【精品】完形填空讲解及练习一、高中英语完形填空1.阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 When he was 5, Nicholas Lowinger visited a homeless shelter with his mother. He was 1 to show off his new lightup sneakers. But his mom warned him against doing so, 2 that these children might not have such things. 3 enough, when Nicholas met kids at the shelter, he 4 realized that they were living in circumstances that were different from his own. "I saw other kids who looked just like me. The only 5 was that they were wearing 6 shoes that were falling apart. Some didn't have a pair of shoes to call their own," said Nicholas, now 15. "I've been 7 to grow up in a family that is able to provide me with whatever I need. A lot of kids here in the U. S. don't have the same 8 ." That first shelter 9 left a strong impression on Nicholas, who started 10 all the shoes he'd outgrown to local shelters. But he soon 11 that his donations weren't that helpful. "It 12 me that I only had used shoes to give to them 13 new shoes that fit right," he said. "No two people's feet are exactly the same, and 14 you are wearing someone else's worn shoes, your feet aren't going to be comfortable." So at the age of 12, Nicholas started a program that donates 15 shoes to homeless children. 16 , his efforts were part of a community service project. With the help of his parents, he then started the Gotta Have Sole Foundation, which has donated new footwear to more than 10,000 17 children in 21 states. "Something that seems so 18 , a pair of shoes, can make children feel 19 about themselves and gain confidence." Nicholas 20 other young people to do the sa...