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1、高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练 完形填空专题十八Wally, my golden doodle, has come to work with me every day since the start of the pandemic. He was there on the morning this February when acolleague came into my office and said, “ The dog resorts on fire.” My initial reaction was 1 . I know the resort well its just across t
2、he road from my office and 2 daycare and boarding services for pets. Wally had stayed there when he was a puppy.I got up from my desk immediately.Wally got anxious when I left, so I 3 thedoor behind me. As Igotoutside I saw the big plume of grey-black smoke above us, which was barrelling out from wh
3、at looked like the middle of the building. By that point, the firefighters were at the 4 . There was so much noise. Suddenly it 5 us: weve got to get the dogs out. A handful of 6 , along with people from other nearby businesses, made their way to the building and started grabbing dogs. It was incred
4、ibly frantic. We were lunging to 7 a collar or get any kind of hold on them, then ushering them across the road. Some of them thought we were trying to play with them a bit, so it was a 8 . Some dogs can be very sensitive, but luckily no one got 9 .It seemed much more emotional for the owners. Peopl
5、e were pulling 10 and leaving their cars in the middle of the road to hop out and search for their dogs. When they got to our fence and saw them, there were tears. It took a bout three hours, but we got about 60 dogs into our makeshift pen. The 11 were held at a nearby brewery, and even on a bus tha
6、t came to help out. All the dogs from the centre, about 110 in total, were 12 . When I got back to Wally in my office, he gave me so much love. Hes an affectionate dog and made the whole episode feel 13 . It was very emotional seeing him again, knowing he could have been in the 14 that day. I could
7、only imagine that I would have had the same 15 as the people who came up to our fence looking for their dogs. Iwas just so thankful that he and all the other dogs were safe. 【The Guardian (May 13, 2023)】1. A. disbelief B. regret C. relief D. amusement2. A. selects B. expands C. locates D. offers3. A
8、. destroyed B. shut C. decorated D. left 4. A. base B. scene C. building D. position 5. A. warned B. hit C. replaced D. attached 6. A. cyclists B. workers C. colleagues D. hosts 7. A. distribute B. argue C. appoint D.grab 8. A. fortune B. struggle C. plot D. basis 9. A. bitten B. gathered C. repaire
9、d D. complained 10. A. out B. up C. in D. off11. A. rest B. element C. event D. duty 12. A. folded B. harvested C. figured D. rescued 13. A. upset B. stubborn C.rewarding D. passive 14. A. school B. hospital C. station D.resort15. A. deed B. reaction C. description D. option Ive been metal-detecting
10、 for 35 years. Im as passionate now as that first time I went out and started to find what I thought was 1 , but really was just rubbish: the few odd coins and bits and pieces. As soon as I walk across that field, all my troubles 2 .One week in April 2010, the sun was shining.Off I went down into So
11、merset. I had three farms all next to one another where I had 3 to detect. I got a good 4 , so I cut a little bit of turf, flapped it back and there was asilver Roman coin, a siliqua! They dont come up very often. I put it into my pouch, not realising that Iwould spend the next three hours going rou
12、nd in 5 on that field, literally picking up silver coins. I had to work the next week, but Ireally wanted to try this field again. So on the way home, I thought: “Ill pop in for acouple of hours.” I got a signal and, at first, all I could find was this one coin and a bit of black pottery. So, I 6 a
13、bit more. I ended up pulling out a big chunk of yellow clay and, studded like little sultanas in a pudding, were bronze 7 . I literally shouted:“Ive got two8 !”There was the scattered hoard of siliquas and what is called the Frome Hoard: 52,503 coins in a pot that 9 in at 160 kg in total. The Treasu
14、re Valuation Committee 10 the Frome Hoard at about 360,000, which is a payment in 11 that you did the right thing and reported treasure. Now, its in the Museum of Somerset. They have made afantastic 12 of it. The 13 is still there whenever Igo out, even if I have a bad day and Ionly find 14 . I just
15、 think:“Hey, its abad day, but Ive been out in the fresh air. Ive been out in the sunshine. Ive done a bit of walking, so Im keeping abit 15 .” It doesnt even matter if I dont find anything.【The Observer (May 14, 2023)】1.A. treasure B. collection C. jewellery D. gold 2.A. exist B. change C. float D.
16、 disappear3.A. admission B. permission C. ability D. claim 4.A. try B. view C. signal D. companion 5.A. stops B. circles C. crowds D. groups 6.A. dug B. put C. pushed D. counted 7.A. vases B. coins C. clay D. pottery 8.A. pots B. objects C. stones D. hoards9.A. measured B. weighed C. stole D. mainta
17、ined 10.A. handed B. assigned C. valued D. swapped 11.A. praise B. recognition C. identification D. action 12.A. occasion B. operation C. mystery D.display 13.A. shock B. excitement C. intelligence D. pattern 14.A. replacement B. signal C. rubbish D. saving 15. A. sadder B. fatter C. slimmer D.fitte
18、r When Bernadine Swales marriage ended after 36 years, her first instinct was that she couldnt manage alone. It took her a few years torealise : “Actually, no.” Now 68, Swale, a 1 pharmacist, travels the world as a pet-sitter. “I absolutely love my life,” she says. “I have the best retirement there
19、ever was.”Swale had always wanted to 2 . “Life gets busy just 3 your kids as best you can. You put those travel wishes on the back burner. They are still there, but you 4 them with everyday life, because thats the best thing for your family.”When Swale was divorced, she had continued to5 and had kep
20、t the family home. “But it was just me rattling around in it. And work was increasingly pressured. I suddenly thought: Why am I doing this? Then I had abrilliant6 .”She would 7 the house out for a year, do some pet-sitting and see if I can 8 the alimony（离婚抚养费）. The first pet-sitting job was half an
21、hour from home. “I loved animals. But I thought: you dont know whose house youre going into, what 9 youll get, if the dog will bite you or the cat run away I sat in the car for about 10 minutes, plucking up the courage to ring the 10 .”But the sit was fine. Although the money was 11 there is no fee
22、for pet-sitting, only free 12 she“made it work”.She sold the house andgot rid of everything. She bought the loft because it was a “13 house” for listing on Airbnb.Doesnt she miss having a 14 home? “The world is my home,” she says. “Youre living in their home, youre walking in their neighbourhood, yo
23、u 15 to their neighbours; you are living as if you live there. Its like borrowing somebody elses life for a minute. And I learn something from every sit I do.” 【The Guardian (May 15, 2023)】1.A. retired B. advanced C. great D. accomplished 2.A. divorce B. babysit C. tend D. travel3.A. scolding B. rai
24、sing C. settling D. frightening 4.A. represent B. bury C. suit D. serve 5.A. work B. hunt C. search D. respect 6.A. nationality B. plot C. plan D. principle 7.A. buy B. purchase C. whisper D. rent 8.A. live up to B. live on C. live by D. live off 9.A. problem B. reception C. issue D. saying 10.A. al
25、arm B. doorbell C. stair D. element 11.A. filthy B. bad C. unpleasant D.tight12.A. board B. accommodation C. belief D. agency 13.A. free B. external C. golden D. normal 14.A. willing B. fixed C. keen D. determined 15. A. leap B. recycle C. sail D.chat ADBBB CDBAB ADCDBADBCB ABDBC BDBCDADBBA CDBBB DACBD 学科网（北京）股份有限公司