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2018年全国I卷完形填空 During my second year atthe city college, I was told that the education department was offering a“free” course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits. I  jumped at the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn’t wantto  save a few dollars? More than that, I’d always wanted to learn chess. And,even if I weren’t  excited  enough about free credits, news aboutour  instructor  was appealing enough to me. He was aninternational grandmaster, which meant  I would be learning fromone of the game’s  best . I could hardlywait to  meet  him.

MauriceAshley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this  job was no game for him; he meant business. In his introduction, he made it  clear that our credits would be hard-earned. In order to  pass the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we planto  apply what we would learn in class to our future professions and,  eventually , to our lives. I managed to getan A in that  course  and learned life lessons that have served mewell beyond the  classroom .

Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I’m stillputting to use what he  taught  me:“The absolute most important  skill that you learn when you play chess is how to make good  decisions . On every single move you haveto  analyze  a situation, process what your opponent (对手) is doing and  evaluate

  the best move from among all your options.”These words still ring true today in my role  as a journalist.

2018年全国卷Ⅱ卷完形填空

Two weeks earlier. my son. Ben ,had got in touch , he’d moved to Englandwith his mum when he was three and it had been 13 years since I’d  last   seen him. So imagine my  delight  when he emailed me saying hewanted to come to visit me.

I was  thrilled   ! Iarrived early at Byron Bay where we were supposed to  meet  .The bay was  bathed   insunshine, and there was a group of kayakers around150moff the shore. Getting a little  closer  . I realized one kayak（皮划艇）was in trouble .  “Something’s not  right !” I took off my T-shirt and  dived   into the water. I saw there were twoinstructors on board and a man lying across the middle.  He was  shaking  violently. Linking arms with oneof the instructors. I helped  carry   theyoung man out of the water. He was unconscious and as I looked at his face,something  occurred   to me.Those brown eyes were very familiar   .“What’s his name ?” I asked the instructor. “Ben,” he replied, and immediately I  knew   . That stranger was my son!

The instructors called for anambulance. Fortunately  , after a brief stay in hospital, Ben waswell enough to be allowed to  leave   and later the family met up for dinner.  We chatted about everything and then Ben  turned  to me.  “I just want to say thankyou,” he said, “You  saved  my life !”

I still can’t believe what a  coincidence  it was.  I’m just so glad I wasthere  in time   tohelp my son.

2018年全国Ⅲ卷完形填空When most of us get a text message onour cell phone from an unknown person, we usually say “sorry,  wrong   number!” and move on. But when Dennis Williams  received   a textthat clearly wasn’t intended for him, he did something  special  .

On March 19, Dennis got a group text  informing  him that a couple he didn’t knowwere at the hospital, waiting for the  arrival   of ababy.

“Congratulations! But I think someonewas mistaken,” Dennis  responded   . Thebaby was born and update texts were  comingin   quickly from the overjoyed grandmother,Teresa. In her  excitement  , she didn’t seem to realize that she was sharing  the baby’s photos with a completestranger. “Well, I don’t   know   youall but I will get there to take pictures with the baby,” replied Dennis beforeasking which room the new  doctors   werein.

Much to the family’s surprise, Dennisstuck to his  promise   ! He turned up at the hospital  bearing  gifts for the new mother Lindseyand her baby boy. Lindsey’s husband was totally  astonished  by the unexpected visit. “I don’tthink we would have randomly invited him over but we   appreciate   it and the gifts.”

Teresa  posted  a photo of the chance meeting ona social networking website  accompanied   by thetouching words: “What a  blessing   thisyoung man was to our family! He was so  sweet   andkind to do this.” The post has since gained the  attention   of social media users all overthe world, receiving more than 184,000 shares and 61,500 likes in just threedays.

2017年全国卷1While high school does notgenerally encourage students to explore new aspects of life,college sets thestage for that exploration. I myself went through this  searching process and found something that has changed my  experience      at college for the better:I discoveredASL-American Sign Language(美式手语).

I never felt an urge to learn  any sign language before.Myentire family is hearing,and so are all my friends.The  spoken  language were enough in all my interactions(交往).Little did I know that Iwould discover my  love    for ASL.

The  story   began during my first week atcollege. I watched as the ASL Club   performed   theirtranslation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very  idea    of communicating without speaking  attracted me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the  past   .Thisnewness just left me   wanting   more.

After that, feeling the need to  explore  further, I decided to drop in onone of ASL club`s meetings. I only learned how to sign   the alphabet that day. Yet instead of beingdiscouraged by my  slow   progress,I was excited. I then made it a pointto  attend    those meetings and learn all I could.

     The following term, I  registered for   an ASLclass. The professor was deaf and any talking was  prohibited  . I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant.  Instead   , if there had been any talking, it wouldhave  caused us to learn less. Now, I appreciate thesilence and the  new   way ofcommunication it opens.

2017年全国卷二卷完形In 1973, I was teaching elementaryschool.Each day, 27 kids  entered    “The Thinking Laboratory.”That was the     name    students voted for after decidingthat “Room104”was too   dull  .

