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专题 04 完形填空
--2023年新高考八省名校联考高二英语期末试题汇编
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1.【湖南师范大学附属中学2022-2023学年高二上学期期中试题】
When 72-year-old Randy Long was cleaning out his garage not long ago, he came across some practice baseballs he used to throw around with his son and grandson.
Thinking some kids might get ____21____ of them, he took them to a local baseball cage, where he ____22____ them along with a touching note that might just bring even the strongest men to tears:
“Hope someone can use these baseballs. I found them when ____23____ my garage. I pitched (投球) them to my son and grandson for countless ____24____ . My son is now 46 years old and my grandson is 23 years old. I am 72. They have both ____25____ away. If you are a father, ____26____these times. You won’t believe how quickly they will be gone.”
____27____, Long’s grandson, Ethan Anderson, tweeted about his grandpa’s generous gesture. He never expected the post to go viral. The impact of the story finally hit home when the family ____28____ by the media, but Anderson says while his grandfather is amazed by all the attention he’s getting, he really doesn’t have much use for social media.
Anderson may be grown-up, but he fondly remembers his grandpa as a thoughtful coach who helped him ____29____ his true athletic potential. “When I was a kid, we would usually go a few times a week to practice in the cages,” he recalled. “Many times, I didn’t even want to go, but he always wanted me to be the best ____30____ I could be.”
After the story was shown on the news, Anderson was nearly swept away by the wave of ____31____ feedback. There are a lot of kids younger than me telling me they’ll cherish the times they have with their dads or granddads,” he told CNN, “And they won’t ____32____ it for granted anymore.”
“I get to go back and ____33____ every now and then,” he said. “I just didn’t realize that he missed ____34____ in the cages. Although he’s moved to Birmingham, about a two-hour drive from Long, Anderson has decided it’s time to team back up