专题03 2021年6月真题 -备战2023高考英语完形填空助力高考词汇积累（天津卷真题版）

专题03 2021年6月真题 --备战2023高考英语完形填空助力高考词汇积累（天津卷真题版） My brother and I are exactly one year apart. We look like twins, but we are completely ___16___. By the time we got to middle school it was clear that my older brother ___17___ meditation (冥想),while I was a born ___18___ who preferred the theatrical, even when off stage. I took his relative silence to be offensive. We simply didn't ___19___. I didn't ___20___ having a tense relationship with my brother because I was involved at school. ___21___, I threw myself into the world of musicals. I practised singing in the bedroom every day to remain at my best and be ___22___ for roles; my brother would meditate on a window seat. He might feel high school was already hard enough ___23___ my noisy singing. So space to practise became a（n）___24___ between us because we shared a room. At the start of the semester, I practised “Circle of Life" for a musical. This was the first time I ___25___ to learn a song, because my voice cracked (破音)as I switched to a head voice. I was annoyed in that period and ___26___ practising, declaring I had reached the ceiling of my singing career. For the first time in years my brother ___27___ quiet when I got home. After two days of this, my brother asked me to ___28___ him in meditation. Feeling my anger at my inability to manage this song ___29___, I accepted. My brother said, "When your mind floats away, you simply come back. Don't blame yourself." I got the message, and it soon became my new ___30___. I kept trying at the song, no longer getting ___31___ at myself. And just in time for the trial performance, I was able to ___32___ power in my singing despite the switch to a head voice. It was important for me to learn that you don't have to always get everything ___33___ the first time and that good things come with continual ___34___. I now understand why my brother favours the ___35___. 16．A．mature B．different C．content D．normal 17．A．disliked B．preferred C．replaced D．abandoned 18．A．writer B