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期末复习之完形填空15篇 (江苏名校期末真题) （22-23高一下·江苏扬州·期末）The White Fence When my husband, Jerry, died of cancer, I became angry. Life wasn’t fair. One day, diving down a busy road in my town, I noticed a new fence being built round a house. It had once sat back from a 1 street. Then the road was 2 , and the house had hardly any front garden at all. Each time I drove past the house, I watched the rapid progress of the fence. An elderly women added an overhead rose shelf and painted it all snow-white, and then did the whole house to 3 . One day, I 4 the road to stare long and hard at the fence. The carpenter had done such a magnificent job that I couldn’t bring myself to leave. I turned off the engine, walked over and touched the fence, which 5 smelled of fresh paint. “Hi!” I called, waving. “Well, hey,” she stood up straight. “I — I — came to see your 6 . It’s beautiful.” She smiled. “Come and have a drink, and I’ll tell you about it.” We walked up the back steps, and sat down. I was suddenly overjoyed that I was having a cold drink 7 the beautiful white fence surrounding me. “THE FENCE ISN’T FOR ME,” the woman 8 seriously. “I live alone. But 9 so many people come by here, I thought they’d enjoy seeing something really pretty. People look at my fence and wave. A few, like you, even stop and have a talk.” “But didn’t you mind when this once quiet street was widened and there was so much 10 ?” “Change is part of 11 and the making of character. When things happen that you don’t like, you have two choices: you get 12 or better.” When I left, she called out, “Come back any time. And leave the gate 13 . It looks more friendly.” I carefully left the gate half-open and drove off, 14 something deep inside me. I didn’t know what to call it, but I could picture the hard brick wall round my angry heart 15 . And in its place this neat little w