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2024届新高三英语暑假提升完形填空训练六 （一） From the age of eight, I had to contribute my share of labor along with my father. Our family was too 1 to afford paid laborers. Working in the rice fields was no easy job, especially in summer. The 2 sun would beat upon my arched back. With only a hat, a shirt and a pair of shorts my 3 , I would be sweating like a pig within seconds. One day, while resting beside the field, I 4 my present life: My family was tied to land, doing 5 jobs every day. How could we and farmers like us have 6 to a better life? Thinking of this, I was suddenly 7 with great pity and great respect for them, and the focus of my 8 began to extend beyond myself and my family. A voice inside me 9 that I should do something to help that. It was right then that I 10 to pursue useful knowledge and technology to 11 their burden of labour. This undeniable 12 pushed me hard to go to a university on a scholarship and 13 earn a degree on agriculture. Although now I went into academic research, I would always 14 what working in the rice fields had taught me: Your hard work will be 15 if you plant your feet firmly on the ground, for being down-to-earth is an unbroken truth. 1. A. desperate B. wise C. poor D. proud 2. A. blinding B. amazing C. rising D. burning 3. A. preference B. protection C. purchase D. priority 4. A. puzzled over B. worried about C. believed in D. complained about 5. A. high-paying B. heart-breaking C. back-breaking D. risk-taking 6. A. reactions B. contributions C. access D. addiction 7. A. consumed B. provided C. confused D. troubled 8. A. career B. schedule C. interest D. concern 9. A. protested B. insisted C. warned D. predicted 10. A. attempted B. promise