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备战2024年高考英语名校模拟真题速递(上海专用)
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(2023·上海·上海中学校考模拟预测)Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Discovering a Brother
Kieron Graham always knew he had an older brother. His adoption papers, signed and sealed when he was three months old, listed a brother named Vincent but no last name. Though Kieron spent years 1 (think) about Vincent, he could never track him down.
That changed in December 2017, 2 Kieron’s adoptive parents gave their four adopted children Ancestry DNA tests as Christmas gifts. Kieron, now 21, sent his saliva (唾液) sample in for analysis. When his results came back, he was surprised to find he had some DNA matches for relatives who 3 (take) the test, too. Most were distant connections, but one match was so strong that it 4 (label) “close family59. His name was Vincent Ghant. Kieron looked for him online and soon made a possible connection.” This is going to sound so wild .......but you seem 5 (be) my brother,” Kieron wrote on the instant messaging app.
“I was given up 6 adoption in 1997 and it says on my paperwork that my mother has a son with your name and your birth date. Her name is Shawn.”
“OMG do you know your real name?“ wrote Vincent, now 30.
”I think it was Tyler.“
“OMG YES!!! You are my brother.”
“Wow,” wrote Kieron.
“This is crazy.” said Vincent.
The craziness was just beginning. As they talked, the brothers realized they lived about 20 minutes from each other, outside of Atlanta. More mind-blowing, they attended the same university and majored and minored in the same subjects: political science and legal studies.
“What are the odds we’re separated our entire lives and then end up at the same school with the same interests?“ says Kieron.
Now the brothers had the