2017届广东省广州市高考英语一轮复习试题精选：完形填空（夹叙夹议型）（含解析）_高考复习指南

2017届广东省广州市高考英语一轮复习试题精选：完形填空（夹叙夹议型）（含解析）

　　A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting（诱人的） apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn't much of a fruit eater，__1__a bar of chocolate if given the choice，__2__， as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the__3__he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

　　He stood on tiptoe（脚尖），__4__as high as he could, but even at his tallest__5__he was unable to touch it. He began to__6__up and down, as high as he could, at the__7__of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of__8__.

　　Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to__9__on. His school bag wouldn't give enough height and he didn't want to__10__the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and Gameboy.

　　Looking__11__， he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or，__12__luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighbourhood and there was nothing he could use.

　　He had tried everything he could think to do.__13__seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk__14__. At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his__15__， and how he really wanted that apple. The more he__16__like this, the more unhappy he became.__17__， the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn't always get what he wanted. He started to say to himself，“This isn't__18__. I don't have the apple and I'm feeling miserable as well. There's__19__more I can do to get the apple — that is unchangeable — but we are supposed to be able to__20__our feelings. If that's the case, what can I do to feel better？”