2024-2025学年上中东高三上英语周测卷.docx

II.Vocabulary

Directions:Fillineachblankwithaproperwordchosenfromthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

Note:E=AB,F=AC,G=AD,H=BC,I=BD,J=CD,K=ABC

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A.strandedB.unsettlingC.vastD.alternatingE.titledF.breaking

G.unparalleledH.unfoldingI.sprungJ.distressK.solidity

FindingComfortinWarandPeace

Overthepast15years,YiyunLi,aChinese-Americanauthor,hasreadWarandPeaceatleastadozentimes.HerhardbackcopyofLeoTolstorys1,200sagabristleswithcolorednotes,likesomeexoticlizardsspine.Thenovelisnotjustamasterclassinfiction,Ms.Libelieves,butacurefor__21__.Atthemostdifficulttimesinherlife,shesays,shehasturnedtoitagainandagain,reassuredbyits__22__inthefaceofuncertainty.

WarandPeace--originally__23__TheYear1805--iswidelyconsideredtheworldsgreatestnovel.Itisalsoamongthemostdaunting（令人敬畏的）,acknowledgeRichardPevear,oneofitstranslators,as__24__asRussiaitself.Itshugecanvas（画布）encompasses（包含）notjustNapoleonswarsagainsttheRussianandAustro-Hungarianempiresfrom1805to1812,butacastwhoseactionsandemotionsspanthebreadthofhumanconsciousness.Asaliterarycritichasnoted,Tolstoyisthesupremenovelistofhumanconflicts.Hisepic（史诗）isa(n)__25__examinationofhowpeoplerespondtothepressureofbothwarsandordinarylife.

SolargetoTolstoysworld,Ms.Lireckoned,thattherecouldbenobettercompanionforpeople__26__inisolation.Shethoughtofavirtualbookclubtosustainreadersthroughthelockdown.Participantsaroundtheglobewouldploughthroughthisbooktogetherandsharetheirthoughtsonsocialmedia.Itwouldbeananchorin__27__tunes,Totheiramazement,whenitbeganinmid-March3,000peopleonsixcontinentssignedup.

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