【创新设计】(课标通用)高考英语大二轮复习测试完形填空专题专题二完形填空解题五技巧——破解夹叙文Cloze1体裁:夹叙夹议话题:励志人生时间:16分钟Thereisastoryaboutanelmtree
Itwasplantedinthefirsthalfofthe20thcenturyonafarm
Itgrewtobea__1__tree
Thefamilythatownedthefarmkeptabull__2__totheelm
Thebullpacedaroundthetree,draggingaheavyironchainwithit,which__3__atrenchinthebarkaboutthreefeetoffground
Thetrench__4__overtheyears,thoughforwhateverreason,whichdidnotkillthetree
Aftersomeyears,thefamilysoldthe__5__andtooktheirbull
Theycutthechain,leavingthelooparoundthetreeandonelinkhangingdown
Overtheyears,the__6__slowlycoveredtherustingchain
Thenoneyearlater,anagriculturaldisasterstruckMichiganintheformofa__7__
Itleftapathofdeathacrossvastareas
Alloftheelms__8__theroadbecameinfectedanddied
Everyone__9__thattheoldelmwouldbethenext
Thepresentownerofthefarmconsidereddoin