《2025年同步练习册分层检测卷高中英语选择性必修第一册外研版》

阅读下面的短文,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。
Steph Clemence always intended to go to college. 21 , when her father died in a car accident, leaving her mother to support three daughters on a(n) 22 income, paying for college became out of the question.
23 going to college, Steph decided to find a job and tried to 24 what to do with a life so different from her plan. The 25 came from two pages from her high school English teacher, Dorothy Clark. One afternoon Mrs Clark walked into the classroom carrying a stack of papers. The handout was titled “Mrs Clark's Book List”. It wasn't homework, the teacher announced, but it could be a road 26 . “Some of you might not go on to higher education,” Mrs Clark said, “but you can 27 to learn.”
“I was determined to 28 myself,” Steph says. She studied the 29 and so it began. Each of those books sparked her 30 to learn more.
“Reading books is like a treasure hunt,” says Steph. “What am I going to 31 ? How will my heart change?” That made her look for other books that weren't on the list because she hoped to 32 her knowledge.
When the original list 33 , she typed up a new copy. And then another. Over the years, the family moved around a lot. Through it all, the reading list was a 34 in Steph's life, travelling with her even on vacations. Now Steph is 71, and she never did get to college. But she has only four books 35 to read from the list. She expects to complete them sometime in 2024.
21. A. Moreover
B. However
C. Therefore
D. Otherwise
22. A. modest
B. high
C. regular
D. average
23. A. Due to
B. Apart from
C. Instead of
D. As for
24. A. get down
B. figure out
C. think of
D. take in
25. A. news
B. question
C. response
D. answer
26. A. show
B. block
C. map
D. test
27. A. continue
B. expect
C. pretend
D. afford
28. A. defend
B. enjoy
C. support
D. improve
29. A. homework
B. survey
C. report
D. list
30. A. creation
B. passion
C. imagination
D. satisfaction
31. A. discover
B. purchase
C. save
D. experience
32. A. check
B. understand
C. limit
D. deepen
33. A. stood out
B. burnt out
C. wore out
D. sold out
34. A. choice
B. blessing
C. constant
D. vision
35. A. lost
B. published
C. finished
D. left

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