题目内容
第二节完形填空(共20小题,每小题1分,满分20分)
Nearly thirty years ago, I went rock climbing for the first time with a group in New Mexico. It sounded exciting and 31 ! Anyone who has ever climbed knows that you can easily 32 where there is no place to go, or so. It seems you’re stuck. But 33 is not an option. You cannot just stand there and feel 34 for yourself. You cannot go back down, so you are 35 to become solution minded.
I held on for dear life that day, on my first climb, 36 about three quarters of the way to the top. It seemed that there was no place to go, and 37 to put my hands or feet so that I could 38 upward. But after a few minutes had passed I realized that I had to do 39 . I began to look again for a(n) 40 . I then noticed a 41 sticking out, which I might be able to grab with my hands and 42 myself up to where I could have a small foothold. I called to the instructor at the top and asked him if that rock would hold my 43 if I pulled myself up. I can 44 remember his answer, “I don’t know. Why don’t you try it and see?”
In life we many times feel “stuck”. We wonder how we got into the 45 that we are presently in. It is in those times that we need to be careful about how we define(定义)it. Have we failed, 46 is it just a setback?
Setbacks, adversity(逆境), or being stuck is never an indication that you are a 47 unless you decide that those things define your life as a failure. For people looking for a(n) 48 to be a failure, there are always plenty to choose from. But if you want your life to be successful, setbacks, adversity and being stuck are 49 stepping-stones to your success. Success minded people 50 those kinds of things for what they really are. They know that for them, they are only temporary.
31. A. amusing B. challenging C. boring D. surprising
32. A. put away B. take up C. end up D. lead to
33. A. searching B. regretting C. refusing D. quitting
34. A. sorry B. free C. amazed D. surprised
35. A. unlikely B. forced C. asked D. bound
36. A. shocked B. stuck C. suffered D. struck
37. A. nowhere B. somewhere C. anywhere D. wherever
38. A. continue B. improve C. promote D. enjoy
39. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
40. A. attention B. appreciation C. solution D. expectation
41. A. track B. sign C. tree D. rock
42. A. turn B. push C. pull D. build
43. A. quantity B. feet C. weight D. burden
44. A. still B. never C. hardly D. ever
45. A. destination B. situation C. location D. occasion
46. A. however B. otherwise C. or D. yet
47. A. learner B. failure C. thinker D. winner
48. A. signal B. excuse C. comment D. imagine
49. A. easily B. hardly C. simply D. nearly
50. A. develop B. deserve C. promise D. accept
31—50 BCDAB BAABC DCCAB CBBCD
解析
第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My 【小题1】 began when I was just a kid. I 【小题2】 becoming a doctor. My mother was a worker. Through her work, she observed that 【小题3】 people spent a lot more time reading than they 【小题4】 watching television. She announced that my brother and I
【小题5】watch two to three TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and then 【小题6】 her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a 【小题7】 . My mother was illiterate (文盲的).
When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I 【小题8】 the fashionable clothes. I wanted to 【小题9】 the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home after 【小题10】 at one of her several jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing (擦洗) floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy 【小题11】 food and pay the bills. With the money that is 【小题12】 , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very 【小题13】 with that plan, but once I had finished paying for all of the important things, there was 【小题14】 left. I realized that my mother was always dealing with money well to be able to 【小题15】 a roof over our heads and to put food on the table. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. _【小题16】__ required intellectual (智力的) preparation. I went back to my 【小题17】 and became an A-student again. Finally, I 【小题18】 my dream and I became a doctor. My story is really my mother’s story — a woman with 【小题19】 formal education who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. Now I believe that there is no job more 【小题20】 than parenting.
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A.belief | B.work | C.education | D.promise |
A.kept up with | B.got used to | C.dreamed of | D.got tired of |
A.lazy | B.easy-going | C.successful | D.reliable |
A.cost | B.paid | C.took | D.did |
A.could only | B.could not | C.must not | D.should often |
A.read | B.give | C.hold | D.explain |
A.mystery | B.risk | C.fool | D.trick |
A.wanted | B.attracted | C.recognised | D.accepted |
A.get rid of | B.hang out with | C.test on | D.keep in touch with |
A.serving | B.looking | C.working | D.getting |
A.your brother | B.yourself | C.me | D.the family |
A.left over | B.paid off | C.used up | D.carried out |
A.angry | B.pleased | C.disappointed | D.bored |
A.anything | B.everything | C.something | D.nothing |
A.buy | B.operate | C.keep | D.send |
A.Success | B.Failure | C.Faith | D.Comfort |
A.guys | B.mother | C.studies | D.clothes |
A.made | B.realised | C.changed | D.tried |
A.little | B.much | C.some | D.high |
A.interesting | B.gentle | C.important | D.bitter |