2023届高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练完形填空专题二十

高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练 完形填空专题二十 ① It was hard not to notice the 8-year-old boy across the street who stormed in and out of his own house. He did it often enough that a 1 , William Dunn, wondered what was going on in his life. So Dunn asked him. “He told me that he didn’t have a 2 ,” says Dunn, now 58, “and I realized there might be something I could do for him.” That something was fishing, a passion Dunn’s father had 3 with him. Since then, Dunn has taken groups of kids out almost every weekend to fish. Most didn’t have father 4 in their lives and had never fished before. Some were 5 kids who had shuffled from one home to the next. In the beginning, Dunn—“Big Will” to the kids—spent a good chunk of his 6 from his job selling tires to rent charter boats for the kids. Then, in 2018, he started the nonprofit Take a Kid Fishing Inc. He and a small group of 7 have introduced more than 2,500 kids—most without fathers around—to the 8 peace found on the water and the exhilaration of nabbing a 9 . “I’m able to forget about the 10 when I’m fishing and concentrate on something fun and 11 ,” says Smith, 21, who is in a foster program for young adults. “Fishing is learning for 12 . I’ve learned that I deserve a better life than what I had. Whenever I feel 13 about something, I know it’s time to go fishing.” Dunn’s own father 14 this past December. As a result, the fishing trips have taken on new meaning for him. “I have even more passion for it because now I’m fatherless too.” That’s why he’s always eager to watch the kids on the boat. “There’s nothing like feeling that first tug on the line and seeing a kid 15 with a smile,” Dunn says. “I feel lucky to witness that every weekend.” 【Reader’s Digest(June, 2023)】 1. A. conductor B. consultant C. assistant D. neighbor 2. A. home B. father C. occupation D. major 3. A. argued B. agreed C. shared D. provided 4. A. figures B. comments C. supports D. supplies 5. A. aba