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2022年中考英语必考题型终极押题(江苏通用)-完形填空(15题)
(2021·江苏南通·二模)School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired.
I sat at the very ___1___ of the bus because of the anxiety to arrive home. But sitting next to Janie seemed to make me stand out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, who drove the bus, tried to start a ___2___ to break the uncomfortable air.
I tried to mind my manners and ___3___ listened, but usually I was too busy thinking about my day. On this day, however, she was worth ___4___.
“My father’s sick,” she said to no one in particular. “What’s wrong with him?” I asked with a ___5___ change of mind and interest. I could see the ___6___ in her eyes.
“Heart trouble.” She replied. With her eyes wet and her voice tight from fighting the tears, she continued, “I’ve already lost my ___7___, so I don’t think I can bear losing him.”
I was shocked. I didn’t know what to say. My heart ached. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great ___8___ my own mother was thro