2___, “Your services are no longer needed．” Hawthorne left the building filled with despair．By the time he reached home, he was in deep ___3___．When he entered his house, he blurted out(脱口而出) to his wife Sophia, “I lost my job．I am acomplete ___4___．” Atense silence followed．___5___ asmile crept across Sophia's ___6___． “What great news!” she responded, “Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write．” “But Ihave no job and no prospect of ajob,” he ___7___, completely without hope．“If I___8___ to be an author, then what will we ___9___? Where will the money come from?” Sophia took her husband by the hand and ____10____ him to the kitchen．Opening adrawer, she took out abox that was full of ____11____．“Where on earth did you get this?” Hawthorne asked．“To whom does it ____12____?” “It's ours!” Sophia replied．"I always knew that one day you would become a great writer ____13____ you were given the chance．From the money you gave me for housekeeping every week, Ihave ____14____ as much as Icould ____15____ you would have your chance．Now there is enough to ____16____ us awhole year．” What a(n) ____17____! What awife! The ____18____ husband did concentrate on writing that year, and the novel he wrote became aliterary masterpiece．The book The Scarlet Letter is ．Sophia had an even greater ____19____, -- she turned Nathaniel Hawthorne from apoor clerk into aworld famous ____20____． 1. A. headacheB. blowC. diseaseD. affection 2. A. rudelyB. ambiguouslyC. patientlyD. hesitantly