2025届高考英语二轮复习 专题十七 完形填空（含解析）

专题十七 完形填空 基础练习 一、 When I was a baby, my parents gave me anything I wanted. Then my dad passed away when I was 7. My mom had to work really hard all year round, just to pay for the 1 like our water and power bills. Since then, when I would 2 for a new toy, my mom would say "I'm sorry honey but we really can't 3 that right now." My repeated requests for toys 4 her concern about our money situation. Then something happened that would 5 me forever. When she asked me what I wanted for my 6 , I said I wanted a new video gaming system. I didn't know it was expensive. All I knew was that my friends had 7 and that I wanted one, too. On my birthday, as I opened the 8 box, I found nothing but a pair of jeans. Мy mom could tell how 9 I was and she started crying. I hugged her hard and I 10 however hard she was working, she couldn't afford to give me anything I didn't need. From then on, I didn't 11 to get everything that I asked for. When I did I was so excited and grateful. Although it was hard 12 the experience, I learned the 13 between what I wanted and what I needed. Now I am 14 for everything I have and I understand that it doesn't 15 what I have or don't have. What's more important is who I am, and who I get to spend time with. A. food B. necessities C. clothing D. rent A. wait B. search C. apply D. ask A. buy B. find C. afford D. waste A. deepened B. removed C. expressed D. shared A. improve B. change C. create D. surprise A. effort B. progress C. study D. birthday A. ones B. it C. them D. that A. toy B. gift C. small D. empty A. crazy B. touched C. satisfied D. disappointed A. believed B. wondered C. realized D. regretted A. manage B. expect C. allow D. fail A. going through B. thinking of C. learning about D. building up A. effect B. connection C. difference D. mixture A. anxious B. responsible C. grateful D. enthusiastic A. work B. matter C. help D. happen 二、 Sixteen years ago, I learned an important life lesson in the back of a New York City taxi cab. I jumped in a taxi, and we ____1____ for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane, when, suddenly, a black ___ 2____ jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver ____3____ his brakes. The car slipped and nearly missed the other car! The driver of the other car ____4____ us and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was actually ____5____. So, I asked him, "Why did you just do that This guy almost ____6____ your car." This is when my taxi driver told me about what I now call "The Law of Garbage Trucks." "Many people arc like Garbage Trucks, running around full of garbage, full of ____7____, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage ____8____, they need a place to dump it, and if you let them, they'll dump it on you. When that happens, don't ____9____ it personally. ____10____, just smile, wave, and move on. You'll be ____11____ because you did so." Wow! That really got me considerin ... ...