专题06 完形填空（记叙文+说明文）-2023年高考英语真题题源解密（新高考卷）

专题06 完形填空（记叙文+说明文） （2023·新高考卷I完形填空） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 On Oct. 11, hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race in Minnesota. Melanie Bailey should have ____21____ the course earlier than she did. Her ____22____ came because she was carrying a ____23____ across the finish line. As reported by a local newspaper, Bailey was more than two-thirds of the way through her ____24____ when a runner in front of her began crying in pain. She ____25____ to help her fellow runner, Danielle Lenoue. Bailey took her arm to see if she could walk forward with ____26____. She couldn’t. Bailey then ____27____ to let Lenoue climb onto her back and carried her all the way to the finish line, then another 300 feet to where Lenoue could get ____28____ attention. Once there, Lenoue was ____29____ and later taken to a hospital, where she learned that she had serious injuries in one of her knees. She would have struggled with extreme ____30____ to make it to that aid checkpoint without Bailey’s help. As for Bailey, she is more ____31____ about why her act is considered a big ____32____. “She was just crying. I couldn’t ____33____ her,” Bailey told the reporter. “I feel like I was just doing the right thing.” Although the two young women were strangers before the ____34____, they’ve since become friends. Neither won the race, but the ____35____ of human kindness won the day. 21. A. designed B. followed C. changed D. finished 22. A. delay B. chance C. trouble D. excuse 23. A. judge B. volunteer C. classmate D. competitor 24. A. race B. school C. town D. training 25. A. agreed B. returned C. stopped D. promised 26. A. courage B. aid C. patience D. advice 27. A. went away B. stood up C. stepped aside D. bent down 28. A. medical B. public C. constant D. equal 29. A. interrupted B. assessed C. identified D. appreciated 30. A. hunger B. pain C. cold D. tiredness 31. A. worried B. ashamed C. confused D. discouraged 32. A. game B. problem C. lesson D. deal 33. A. leave