专题02 完形填空-冲刺2022年中考英语重难题型考前突破（广东专用）

冲刺2022年中考英语重难题型考前突破（广东专用）-完形填空 【原卷版】 Exercise 1 （2022·江苏南通·一模改编） Way back in my high school years, mathematics looked like a big problem for me and several of my classmates. The situation didn’t take a turn for the 1 until we entered the 9th grade. With the arrival of the new term, we got Mr Iyer, a(n) 2 maths teacher as well as our class teacher, who always stuck to his rule. We had to arrive on time, pay undivided attention to what he said, and of course, none of us dared (敢) to miss any of his homework. Even so, as our leader, we got to know him bit by bit. One day, as the mid-term exams came near, Mr Iyer 3 some of us moving restlessly in class. He stopped solving a mathematical problem to ask us why we behaved like that. “There’s too much to do,” we sighed (叹息). “We’re afraid we’ll never 4 to finish our review before the exams.” “ 5 is impossible,” Mr Iyer told us. “This classroom is on the second floor. Do you have a problem reaching here?” Reacting with blank stares, we sat silently. “Is this about learning?” I thought to myself, and it seemed probably that everyone had such a big doubt. Without waiting for a reply, Mr Iyer answered his own question. “No, you don’t!” he said decisively. “You have stairs to help you climb up to this level. No one 6 you to make it in two giant leaps. You just need to take one step at a time. Any task can be solved if you think twice about the 7 action that will be taken. The rest will take care of itself, if you keep at it. One step at a time. That’s the 8 .” Then, he wrote down an old motto on the blackboard: “The longest journey starts with a 9 step.” Having heard his staircase analogy (比拟), we saw him in a new light. Thanks to such encouraging advice, most of my classmates got excellent grades in maths. And I went on to become an English teacher. To this day, whenever I 10 the valuable lesson to my own students, they cheer up at the view of a lighter academic burden