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备战2023高考考英语完形填空话题分类训练
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专题11 哲理感悟
(2022·山东临沂·三模)For many years, I was so wrapped up in my kids and my family that I ignored how I looked. The words “____1____maintenance” described my approach to beauty perfectly.
It wasn’t until recently, when I had my picture taken for a work ID, that I ____2____ the “Youth Train” had left the station, and I was no longer on it. The woman in the ID picture looked ____3____ and definitely middle-aged.
For a few days, I was a little ____4____ by the fact that I was no longer the sweet, young thing I thought I was. For those few days, I tried a little harder to ____5____ younger, brighter and tighter. I ____6____ with my hair and added extra eyeliner.
I thought I was ____7____ in my seeking for a youthful glow until one of my new co-workers ____8____ asked me a question that told me I was ____9____ only myself. “I don’t suppose you know what beauty is, do you?” she asked.
That simple question opened my weary eyes once and for all. My famil