2014高考英语完形填空十一月抓分练习(11)及答案
完形填空(记叙文)
Roland was a carpenter in Virginia. He and Sheila had three kids—two boys and a baby Jessica. The 1 had been in and out of the hospital for the last year because of infections and other problems. She was very 2 and sick. The doctors were not 3 that she would live another year.
Taking care of Jessica was 4 . The family was deep 5 . Roland, an independent subcontractor, had medical insurance, but he had very high deductibles.
Things were bad. Roland saw no 6 at the end of this tunnel. Then he saw an 7 in the newspaper: “Security guards/contract workers 8 . $100, 000 a year. First $80, 000 tax free. $20, 000 bonus for extending contract an extra year. ” He called the number. The 9 was busy, but he kept calling and finally 10 . He was worried that the jobs were all 11 , but they told him plenty of jobs were still 12 . They said they would give him two weeks of training in Texas. Then they would fly him to Iraq for his assignment.