题目内容
第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~55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。
A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a 36__ to catch a train, she 37 a quick way to reach it. “I have been a taxi driver for 15 years!” the driver said 38 . “You don’t think I know the best way to go?”
The woman tried to explain that she hadn’t 39 to annoy him, but the driver kept 40 . She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be 41 , so she changed her 42 . “You know, you are right,” she told him. “It must seem 43 for me not to think you know the best way __44 the city.”
45 , the driver glanced at his 46 in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time. “He didn’t say another word the rest of the ride,” she said, “ 47 I got out and paid him. Then he thanked me.”
When you find yourself 48 with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to __49_ your idea. It can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or 50 marriages. I have discovered one simple 51 extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from 52 in a disaster.
The 53 is to put yourself in the other person’s shoes and look for the 54 in what that person is saying. Find a way to 55 , and the result may surprise you.
36. A. hurry B. rush C. moment D. way
37. A. chose B. made C. found D. suggested
38. A. jokingly B. angrily C. anxiously D. curiously
39. A. supposed B. expected C. meant D. decided
40. A. apologizing B. driving C. asking D. shouting
41. A. reasonable B. thoughtful C. normal D. practical
42. A. road B. mind C. direction D. manner
43. A. strange B. wrong C. terrible D. stupid
44. A. across B. in C. through D. along
45. A. Surprised B. Worried C. Annoyed D. Disappointed
46. A. rider B. speaker C. helper D. comer
47. A. until B. after C. because D. since
48. A. satisfied B. concerned C. crowded D. faced
49. A. give up B. turn down C. stick to D. point out
50. A. combine B. destroy C. suffer D. divide
51. A. and B. that C. but D. though
52. A. lying B. resulting C. setting D. leading
53. A. problem B. importance C. key D. reply
54. A. fact B. meaning C. expression D. truth
55. A. agree B. argue C. explain D. escape
36.A 37.D 38.B 39.C 40.D 41.A 42.B 43.B 44.C 45.A
46.A 47.A 48.D 49.C 50.B 51.D 52.B 53.C 54.D 55.A