Freddy was an average    student    ,but not an averageperson. He had the rare balance of fun and compassion（同情）.He would   laugh  the loudest over fun and be thesaddest over anyone’s   misfortune    .

Before the school year    ended   ,I gave the kids a special     gift    , T-shirts with the words “Verbs Are Your   friends   ” on them. I had advised the kidsthat while verbs（动词）may seem dull ,most of the fun    things they do throughout their lives will beverbs.Ziyuanku.com

Through the years, I’d run intoformer students who would provide  updates    onold classmates. I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his graduation   from high school and remained thesame  caring   personI met forty years before .Once, while working overnight at a store, he let ahomeless man  sleep   in his truck . Another time , he lent   afriend money to buy a house .

Just last year, I was   conducting  a workshop when someone knockedat the classroom door. A woman   excused    theinterruption and handed me an envelope. I stopped teaching and  opened   it up. Inside were the “Verbs”shirt and a  note    fromFreddy’s mother. “Freddy passed away on Thanksgiving. He wanted you to havethis.”

I told the story  to the class. As sad as it was, I couldn’thelp smiling . Although Freddy was taken from us,we all  took   somethingfrom  Freddy.

2017年高考英语全国三卷完形填空

A Toronto man is offering a free round-the-world air to the right woman. Butretrictionsapply. You must be named Elizabeth Gallahgher and have a Candian __ passport___ .

Jordan Axani,28, said he and his then girlfriend, Elizabeth Gallagher, booked heavilydiscounted round-the-world air tickets in May, but their   relationship    endedand he did not want her ticket to  go towaste   . The ticket had a strictno-transfer（不可转让）    policy   , but since passport information was notrequired when  booking   , anyCanadian Elizabeth Gallagher can   use      it.

“I just want to see the ticket go to good use and for someone to experience       a lotof joy,” said Axani. He posted his offer    on asocial networking website, and received thousands of e-mails, including thirtyfrom actual Elizabeth Gallagbers with the right  passports, “More  interesting  , there are hundreds of Canadianswho are interested in   giving   theirname to Elizabeth Gallagher,” Axani said. “It was absolutely out of  control

  , thousands of e-mails, people around theworld sharing   theirstories of travel.”

Axani wrote inhis post that he is not looking for anything in return and that the woman who usesthe    dealing with ticket can choose to either travel with him or take   the ticket and travel on her own.

The  trip   isscheduled to start on December21 inNew York City and continue on to Milan, Prague, Paris, Bangkok and New Delhibefore ending   inToronto on January 8. He said the  lucky   womanwill be announced on the website and the trip will be shared online.

2016·全国新课标I 完形填空           

A Heroic Driver

Larry works with TransportDrivers. Inc. One morning in 2009. Larry was __ traveling __along 165 northafter delivering to one of his customers   . Suddenly, he saw a car with its brightlights on.  As he got closer, he found another    vehicle upside down on the road. One more lookand he noticed  flames    shooting out from under the   disabled   vehicle. Larry pulled over, setthe brake and   got hold of   the fire extinguisher (灭火器). Two good bursts from theextinguisher and the fire was put out.

The man whohad his bright lights on   came over   andtold Larry he had  made    anemergency call. They   then   hearda woman’s voice coming from the wrecked (毁坏的) vehicle.  Approaching  the vehicle, they saw that a woman was trying to get out of the brokenwindow. They told her to stay  still      until the emergency personnel arrived,   but    she thought the car was going to  explode  . Larry told her that he had already put out the fire and she should notmove  in case      she injured her neck.

Once fire andemergency people arrive, Larry and the other man   backed off   and let them go to work. Then,Larry asked the  police    if hewas needed or   free    togo. They let him and the other man go.

One thing is  forcertain   —Larry went above and beyondthe call of duty by getting so close to the burning vehicle! His   efforts   most likely saved the woman’slife.

2016年全国二卷完形填空

Hundreds of people have formed

impressions of you through that little device(装置) on your desk. And they’ve neveractually  met   you.Everything they know about you came   through this device, sometimes from hundredsof miles away.  Yet   theyfeel they can know you  just   fromthe sound of your voice. That’s how powerful the  telephone  is.

Powerful, yes, but not always  accurate . For years I dealt with my travel agent only by phone. Rani, myfaceless agent whom I’d never met  inperson  , got me rock-bottom prices onairfares, cars, and hotels. But her cold voice really annoyed  me. I sometimes wished to  find another agent.

One morning, I had to  book   an immediate flight home for a familyemergency. I ran into Rani’s office  forthe first time . The woman sitting at the desk,  seeing  my madness, sympatheticallyjumped up. She gave me a  comforting   smile,nodded while listening patiently, and then printed out the  ticket  immediately. “What a wonderfullady!” I thought.

Rushing out  gratefully  I called out over my shoulder,“By the way, what’s your name?” “I’m Rani,” she said. I turned around and saw a  pleasant woman with a big smile on her face waving towish me a safe trip. I was  speechless  ! Why had I thought she was cold? Rani was,well, so  nice  .

