江苏省泰州市2022三年中考英语汇编-完形填空.docxVIP

江苏省泰州市三年（2020-2022）中考英语真题分题型分层汇编 02完形填空 一、完形填空 （2022·江苏泰州） “Hey, how are you doing? I’m Courtney. What grade are you in? What’s your favourite book? Elephant and Piggy? Yeah, I got it.” If you think you have walked into a library with a ____1____ like that, you are exactly wrong. ____2____, you’ve entered the workplace of Courtney Holmes, known as the Storybook Barber (理发师). Two years ago, his small town held its first yearly Back to School Party, offering needy families a ____3____ to learn about free resources in the community. Holmes, a warm-hearted barber agreed to take part. Though he was very busy, he choose to donate his ___4____ to give free haircuts to needy kids so that they’d look tidy on that first chose to donate his day of school. Suddenly, a(n) ____5____ went through his mind, “The kids should go on getting their free ____6____ by having to read a book to me.” The idea was so ____7____ that he continued it for the next two years. Kids aged 5-10 would grab a favourite book, sit in the barber chair, and ____8____ while Holmes snipped (剪). If they stuttered (结结巴巴) over a word, Holmes was there to ____9____. After the haircut, they’d _____10_____ the books, from the characters and vocabulary to the themes — just like in school, only more fun. Holmes realized that not every _____11_____ had the time to read with their kids. He had a talk with his neighbour Mr. Smith, “You have four kids, and you are so _____12_____ that sitting down and listening to them read is the last thing you have time to do. Just bring in your kids and let them read to _____13_____.” Holmes added, “I, too, _____14_____ the free snip-and-reads. Last month, there was a seven-year-old boy, Bob, who tried hard to read through his book, stuttering over words, and then I asked the boy to take the book home and practice. _____15_____ the kid came back a few days later, he read it with no problems. That inspires (鼓舞) me,” said Holmes. A．surprise B．question C．greeting D．suggestion A．As usual