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完形填空满分练5 夹叙夹议类完形填空
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(2022·南宁二模改编) 体裁:夹叙夹议文 主题语境:个人经历 难度:★★★★☆
Last May I bought some sweet potatoes. Several days later, a tuber (块茎) was sprouting (发芽). I 1 the tuber into a pot hoping it might take root and 2 something to eat.
3 , the tuber did take root and began to grow. In the following months I 4 it when necessary and it grew very well. Seeing it was autumn and that it would not grow any longer, I decided to 5 . I pulled out the plant, which took some 6 and dug with my fingers to see if there was any tuber in the pot. When my fingers could almost 7 the bottom of the pot, I took the root and pulled it carefully, for the potato could 8 easily. I tried to pull but in vain. In 9 , I pushed the pot over, only to find the root outside the pot! It had grown through one hole in the bottom.
The seemingly soft plant gained the 10 of me. Very carefully I 11 all the soil out of the pot, 12 the root might be broken. The root outside the pot looked like a 13 and strong finger of an old farmer who has 14 to make a living. The end of the root was dark grey and 15 . Obviously, the peel must have been removed during its struggle with the 16 of the heavy pot. The tuber, though seriously 17 , had struggled hard and it seemed it had never 18 .
Such is a sweet potato, an ordinary⁃looking plant with 19 characteristics. It managed to grow where it was almost impossible to 20 .
1.A. cut B. buried
C. ruined D. cooked
2.A. produce B. replace
C. protect D. reduce
3.A. Generally B. Sadly
C. Awfully D. Surprisingly
4.A. threw B. watered
C. bought D. bent
5.A. attempt B. perform
C. harvest D. practise
6.A. power B. force
C. action D. effort
7.A. touch B. move
C. leave D. follow
8.A. break B. fall
C. grow D. stand
9.A. shame B. puzzlement
C. excitement D. relief
10.A. reward B. envy
C. respect D. victory
11.A. laid B. beat
C. kicked D. emptied
12.A. meaning B. insisting
C. fearing D. promising
13.A. delicate B. thick
C. froze