专题11 完形填空【考题猜想】-2023-2024学年高二英语上学期期中考点大串讲（译林版2020）

专题11 完形填空 01.（2023春·江苏南京·高二南京师大附中校考期中） Last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report that a hotter future is unavoidable. The scientists predict killer heatwaves, a(n) 1 of water and food, and millions of people suffering and dying. In 2040 when my son will be college-aged, he will likely be more 2 with air quality and escaping the heat than with his academic achievements. By the time he has 3 of his own, reliable access to food and water may be more 4 than a diploma (文凭). That night, I asked my husband: What if we stopped putting money in our son’s college fund and started using that money to 5 him from climate change? 6 played a big role in both my and my husband’s college decisions — I did my first two years at community college to 7 money, and my husband’s college fund got spent on keeping the family business running. The idea felt 8 that we would be removing those 9 for our own kids with the money we were putting aside, something we had started doing while I was still pregnant. After much discussion, we agreed that saving money for his college education when we are facing a climate emergency just doesn’t 10 . Instead, we are planning on using the money to invest (投资) in a 11 life style now by buying electric cars, installing solar panels and starting a backyard vegetable garden. Another mom 12 me of “stealing” my child’s future by planning to spend this money now 13 saving it for higher education. But my husband and I are living 14 that you don’t need a six-figure college fund to do well in life. If my son wants to go to college, he’ll figure out a way. Or he’ll be like nearly 80% of the other students and 15 student loan debt. 1．A．flood B．shortage C．abundance D．amount 2．A．bored B．familiar C．concerned D．content 3．A．kids B．life C．business D．property 4．A．impressive B．convenient C．creative D．acceptable 5．A．free B．separat