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专题05 完形填空(新高考)
(一)(2023届湖北省十一校高三第二次联考英语试题)
I first met Paul Newman in 1968, when George Roy Hill, the director of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid introduced us in New York City. When the studio didn’t want me for the film-it wanted somebody as ____1____ as Paul-he ____2____ me. I don’t know how many people would have done that; they would have ____3____ their agents or the studio powers.
The friendship that ____4____ the experience of making that film and The Sting four years later had its ____5____ in the fact that although there was an age difference, we both came from a tradition of____6____ and live TV. We ____7____ craft (技艺) and focused on ____8____ the characters we were going to play. Both of us had the ____9____ and virtues that are _____10_____ of American actors: humorous, aggressive, and making fun of each other-but always with an underlying _____11_____. Those were also at the core (核心) of our relationship off the screen. We shared the _____12_____ that if you’re fortunate enough to have success, you should _____13_____ something back-he with his Newman’s Own food for kids in need, and me with Sundance. Paul and I didn’t see each other all that regularly, but sharing that brought us together. We supported each other financially and by showing up at _____14_____.
I last saw him a few months ago. He’d been in and out of the hospital. He and I both knew what the deal was, and we didn’t talk about it. Ours was a relationship that didn’t need a lot of_____15_____.
1.A.handsome B.famous C.tall D.smart
2.A.supported B.sponsored C.envied D.declined
3.A.attended to B.turned to C.listened to D.appealed to
4.A.was ruined by B.was restored by C.was valued for D.was developed from
5.A.resource B.meaning C.root D.motivation
6.A.theater B.dance C.music D.sports
7.A.admitted B.learned C.respected D.grasped
8.A.arguing about B.approving of C.running into D.digging into
9.A.responsibilities B.qualities C.reliabilities D.capacities
10.A.unique B.ordinary C.fundamen