高考真题2023年新课标全国I卷完形填空-越野赛
On Oct. 11, hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race in Minnesota. Melanie Bailey should have ____1____ the course earlier than she did. Her ____2____ came because she was carrying a ____3____ across the finish line.
As reported by a local newspaper, Bailey was more than two-thirds of the way through her ____4____ when a runner in front of her began crying in pain. She ____5____ to help her fellow runner, Danielle Lenoue. Bailey took her arm to see if she could walk forward with ____6____. She couldn’t. Bailey then ____7____ 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 ____8____ attention.
Once there, Lenoue was ____9____ 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 ____10____ to make it to that aid checkpoint without Bailey’s help.
As for Bailey, she is more ____11____ about why her act is considered a big ____12____. “She was just crying. I couldn’t ____13____ her,” Bailey told the reporter. “I feel like I was just doing the right thing.”
Although the two young women were strangers before the ____14____, they’ve since become friends. Neither won the race, but the ____15____ of human kindness won the day.
1.1.
A designed
B followed
C changed
D finished
解析：选D。D 根据前文hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race可知，Bailey在参加越野比赛，根据下文可知，她是帮助了一位受伤的运动员，should have done表示本应该，所以此处应为她本应该更早一些跑完全程，finished完成，因此应选D。
2.2.
A delay
B chance
C trouble
D excuse
解析：选A。A 根据上文的should have finished the cause earlier than she did，可知Bailey耽搁了比赛，delay耽搁，因此应选A。
3.3.
A judge
B volunteer
C classmate
D competitor
解析：选D。D 根据本句中的across the finish line通过终点线，根据第二段的to help her fellow runner中的runner赛跑的人，可知Lenoue也是越野赛选手。competitor选手，竞赛者，因此应选D。
4.4.
A race
B school
C town
D training
解析：选A。A 根据第一段的hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race及第二段的Bailey was more than two-thirds of the way through可知，Bailey已经跑了比赛全程的三分之二以上。race比赛，因此应选A。
5.5.
A agreed
B returned
C stopped
D promised
解析：选C。C 根据下文的to help her fellow runner可知，Bailey停了下来帮助和她一起参赛的选手。stop to do sth停下来做某事，stop doing停止做某事。因此应选C。
6.6.
A courage
B aid
C patience
D advice
解析：选B。B 根据本句中的took her arm to see可知，Bailey是搀着Lenoue的胳膊，想看看能否帮她往前走。aid帮助，因此应选B。
7.7.
A went away
B stood up
C stepped aside
D bent down
解析：选D。D 根据下文的let Lenoue climb onto her back可推知，Bailey应该是弯下腰让Lenoue趴到自己背上。bent down弯腰，因此应选D。
8.8.
A medical
B public
C constant
D equal
解析：选A。A 根据上文的began crying in pain开始痛苦地哭泣，可知Lenoue应该是受伤了，因此需要接受医疗救护。medical 医疗的，因此应选A。
9.9.
A interrupted
B assessed
C identified
D appreciated
解析：选B。B 根据上文的Once there和下文的and later taken to a hospital可知，在那里，医生对Lenoue的身体状况进行了检查评估，然后将她送往医院。assessed对...进行评估，因此应选B。
10.10.
A hunger
B pain
C cold
D tiredness
解析：选B。B 根据前文where she learned that she had serious injuries in one of her knees.她在那里得知她的一个膝盖受了重伤，可知如果没有Bailey的帮助，Lenoue自己走到援助检查站将会承受巨大的痛苦，pain痛苦，因此应选B。
11.11.
A worried
B ashamed
C confused
D discouraged
解析：选C。C 根据下文的why可知，此处应是表示对某事困惑不解，confused困惑的, 因此应选C。
12.12.
A game
B problem
C lesson
D deal
解析：选D。D 根据下文I feel like I was just doing the right thing. 我感觉我只是做了一件对的事情，与前文应该形成对比，让她疑惑的应是她的行为被人们认为是了不起的事情。a big deal重要的人物，重要的事情，因此应选D。
13.13.
A leave
B cure
C bother
D understand
解析：选A。A 根据上文的She was just crying.可知当Bailey看到Lenoue哭泣时，不会丢下她不管，因此应选A。
14.14.
A ride
B test
C meet
D show
解析：选C。C 根据下文的they’ve since become friends可知，Bailey和Lenoue在比赛之前虽然素不相识，但这次赛事之后，两人成了朋友。因此应选C。
15.15.
A secret
B display
C benefit
D exchange
解析：选B。B 根据全文可知，Bailey为了将膝盖受伤的Lenoue背至终点就医，耽误了自己的比赛，尽管二人都没有赢得比赛，但是Bailey的所作所为是善意的体现, 人类的善良赢得了胜利。display表现，体现，因此应选B。