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隆昌县高考英语一轮复习完形填空专练10 完形填空2017·济南巩固性训练Lilly was a French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community.When she was 16，her father__1__her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income.With English as her second language and__2__education，the__3__didn’t look bright for Lilly. Lilly’s father was a stubborn man who__4__took “no” for an answer.He__5__Lilly to find a job.With small hope of gaining__6__，each day she would just ride to the city，walk__7__about and return home at dusk. On one of her__8__，Lilly saw a sign at a big company.__9__，she knocked on the very first door.In her__10__English，Lilly told the office manager she was interested in the secretarial position.The manager __11__to give the girl a chance.He directed her to type a letter，and then__12__.Lilly looked at the clock and saw it was 11∶40 am.She thought everyone would be leaving for__13__at noon，when she could__14__away in the crowd.But she knew she should__15__the letter. On her first try，Lilly__16__one line of five words and made four mistakes.On her second attempt，she completed a full paragraph，but still made many mistakes.She looked at the clock：11∶55—five minutes to__17__.Just then the manager walked in.He came directly to Lilly，read the letter and said，“Lilly，you’re doing__18__work！” With those simple words of encouragement，her desire to escape disappeared and her__19__began to grow.Lilly thought，“Well，if he thinks it’s good，then it must be good.I think I’ll stay！” Lilly did stay—all because someone had given a__20__and uncertain girl the gift of selfconfidence when she knocked on the door. | 
