2014贵州铜仁职业技校对口升学英语完型填空专项训练一（含答案）.docVIP

英语完形填空 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Five years later, Michael left teaching to develop one of the first luxury rental buildings on the Lower East Side, on property owned by Leslie’s family. He fell in love with the rich cultural and social mix of the 36 , where waves of immigrants had settled since the early 19th century. At the time, Tompkins Square Park, across the street, was filled with 37 people living in temporary huts. When Leslie spotted a flock of pigeons 38 in an area of the tall apartments that Michael said would be their master bedroom, she thought her husband had 39 his mind. When the family 40 in, Ripton, adopted as an infant, was six. Morgan, also adopted, joined the family two years later. Soon the park was closed, to be a(n) 41 showplace of playgrounds and green space. Michael made significant money in the real estate and Leslie joined a gym practice. The family enjoyed 42 vacations in the winter and summers on Shelter Island. The five boys who came to play video games changed everything. “In the 43 , it was just a lot of kids swarming all over the place,” says Michael. When the Rosens 44 Carlos wasn’t attending school because he didn’t have suitable clothes, they bought him some. Then one night, they took the group to a 45 after a Chinese dinner and realized there were other needs. “The boys had no interest in books at all,” Michael says. Back at the penthouse, he 46 they sit down to read aloud. “Their vocabularies were limited,” he says. “But my concept of what is smart and what is not changed that night because these kids were all smart 47 just uneducated.” The boys still slept at their homes, though they spent after-school hours, most weekends and summer nights at the penthouse. There, a half-hour reading period before video games or television started. The kitchen timer was set, and everyone had to 48 the words they didn’t know. One summer, Michael took all the boy