题目内容
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It is always interesting and inspiring to observe human behavior. Some behavior ________ to be true to form more often than not. In the past years, we have always held a Christmas gift exchange at our house with at least ten of our ________. Each year, we all buy gifts ________ in Christmas paper. When everyone is sitting around a ________ at home, all the gifts are piled in the middle of the floor.
People choose a(n) ________ from a bowl that tells him or her when they can take their ________ to choose their gifts. The person with the number one can choose any ________ and then, each person picks one in turns. Before they choose a gift, they have the ________ of taking the gift from the former person. ________ when all numbers have chosen a gift, the person ________ the first number can then take a gift away from any other person.
What is always interesting is ________ each person as they choose a gift. What happens ________ usually happens more often than not. The biggest gift always gets chosen first. It is hardly the smallest gift, ________ is it the fanciest gift-wrapping. What does this tell us about most human ________?
Is the ________ always the best or worth the most? Is it that we think that something small is not worth as much or cannot ________ our expectations?
Human beings, in fact, appear ________ all sorts of packaging and size. Some are bigger and some are smaller; some are dressed ________ and some are dressed poorly. Behind every human trapping though ________ unforeseen characteristics, talents, desires, hurts, pains and dreams.
Just as Terry Josephson, a motivational speaker, says, “________ thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities.”
1.A. intendsB. happensC. seemsD. remains
2.A. audienceB. familyC. classD. team
3.A. coveredB. piledC. hiddenD. wrapped
4.A. circleB. distanceC. directionD. table
5.A. tipB. fortuneC. numberD. item
6.A. chancesB. turnsC. measuresD. time
7.A. giftB. numberC. personD. bowl
8.A. desireB. patentC. optionD. talent
9.A. At the endB. In other words
C. By the wayD. On the contrary
10.A. countingB. holding
C. offeringD. exchanging
11.A. persuadingB. accompanyingC. seeingD. watching
12.A. lastB. nextC. finallyD. first
13.A. andB. orC. yetD. nor
14.A. historyB. mindC. behaviorD. custom
15.A. biggestB. smallestC. cheapestD. heaviest
16.A. catch up withB. live up to
C. get along withD. break away from
17.A. withB. onC. inD. at
18.A. privatelyB. wealthilyC. simplyD. elegantly
19.A. liesB. containsC. disappearsD. occurs
20.A. RememberB. BeginC. KeepD. Stop