高考真题2023年全国甲卷完形填空-邻居送的番茄和
Many years ago, I bought a house in the Garfagnana, where we still go every summer. The first time we ___1___ there, we heard the chug chug-chug of a motorbike ___2___ its way down the hill toward us. It was ___3___ called Mario, coming to ___4___ us a box containing some tomatoes and a bottle of wine. It was a very nice ___5___ for him to make. But when we looked at the tomatoes, we were ___6___ because they were so misshapen: not at all like the nice, round, ___7___ things you get in a supermarket. And the wine was cloudy, in a funny old bottle with no label (标签) on it. These can’t be any ___8___, we thought. But we were ___9___ his kindness, so we ___10___ them.
What we discovered is that it’s ___11___ to judge what you eat only by its ___12___. Those tomatoes had ___13___ that reminded me of the ones my uncle used to grow when I was a child. Nowadays supermarket tomatoes ___14___ perfect but taste of water. Nobody’s going to have a ___15___ memory of those. It’s a surprise they haven’t managed to grow square ones so that they can ___16___ them easily. Mario’s wine may have been cloudy and come out of an old bottle, but it was ___17___.
It’s good to eat things at the correct time, when they’re ___18___, and as close as possible to where they were ___19___. What Mario had ___20___ us was the taste of the Garfagnana.
1.1.
A waited
B met
C camped
D stayed
解析：选D。D 根据上一句Many years ago, I bought a house in the Garfagnana where we still go every summer可推出，这里表达的是我们第一次待在(stayed)那里。故选D。
2.2.
A making
B searching
C squeezing
D feeling
解析：选A。A 根据toward us可知，一辆摩托车沿着山坡“突突突”地开过来。make one’s way toward sb/sth表示“朝……方向前进”，符合语境。故选A。
3.3.
A customer
B neighbor
C relative
D passenger
解析：选B。B 根据上下文可知，我们第一次到Garfagnana度假，Mario给我们送来了番茄和酒，让我们尝到了Garfagnana的味道，由此可推出，Mario是我们在那儿的一个邻居(neighbor)。故选B。
4.4.
A lend
B send
C bring
D show
解析：选C。C 句意为“他过来给我们带了一箱番茄和一瓶酒。”bring符合语境。故选C。
5.5.
A choice
B comment
C promise
D gesture
解析：选D。D 根据上文可知，Mario给我们送东西是一个非常好的举动。gesture“姿态、举动”，符合语境。故选D。
6.6.
A worried
B moved
C thrilled
D bored
解析：选A。A 由下文的“因为番茄形状不规则，一点儿也不像超市里那些好看的、圆圆的番茄。”可推出，作者担心(worried)它们的品质和口感。故选A。
7.7.
A simple
B real
C shiny
D fun
解析：选C。C 空白处与nice, round并列，来形容超市里的番茄，shiny“有光泽的”符合语境。故选C。
8.8.
A more
B good
C new
D easy
解析：选B。B Mario送的番茄外观不规则，葡萄酒有浑浊的颜色，也没有标签，所以作者认为这些东西品质不好，good符合语境。故选B。
9.9.
A sympathetic to
B thankful for
C cautious about
D interested in
解析：选B。B 由But和his kindness可知，作者对他的善意是充满感激的。thankful for符合语境。故选B。
10.10.
A tried
B sold
C returned
D mixed
解析：选A。A 由下文的Those tomatoes had a ... that reminded me of the ones my uncle used to grow when I was a child.可知，作者尝了尝Mario送的番茄。tried表示试着吃了一些，符合语境。故选A。
11.11.
A unnecessary
B uncertain
C unwise
D unusual
解析：选C。C 根据语境“仅仅通过它们的……来判断你吃的东西是否好吃”可知这是不明智的。unwise符合语境。故选C。
12.12.
A appearance
B quality
C origin
D price
解析：选A。A 由上文作者对番茄外观的描述可知，这里指通过东西的外表判断是否好吃。appearance符合语境。故选A。
13.13.
A size
B shape
C color
D taste
解析：选D。D 由下文对超市里番茄的描述taste of water可推出，Mario送的番茄有一种味道，让作者想起了小时候叔叔种的番茄。taste符合语境。故选D。
14.14.
A smell
B look
C become
D work
解析：选B。B 由上文的not at all like the nice, round ... things you get in a supermarket可知，作者是对超市里番茄的外观进行描述，1ook符合语境。故选B。
15.15.
A happy
B vivid
C short
D vague
解析：选A。A 上文中，Mario的番茄让作者想起了小时候叔叔种的番茄，由此可推出,“没有人会对那些超市里的番茄有着美好的回忆。”happy符合语境。故选A。
16.16.
A clean
B check
C count
D pack
解析：选D。D 本句中they指的是超市番茄的种植者，句意为“令人惊讶的是，他们为什么还没有种出正方形的番茄,”正方形的番茄更容易打包，pack符合语境。故选D。
17.17.
A perfect
B useful
C convenient
D familiar
解析：选A。A 由but可知，前后两句是转折关系，Mario的酒可能有点浑浊，用一个旧瓶子装着，但它味道不错，很完美(perfect)。故选A。
18.18.
A on view
B on sale
C in season
D in need
解析：选C。C 由上下文可知，食物应该在适当的季节食用，也就是吃当令的食物，这样味道和口感更好，in season当季，符合语境。故选C。
19.19.
A finished
B stored
C found
D grown
解析：选D。D 由上下文可知，吃当季的食物，且尽可能吃在附近种植的食物比较好，grown符合语境。故选D。
20.20.
A cooked
B given
C bought
D told
解析：选B。B 由上下文可知，Mario送给作者当地的番茄和酒，让他们尝到了Garfagnana的味道。given符合语境。故选B。