专题02 完形填空-冲刺2022年中考英语必考题型终极押题（广东专用）

2022年中考英语必考题型终极押题（广东专用）-完形填空 【1】 （2022·广东·一模） Ping-pong, or table tennis is very popular in China. It might seem like an ordinary game to play with friends or family. ___1___ it holds a special place in China-US relations, as it has helped both countries get along for the last 50 years. This has ___2___ “ping-pong diplomacy (乒乓外交)”. Judy Hoarfrost was just 15 years old when she ___3___ from the US to China as part of a nine-member table tennis team. The year was 1971, and for the previous (之前的) 20 years, relations between China and the US had been ___4___.  But as the team ___5___ around China, things started warming up. Hoarfrost even got to meet then-Premier Zhou Enlai. “The most memorable moment was that Zhou was shaking hands ___6___ me and looking into my eyes,” Hoarfrost told China Daily. “You have opened a new page in Sino-US relationships,” Zhou told the team. Players from both countries believed strongly in the idea of ___7___ first, competition second. To this day, many of th