Sitting back in the car on the way tothe airport, I figured it all out. Rani’s friendliness ---her warm smile, her nods, her ‘I’m here for you’  attitude ---were all silent signals that didn’t travel through wires.

2016年全国三卷完形填空When I was 13 my only purposewas to become the star on our football team. That meant  beating out  Miller King, who was the best  player  at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long Iworked out. I carried my football everywhere for  practice     .

Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and losthis right arm. I went to see him after he came back from  hospital . He looked very  pale  , but he didn’t cry.

That season, I  broke   all ofMiller’s records while he  watched the home games from the bench. We went 10-1and I was named most valuable player,  but   Ioften had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller’s  accident .

One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and sawMiller  stuck   goingover a fence—which wasn’t  hard   toclimb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world hewanted to accept  assistance from. But even that challenge he accepted. I  helped  him move slowly over the fence.When we were finally  safe   on theother side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season,but you did  fine  . Thank you for filling in for  me  .”

His wordsfreed me from my bad  dreams  . I thought to myself, how even without anarm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was  still   ahead of me. I was right to have  admired  him. From that day on，I grew  bigger  and a little more real.

【2015·新课标全国I】

My kids and I were heading into the supermarket over theweekend. On the way, we spotted a man holding a piece of paper that said, “ __Lost ___ my job. Family to Feed.”

At this store, a __ sight ___ like this is not normal. My10-year-old noticed him and make a __ comment ____ on how bad it must be tohave to stand ___ outside  ____ in thecold wind.

In the store,I asked each of my kids to _ pick___ something they thought our “friend” therewould __ appreciate __. They got apples, asandwich and a bottle of juice. Then my 17-year-old suggested giving him a __gift card ____. I thought about it. We were __ low __ on cash ourselves, but…well, sometimes _ giving  __ from our needinstead of our abundance is __ just __ what we need to do! All the kids __declared     ____ something they could doaway with for the week.

When we handed him the bag of _ food _, he lit up andthanked us with ___ watery __ eyes. When I handed him the gift card, saying hecould use it for _ whatever ____his family might need, he burst into tears.

This has beena wonderful __ experience __ for ourfamily. For days the kids have been looking for others we can _ help___! Thingswould have played out so __ differently ____ if I had simply said, “No, wereally don’t have __ money ___ to give more.” Stepping out not only helped abrother in __ need __, it also gave mykids the _ sweet   __ taste of helpingothers. It’ll go a long way with them.

2015年高考英语全国二卷完形填空

Where do you go when you want to learn something? Afriend? A tutor? These are all__ traditional __places of learning. But it maywell be that the learning you realy_ lies __want somewhere else instead. I hadthe_ chance __of seeing this first hand on a___ weekend ___.

    Why daughter plays on a recreational soccerteam. They did very well this season and so__ entered     ___a tournament, which normally was only for more skilled clubteams. This led to some_ painful  ___experienceson Saturday as they played against teams_ better__trained. Through the firsttwo games, her__ team ___did not get on serious shot on goal. As apparent, I__hated  ___seeing my daughter playing herbest, __ but ___ still defeated.

   IT seemed that something clicked with the__girls __between Saturday and Sunday. When they _ showed up __for their Sundaygame, they were__ hardly __different. They had begun integrate (融合)the kinds of play and teamworkthey had__ seen __the day before into their__ game __.They played aggressivelyand__ even __ scored a goal.

   It __ struck _ me that playing against theother team was a great_ learning__ moment for all the girls on the team. Ithink it is a general principle. __ Experience _ is the best teacher. Thelessons they may not be_ different from __what they would have gotten inschool, but are certainly more personal and meaningful,  because they had to work them out on theirown.

Every laugh is a culture lost; everylaugh is my heritage fading away.

 

Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, thelanguage of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards withChinese characters  at my face, but I pushed them  aside  .My mom believed I would learn  when I was ready. But the  time   never came.

On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me inChinese, but all I could do was stare  at him, confused,scratching my head.  “Still can’t speakChinese?” He  laughed at  me, “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown.”

“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some  right now with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for  permission .

“Remember to ask for fresh fish,Xin Xian Yu,” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I  repeated the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.

I found the fish stand    鱼摊surrounded in a sea of customers.“I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I shouted to the fishman. But he  ignored my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of thepeople behind increased  with  their impatience. With every  second , the breath of the dragons（龙）on my back grew stronger---my bloodboiling---  forcing  me to cry out, “Xian Sheng Yu，please.” “VeryXian

Sheng,” I repeated. The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned  red  andI ran back home empty-handed  , except for the $20 bill I held tightly inmy pocket.

Should I laugh or cry? They’reChinese. I’m Chinese. I should feel right at home  .  Instead, I was the joke, a disgrace（丢脸）to the language.

Sometimes, I laugh at my fish  incident , but, in the end, the joke is on me  . Every laugh is a culture  lost  ;every laugh is my heritage（传统）fading away.