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2019年全国1卷完形填空

Every year about 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa．They bring with them lots of waste. The crowds might damage the beauty of the place．The glaciers（冰川）are disappearing, changing the face of Kilimanjaro．

Hearing these stories，I’m skeptical about the place---other destinations are described as “purer” natural experiences. However, I soon discover that much has changed since the days of disturbing reports of camps among tons of rubbish. I find a clean mountain, with toilets at camps and along the paths. The environmental challenges are significant but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park Authority seem to be paying off．The best of a Kilimanjaro experience, in my opinion, isn’t reaching the top. Mountains are regarded  as spiritual places by many cultures. This view is especially evident on Kilimanjaro as climbers go through five ecosystems（生态系统）in the space of a few kilometers. At the base is a rainforest. It ends abruptly at 3, 000 meters, giving way to（被…代替）lands of low growing plants. Further up, the weather changes — low clouds envelope the mountainsides, which are covered with thick grass. I count twelve shades of green from where I stand. Above 4, 000 meters is the highland  desert: gravel（砾石）, stones and rocks． Finally you climb into an arctic-like zone with permanent snow and the glaciers that may soon disappear．

Does Kilimanjaro deserve its reputation as a crowded mountain with lines of tourists ruining the atmosphere of peace？I found the opposite to be true．

2019年全国卷完形填空

It’s about 250 miles from the hills of west-central Iowa to Ehlers’ home in Minnesota. During the long trip home, following a weekend of hunting, Ehlers thought about the small dog he had seen trembling alongside the road. He had tried to coax（哄）the dog to him but, frightened, it had run off.

Back home, Ehlers was troubled by that lost dog. So, four days later, he called his friend Greg, and the two drove back. After a long and careful search, Greg saw, across a field, the dog moving cautiously away. Ehlers eventually succeeded in coaxing the animal to him. Nervousness and fear were replaced with joy. It just started licking（舔）Ehlers’ face．

A local farmer told them the dog sounded like one advertised as lost in the local paper. The ad had a phone number for a town in southern Michigan. Ehlers called the number of Jeff and Lisa to tell them he had found their dog．

Jeff had hunted in Iowa before Thanksgiving with his dog, Rosie, but the gun shots had scared the dog off．Jeff searched in vain for Rosie in the next four days．

Ehlers returned to Minnesota, and then drove 100 miles to Minneapolis to put Rosie on a flight to Michigan. "It’s good to know there’s still someone out there who cares enough to go to that kind of trouble," says Lisa of Ehlers’ rescue effort.

"I figured whoever lost the dog was probably just as close to it as I am to my dogs," says Ehlers．"If it had been my dog, I’d hope that somebody would be willing to go that extra mile."

  2019年江苏卷高考英语完形填空

Wildlife has been greatly threatened in the modem age. There are species（物种）that are disappearing every day. The white-naped crane（鹤） is a typical example．So scientists are trying their best to save the species from going out of existence．

Chris and Tim work at a zoo, helping endangered cranes with their reproduction. Emma, a female crane, has been in their  care  since she arrived in 2004．Born at an international crane foundation, Emma was raised by human caretakers. This led to an unexpected consequence, though she had a wonderful time there. Emma had never taken herself as a crane and become deeply attached to humans． She refused to live with male cranes, and even had a reputation for killing some of them, which made it impossible for her to become a mother. However , the two zookeepers didn’t want to see the extinction（灭绝）of this precious species．With their patience and efforts, they successfully developed a combination of artificial breeding（人工繁殖）and natural reproduction. This enabled Emma to give birth to five baby cranes．

The two keepers are proud of their productive work. But before they can be assured, more efforts must be made, because the population of the crane in the wild is on the decline, and many other species appear headed toward extinction. After all, not everyone has realized that wildlife has thoughts, feelings, and most importantly, equal rights to survive．

How can we bridge(弥合差距，消除分歧)the ever-widening gap that separates us from other animals? Chris and Tim offered us the answer: human beings took it for granted that their brains held all the solutions, but maybe their hearts can be a better guide.

2019年天津卷完形填空

I was ready to pay for my bananas at the grocery one night, when fear seized me．My wallet was gone. I could only have left it on the G9 bus, which was now speeding in the dark to some unknown station．

The heart-stopping(令人十分担忧的)moment was quickly followed by mental math. How much time and money would it cost to replace the contents of that little wallet? The credit cards, the driver’s license, the cash, all lost to the bus．

Two hours later, back at my house, I heard a knock on the door.  My husband answered it while I was on the phone in the dining room. "Does Jennifer live here？" I heard a lady say． In my husband’s hand was my wallet, with not a penny missing．She left before I could even make it to the door to offer my thanks.

After sharing the story online, I heard from someone, who identified the lady as Erin Smith. Without delay, I called to thank her. She said she spotted my wallet on a bus seat．She calculated that going to a stranger’s house was a risky move, but she decided to take the chance. "If I were in that situation. I would want someone to try to find me," she said．

This one stranger responded beautifully to my small crisis, but she actually wasn’t the only one. Right after Erin took possession of my wallet on the bus, she posted a picture of my driver’s license to an online forum（论坛） trying to see if anyone knew me. No sooner did she leave my doorstep than I had emails from two women whose kids go to my son’s nursery and who recognized my face. I’ve never exchanged words with those moms beyond small talk, but they wanted to help. I read that people are more divided than ever, but that’s not how the people I encounter tend to act．

Looking back, I feel blessed someone had wanted to help a stranger．Erin had gone beyond what almost anyone would have done, finding my house on a bitterly cold night, and for that I was extremely grateful ．

2020年1月浙江高考英语完形填空

I was born legally blind. Of all the stories of my early childhood, the one about a tree is my mother’s favorite.

I was only two when the incident occurred. We had just arrived home from a trip. Mom lifted me out of the car and turned to speak to the driver. I took advantage of my brief freedom to dash across the lawn (草坪) — and hit a large maple tree! I was running so fast that I bounced off the trunk and landed on my backside. Mom expected me to start crying, but I just sat there for a minute. Then I picked myself up and kept right on going. Mom always adds （又说到）here that, as many times as I zoomed（快速移动，迅速前往）across the lawn after that, I never again crashed into that tree.

Mom loves to use this story as an example. It reminds her that children don’t enter life afraid to take risks or unwilling to try again when they fall down. She never wanted me to lose that toughness as I grew older. When I made my major life decisions, I was still that little girl tearing full-speed across the lawn. I studied abroad and later moved away from my parents’ home to look for a job. Through years of efforts, I have become a respected teacher in a school serving high-need students.

We are almost certain to get knocked down at some point during the process of achieving our goal. When that happens, don’t sit in the grass and cry. Just get up and keep on going. It will all be worth it in the end.