2014届高三英语二轮【完形填空突破-3真2模含解析】6
[2013·天津卷]
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16~35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
As I held my father's hands one night, I couldn't help but notice their calluses(老茧) and roughness. His hands tell the story of his life as a __16__,including all his struggles.
One summer, I remember,a drought(旱灾) hit Ontario, turning it into a __17__ desert. On one of those hot mornings I was picking sweet corn with my dad to fill the last __18__ from the grocery store. Fifty dozen was all we needed, which __19__ took twenty minutes. That morning,however, the process didn't __20__ quickly.After forty minutes of aimlessly walking in the field, we __21__ needed twenty dozen. I was completely frustrated and __22__.Dropping the basket heavily,I declared,“If the store wants its last twenty