【题文】Sometimes I have thought it would be excellent to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize _________ the values of life.

Those who have never_________ the loss of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of these capabilities. Their eyes and ears_________ all sights and sounds hazily(模糊地), without concentration and with little_________ . I have often thought it would be a good thing if each human being were stricken _________ and deaf for a few days at some time. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; _________ would teach him the joys of sound.

Recently I was visited by a good friend who had just _________ from a long walk in the woods, and I asked her what she had _________ .“Nothing in particular,” she replied. How was it possible-walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing___________ of notice? I who cannot see find hundreds of things to ____________ me through mere touch. I feel the delicate symmetry (对称) of a leaf and I touch the ____________ of trees hopefully in search of a bud(芽), the first sign of____________ Nature after her winter’s sleep. The miracle of Nature is ____________ to me and the changing seasons are an exciting and unending drama, the action of which streams through my____________ .

If I can get so much pleasure from mere ____________ , how much more beauty must be revealed by sight?

【小题1】

A．constantly

B．sharply

C．deadly

D．merely

【小题2】

A．treated

B．restored

C．suffered

D．prevented

【小题3】

A．take in

B．allow for

C．smooth out

D．brighten up

【小题4】

A．tension

B．appreciation

C．adaptation

D．possession

【小题5】

A．disabled

B．injured

C．speechless

D．blind

【小题6】

A．silence

B．anxiety

C．music

D．voice

【小题7】

A．worked

B．escaped

C．struggled

D．returned

【小题8】

A．predicted

B．targeted

C．observed

D．left

【小题9】

A．full

B．afraid

C．free

D．worthy

【小题10】

A．protect

B．challenge

C．interest

D．tolerate

【小题11】

A．leaves

B．branches

C．fruits

D．barks

【小题12】

A．exploring

B．awakening

C．drawing

D．loving

【小题13】

A．revealed

B．expanded

C．created

D．described

【小题14】

A．hair

B．blood

C．toes

D．fingertips

【小题15】

A．touch

B．smell

C．taste

D．hearing

江苏省连云港市2023-2024学年高三上学期11月期中英语试题（含听力）