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高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练 完形填空专题二十二
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It all started with a simple question:“Can I paint your portrait ”
In the summer of 2015, Brian Peterson and his wife, Vanessa, had just moved to California. Outside the couple’s fourth-floor apartment, an unkempt 1 man was often yelling on the street corner, sometimes keeping them awake at night.
One day, Peterson was 2 in his living room, reading the book Love Does, about the power of love in action, when his quiet was 3 by the homeless man. Inspired by the book’s 4 message, Peterson made a(an) 5 decision: He was going to go outside and introduce himself.
In that first 6 , Peterson learned that the man’s name was Matt Faris. He’d moved to California to 7 a career in music, but he soon fell on hard times and 8 living on the street for more than a decade.
“It was the weirdest thing to me,” Peterson recalled later. “I saw 9 on the face of a man who hadn’t shaved in probably a year. But his story, the life inside of him, inspired me.” And even though Peterson hadn’t picked up a 10 in about eight years, he found himself asking if he could paint Faris’s 11 . Faris said yes.
Peterson’s connection with Faris led him to 12 Faces of Santa Ana, a nonprofit organization focused on befriending and painting portraits of members of the community who are unhoused. Peterson sells the vibrant 30-by-40- inch canvas—signed by both subject and artist—for a few thousand dollars, splitting the proceeds and putting half into what he calls a “love 13 ” for his model. He then helps people use the money to get back on their 14 .
Peterson has painted 41 of these portraits himself. But there’s more to the finished products than the money they bring to someone down-and-out. He’s discovered that the buyers tend to connect to the story of the person in the painting, finding similarities and often friendship with someone they might have otherwise 15 or stereotyped.
“People often tell me, ‘I was the one that would cross the street. But I see homeless people differently now,’ ” Peterson says. “I didn’t know that would happen.”
【Reader’s Digest USA(July & August 2023)】
1. A. considerate B. homeless C. brave D. talented
2. A. relaxing B. dancing C. sleeping D. playing
3. A. replaced B. devoted C. disturbed D. buried
4. A. risky B. comprehensive C. academic D. compassionate
5. A. unexpected B. wise C. vital D. indifferent
6. A. meeting B. forum C. debate D. conversation
7. A. pursue B. dream C. establish D. change
8. A. spent B. consider C. ended up D. ruined
9. A. beauty B. appearance C. expression D. representation
10. A.brush B. language C. skill D. ability
11. A. face B. body C. figure D. portrait
12. A. shape B. form C. exist D. appear
13. A. plan B. account C. intention D. detail
14. A. feet B. hometown C. community D. land
15. A. forgiven B. lacked C. committed D. overlooked
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We bought a bush block near Braidwood. It hadn’t been 1 for years and we loved it. It was a huge tangle of fallen trees and thick undergrowth. However, as the 2 began to bite, we became increasingly 3 . The place was a powder keg（火药桶） waiting for a 4 .
I talked to a dear friend, Johnny, a man who used to help me in the garden. He told me that the whole place needed to be burnt to 5 fuel loads in a practice called cool burning, where the fire burns at a much lower heat intensity than a 6 . He would tell me when it was the right time.
In mid-winter 1984, after another heavy rain fall, Johnny told me the time had come. He explained the plan in precise 7 . About four in the afternoon, we laid a 8 of fire across the eastern end of the property. For half an hour it sat there sullenly and did nothing. Then an easterly wind 9 and the fire took off. We were terrified. The bark on the ribbon gums went up like Roman candles and the whole place became ablaze. As the sun set, the wind 10 and so did the fire.
Johnny’s timing was impeccable. As the midnight frost set in, only a few wisps of smoke 11 . In the morning we looked around at the blackened 12 and wondered what on earth we had done. For the rest of the winter, it looked utterly 13 . It wasn’t until mid-spring that we understood. The ribbon gums, with their clean shiny trunks, were 14 with clouds of fragrant blossoms and the grass was lush and green. The deep pools in the creek were crystal clear and fringed by ferns and wild violets. We had never seen the bush so beautiful. As an 15 bonus, we could now walk safely everywhere and not fall over or accidentally step on a snake.
【Reader’s Digest New Zealand(July 2023)】
1. A. touched B. cultivated C. weeded D. grounded
2. A. flood B. disease C. tornado D. drought
3. A. pleased B. worried C. astonished D. amazed
4. A. spark B. drop C. tape D. objective
5. A. amount B. increase C. obtain D. reduce
6. A. bush B. wildfire C. wildlife D. forest
7. A. detail B. measurements C. instructions D. definition
8. A.piece B. drop C. bunch D. trail
9. A. set up B. picked up C. tore up D. cut up
10. A. died down B. stood down C. broke down D. brought down
11. A. lost B. vanished C. acknowledge D. remained
12. A. landscape B. sight C. view D. spot
13. A. unbelievable B. unpredictable C. miserable D. uncomfortable
14. A. impressed B. crowned C. equipped D. accustomed
15. A. added B. expected C. worse D.defeated
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We can understand so much about what people are communicating by simply paying attention to their physical cues. Let’s say that you’re walking down the street and pass a guy who 1 his arm in the air, then swings a 2 at you. Body-language-wise, he wants to stab you.
Another scenario: You’re at dinner, and someone at the table next to yours stands up, red-faced, and starts pounding his 3 with his fist. At first, you 4 that he must be choking. But after taking a minute to think more critically about his 5 language—he’s dead now. Don’t be afraid to trust your first 6 with this stuff.
To 7 with someone, you may find yourself unconsciously 8 his body language. When he shrugs, you shrug. He flips his hair; you flip yours. He says, “Stop that”; you say,“Stop that.” He says, “I’m an idiot.” You say, “I’m an idiot”—and that’s how quickly you can get burned by body language.
When your seatmate on a plane hogs the armrest, she is using body language to assert 9 . Though it’s not exactly the same, there are some animal species that 10 this behavior in the wild with their armrests.
If your parents and 11 go away on vacation and leave you home alone to fend off a couple of bumbling 12 , all you can really do in terms of body language is place your hands on your 13 and make a face like What am I supposed to do here I’m eight.
As 14 as body language can be with stabbings, it’s not an exact science. In fact, it’s not a science at all—it’s a language, and like all languages it can be 15 . If you’ve ever asked where the bathroom is in Spanish and ended up getting a colonoscopy, you know exactly what I mean.
【The New Yorker (June 26, 2023)】
1. A. raises B. waves C. grabs D. touches
2. A. weapon B. gun C. stick D. knife
3. A. head B. chest C. leg D. breast
4. A. suspect B. assume C. doubt D. argue
5. A. foreign B. body C. natural D. apparent
6. A. knowledge B. instinct C. comment D. feedback
7. A. connect B. arm C. charge D. bond
8. A. mirroring B. electing C. selecting D. painting
9. A. dominance B. influence C. advantage D. conclusion
10. A. copy B. symbolize C. display D.ban
11. A. siblings B. teachers C. collectives D. neighbors
12. A. police B. firefighters C. coaches D. thieves
13. A. stomach B. cheeks C. column D. back
14. A. meaningful B. helpful C.armful D. artful
15. A. misinterpreted B. misjudged C. misled D. mistook
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