2023高考英语全国I卷-完型填空

原文：Runner carries injured competitor over finish line  https://www.kens5.com/article/life/runner-carries-injured-competitor-over-finish-line/273-264067980

高考真题：

第一节  （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

On Oct. 11, hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race in Minnesota. Melanie Bailey should have 41       the course earlier than she did. Her 42       came because she was carrying a 43       across the finish line.

As reported by a local newspaper, Bailey was more than two-thirds of the way through her 44       when a runner in front of her began crying in pain. She 45       to help her fellow runner, Danielle Lenoue. Bailey took her arm to see if she could walk forward with 46     . She couldn’t. Bailey then 47       to let Lenoue climb onto her back and carried her all the way to the finish line, then another 300 feet to where Lenoue could get 48       attention.

Once there, Lenoue was 49       and later taken to a hospital, where she learned that she had serious injuries in one of her knees. She would have struggled with extreme 50       to make it to that aid checkpoint without Bailey’s help.

As for Bailey, she is more 51       about why her act is considered a big 52      . “She was just crying. I couldn’t 53       her,” Bailey told the reporter. “I feel like I was just doing the right thing.”

Although the two young women were strangers before the 54      , they’ve since become friends. Neither won the race, but the 55       of human kindness won the day.

41. A. designed        B. followed            C. changed             D. finished

42. A. delay           B. chance              C. trouble             D. excuse

43. A. judge           B. volunteer           C. classmate           D. competitor

44. A. race            B. school              C. town                D. training

45. A. agreed          B. returned            C. stopped             D. promised

46. A. courage         B. aid                 C. patience            D. advice

47. A. went away       B. stood up            C. stepped aside       D. bent down

48. A. medical         B. public              C. constant            D. equal

49. A. interrupted     B. assessed            C. identified          D. appreciated

50. A. hunger          B. pain                C. cold                D. tiredness

51. A. worried         B. ashamed             C. confused            D. discouraged

52. A. game            B. problem             C. lesson              D. deal

53. A. leave           B. cure                C. bother              D. understand

54. A. ride            B. test                C. meet                D. show

55. A. secret          B. display             C. benefit             D. exchange

参考答案：

41-45:D A D A C 

46-50:B D A B B        

51-55:C D A C B   

解析：此篇完形填空为送分题。