2023届高考英语二轮复习江苏高考英语完形填空专项训练作业含答案.pdfVIP

完形填空 When I moved from South Korea to Australia at the age of eight, I learned the worst part of crossing language lines was adjusting to live ____1____—to its rapid rhythms and many about-faces. Once spun out, the best I could do was wait for a topic change or long pause to ____2____ a foothold (立足点). Tripping over loose words and ____3____ sentences, I never got far. This was a problem because there were many things I did not ____4____ about my new home—why strangers were called “mates”, why none of the food was spiced etc. Unable to ask questions, let alone to raise ____5____, I began to wear a ____6____ smile and to withdraw into the private corners of my mind. I struggled to ____7____, but the differences between my peers and me seemed to pose a distance too great to ____8____. Things ____9____ for me when I joined my primary school debate team. I had been attracted to the activity by the promise of ____10____—a few minutes in which I could speak uninterrupted. But I also ____11____ a trove of wisdom (智慧宝库), including a new way of thinking about empathy. I chased these ____12____ for 15 years, winning two world championships and ____13____ the Harvard and Australian national debate teams along the way. The ____14____ led me to become a newspaper reporter and now a law student. It left me convinced that ____15____ can help us improve our lives in these hard times. 1 A performance B conversation C interview D broadcast ． ． ． ． ． 2 A regain B lose C maintain D provide ． ． ． ． ． 3 A proper B long C complex D broken ． ． ． ． ． 4 A forget B promote C understand