2024届高考英语完形填空宏观逻辑(04)讲义

Every year I’d read over 2,000 college applications from students all over the world. It is quite 41 to choose whom to admit. 42 , in the chaos of SAT scores and recommendations, one 43 is always irresistible in a candidate：kindness. The most surprising 44 of kindness I’ve ever 45 came from a student who had excellent scores and a supportive recommendation from his college consultant. Even with these qualifications, he might not have 46 . But one letter of recommendation caught my eye. It was from a school security 47 . Letters of recommendation are typically written by people like former presidents, celebrities, and Olympic athletes. The security guard wrote that he supported this student’s admission because of his 48 . This young man was the only person in the school who knew the names of every member of the guard staff. He turned off lights in empty rooms, consistently 49 the hallway monitor each morning and tidied up the classroom after his peers left school 50 nobody was watching. This student, the security guard wrote, had a(n) 51 respect for every person at the school, regardless of position, popularity or power. It gave us a 52 onto a student’s life in the moments when nothing “counted”. That student was admitted by agreed vote of the admissions committee. Next year there might be a flood of security guard recommendations 53 this essay. But if it means students will start paying as much 54 to the people who clean their classrooms as they do to their principals and teachers, I’m happy to help start that 55 . 【素材来源：湖北省沙市中学2023-2024学年高三下学期3月月考英语试题】 41、A. decent B. delicate C. difficult D. desperate 42、A. Otherwise B. However C. Besides D. Therefore 43、A. ability B. quality C. limitation D. assumption 44、A. signal B. image C. appearance D. indication 45、A. come across B. pick up C. come out D. bring up 46、A. stood up B. stood out C. given up D. give