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练案[5] 必修一 Unit 5 Nelson Mandela—a modern hero
Ⅰ. 完形填空
(2022·大庆铁人中学月模)
Capturing the lines of love
Ive never been the kind of person to say, “ its the
thought that counts” when it comes to gifts. That was until a
couple of weeks ago, when my kids gave me a present that
blew me away.
For years now, Ive been wanting to sell our home, the
place where my husband and I 1. C our kids. But to me,
this house is much more than just a 2. B . In the front
room, theres a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines, 3. D
the progress of my childrens growth. Every growth 4. A is
marked in grey, with each childs name and the date they
were 5. C .
Most people I know have been featured on a wall like
this, or at least had a wall like it in their home.
Of all the objects and all the 6. A , its this one thing
in a home thats the 7. B to leave behind. Friends I know
have returned home after work only to 8. C their wall of
heights has been 9. A painted over. A new paint job
wouldn’t normally be greeted by 10. D , but erasing that
evidence of motherhood 11. B more than it should. Our
kids grow in so many ways, but the wall is 12. C evidence
of their progress, right there for everyone to 13. A .
Over the years, Ive talked about how much I
would 14. B leaving that wall behind when I moved,
even though the last marks were made 10 years ago when my
kids stopped 15. D . So one day, while I was at work, my
children decided to do something about it. They hired a pro-
fessional photographer whose 16. A is about capturing
(捕捉) the 17. B things in life, from clear lakes and
skies to ballgowns ( 舞 会 礼 服 ). Over several hours,she
took photos of the hundreds of drawings and lines, little grey
fingerprints, and old marks. Somehow, she managed to
photograph all those 18. C of memories perfectly. After-
wards, she put all the photos together into one image (影
像), 19. A them into a beautiful history of my family.
Three weeks later, my childrens wonderful gift made
it