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专题02 完形填空 (解析版)
目录
一、北京交大附中
二、北京八一学校
三、北京八十中
四、北京二中教育集团
五、北京师大附中
六、北京一七一中学
七、北京101中学
八、北京东直门中学
九、北京人大附中
十、北京四中
十一、北京一六六中学
十二、北京十二中
北京交大附中
完形填空
A Meaningful Gift
Emily was an eighth grader. To pass her Civic course (公民课程), she had to do some volunteer service in a nursing home for a week.
One Monday, Emily went to the nursing home after school. When she arrived, she was told she would ___28__ an hour every weekday with an elderly lady, Mrs. Blair. She was then led into a room, where an old lady in a flowery dress was sitting on a sofa.
Emily ___29___ awkwardly (别扭地) in front of the lady. She cleared her throat and said, “Good afternoon. I’m Emily”.
“Good afternoon, Emily. Take a seat, please.” Mrs. Blair replied.
Then ___30__filled the space between them. Emily wondered what to say.
“Tell me about yourself, Emily,” Mrs. Blair said suddenly.
“Well,” Emily started, “I don’t have any grandparents, so I can’t relate to elderly people much. I love the performing arts. I am here mainly because I have to ___31___ here to get a good grade for my Civic class.”
Mrs. Blair didn’t seem to mind. “Many people, especially teens, don’t seem to care about old people like me. Now you’re here, and I’m going to change that about you. Ask me anything.”
Emily thought for a moment, and finally decided, “What was your job?”
“I was a Broadway (百老汇) star in the 1950s,” Mrs. Blair answered.
“Cool! Can you tell me about it?” Emily asked, amazed.
Mrs. Blair smiled, “Back then, only the lead actress had the honor to wear a __32___ bracelet (手镯). I was the lead in almost all of the plays, so I always wore the bracelet. Till this day, I still have it.”
Emily smiled along with Mrs. Blair and listened to the other stories, attentively. She had become so interested in Mrs. Blair’s stories that she decided to come earlier the next day.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday passed by quickly. Then came Friday. As she was leaving, Emily was really ___33___to say goodbye.
“Don’t be sad. You can still visit m