安徽省部分市2023-2024学年高二上学期期末英语汇编：完形填空

安徽省部分市 2023-2024学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题分类汇编 完形填空 安徽省黄山市2023-2024学年高二上学期期末质量检测英语试题 第一节完型填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 In the summer of 2015, Brian Peterson and his wife, Vanessa, had just moved to Santa Ana, California. One day, Peterson was reading the book Love Does, when his quiet was 21 by a homeless man. Encouraged by the book’s sympathetic message, Peterson made an conversation with him, and 22 that the man called Merda had moved here to 23 a career in music, but he ended up living on the street for years. “It was the 24 thing to me,” Peterson recalled later on the podcast Top Artist. “I saw the 25 on the face of a man who hadn’t 26 or showered in probably a year. But his story, the life inside of him, 27 me.” And even though Peterson, a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art, hadn’t 28 a paintbrush in about 8 years, he 29 himself asking if he could paint Merda’s portrait． Peterson painted Merda’s portraits, 30 his traits and life experiences． 31 , the painting was sold for a few thousand dollars, and the money was put into a “love account” by Peterson for his model. Merda used the funds from his portrait to 32 an album, fulfilling his musical dreams. Peterson’s 33 with Merda led him to form Faces of Santa Ana, a nonprofit organization focused on befriending and painting portraits of members of the community who are 34 . Up till now, with 41 portraits painted and sold, Perterson has helped many people get back on their feet, and established the friendship with someone people might have 35 . 21．A．overthrown B．disturbed C．attracted D．tricked 22．A．learnt B．thought C．proved D．achieved 23．A．exchange B．receive C．pursue D．grab 24．A．strangest B．best C．saddest D．brightest 25．A．ugliness B．guilty C．pride D．beauty 26．A．spoken B．smiled C．shaved D．slept 27．A．defeated B．discouraged C．shocked D．inspired 28．A．picked