题目内容
Ⅱ. 语言知识及运用(共两节,满分35分)
第一节 完形填空(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—30各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Have you just been fired? Are you feeling like a failure? Don’t be sorry about that. Cheer yourself up and spread your wings. Perhaps another much better opportunity is awaiting you. 21 sometimes you don’t realize it, you’re asking to be fired.
Dan Zawacki was a happy camper, selling computers for Honeywell. One holiday he was 22 creative gifts and then a good idea occurred to him — sending dinners, live lobsters (龙虾) — to his favorite customers. He 23 them himself with butter and put them in the trunk of his car between the computers and started delivering. It was a huge 24 . As a result, one of his customers suggested they go into the lobster business together. Dan laughed. Still, this landlocked computer salesman 25 get the idea of lobsters out of his mind. Why not turn this into a hobby and make a few extra dollars? While on a job assignment in Chicago, he 26 a local radio station to give him a few plugs (插座) in 27 for some lobsters. Unfortunately, his boss heard his salesman selling lobsters, not computers. No surprisingly, Dan was let go. After returning the company’s car, he started to think maybe this was a 28. Playing with his phone that night, Dan tried dialing 1-800-LIVE-LOB. The 29 was available, and Dan the Lobsterman was born. Today, 20 years later, Dan is still selling dinners, through his company, Lobster Gram. And he couldn’t be happier.
Many people who have been fired have found ways back to fulfilling careers. And they all learned that the pain and humiliation (羞辱) are temporary (暂时的). So do not be afraid to move 30 and try your wings. Gather your support system. Persevere! Firing doesn’t mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.
21 A. Because B. When C. Though D. If
22 A. searching for B. making up C. giving away D. thinking up
23 A. packaged B. sold C. tied D. placed
24 A. matter B. business C. failure D. success
25 A. couldn’t B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D. wouldn’t
26 A. permitted B. hoped C. persuaded D. suggested
27 A. change B. exchange C. place D. need
28 A. thing B. sign C. pity D. pleasure
29 A. amount B. figure C. note D. number
30 A. back B. aside C. away D. on
21-25 CAADA 26-30 CBBDD
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