专题04 完形填空（20篇）-备战2022-2023学年高二年级英语下学期期末考试真题汇编（江苏专用）

专题04 完形填空 (20篇) 经典基础题 一 (2022春·江苏扬州·高二统考期末)Eight years ago, Al Nixon decided to work for the city’s water department. From then on, he would __1__ at 4:30 every morning, sitting for 2 hours on a bench with a good view of the waterfront of St. Petersburg, Florida. Nixon __2__ it “life rising” because watching a __3__ made him feel good before starting his day. A year later, a woman stopped to say hello, and __4__, “Seeing you sitting here every morning, I know everything is going to be OK.” What she said changed Nixon’s __5__ on his daily routine. After that, instead of __6__ straight ahead at the waterfront, Nixon started smiling at people and striking up __7__. Pretty soon, many early risers began __8__ him on the bench, telling him about their worries and asking him for __9__ about relationships, careers, and personal problems. “I was happy to listen,” Nixon, 59, said. “I wanted them to walk away __10__ they were not alone.” Nixon lends a (n) __11__ to whatever problem a person wants to share. A couple once  __12__  to talk about problems in their relationship. The husband was always working, rarely home, which was __13__ their marriage. Nixon told him, “My friend, if you go on like this, you are __14__ to lose your wife.” The man __15__ that Nixon was right and agreed that he needed to slow down. His presence and his openness to listen have led some to nickname him the Sunshine Mayor. 1. A. raise B. arise C. rise D. arouse 2. A. recalled B. justified C. conveyed D. called 3. A. sunrise B. sunset C. valley D. village 4. A. declared B. added C. bowed D. yawned 5. A. perspective B. detective C. motive D. alternative 6. A. glaring B. aiming C. staring D. driving 7. A. clients B. conversations C. superiors D. evaluations 8. A. swinging B. seizing C. engaging D. joining 9. A. analysis B. recognition C. definition D. advice 10. A. imagining B. intending C. feeling D. convincing 11. A. heart B. ear C. eye D. hand 12. A. came by B. weighed up C. sorted out D. spied on 1