第一节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)(命题人:吉喆)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从41—60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。

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you .

I wanted to do something very for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it it looked almost new. I was so of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a :“To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so . It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s .

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could this expensive gift.

Of course, the awoke, and my son was thrilled(激动的)with my reaction. Many kisses were , and I immediately wanted him to my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not what I was expecting. Then I 57 that he has sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to this story.

Yours,

Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

1.A. courage B. advice C. support D. hope

2.A. polite B. special C. similar D. private

3.A. worked B. studied C. traveled D. played

4.A. after B. before C. unless D. until

5.A. sure B. fond C. confident D. proud

6.A. perhaps B. hardly C. almost D. really

7.A. cook B. start C. set D. serve

8.A. note B. notice C. word D. sign

9.A. disturbed B. confused C. inspired D. astonished

10.A. give B. draw C. take D. teach

11.A. response B. request C. comment D. reason

12.A. present B. find C. afford D. order

13.A. neighbor B. building C. home D. house

14.A. exhibited B. experienced C. expected D. exchanged

15.A. tear B. check C. open D. receive

16.A. exactly B. basically C. obviously D. purely

17.A. remembered B. realized C. imagined D. supposed

18.A. only B. still C. ever D. even

19.A. works B. counts C. matters D. exists

20.A. send B. share C. publish D. write

For a while, I wrote a “Tuesday tip” on my blog Lyonsdenmom.com. It was about easy week-night dinners, organizing parties or perhaps finding time out for friends.

About a year ago, I ran out of tips.

The truth? As a busy working mom with five busy kids, I probably do have a few tips to share. But honestly, the bar is set pretty low---on a recent day when I was walking our dog, a stranger who knew I had five kids said, “Wow! You have a dog, too?! And it even looks like you showered today!” Yes, it's true, I shower. Not every day, but most days. See, I'm telling the truth. Honestly, in this cold winter, I'm probably taking a shower more to warm up than to clean up.

Other funny truths? I'm tired. In fact, for the past year, I’ve been too tired to type up any update on our life here in Lyons Den. It's hard to arrange a career with all these kids. Although folks just believe that it must be so much easier now since all the kids are in school, I'm here to tell you, it's not. It's really not. When I get home from work, I'm often tearfully greeted by five kids and five homework folders filled with math facts, invitations, notices and artwork.

All those happy smiling faces I share on Facebook are real. We are a happy family---thank God for that! But we're not always smiling, and even in those rare best times when I can get all five kids looking at the camera, the odds would be that one of them isn’t wearing underwear, one is pinching (捏) someone behind the scenes and one is just perfectly pronouncing “Damn!” So, less perfectly-posed pictures, but more telling the truth. Even if only on Tuesday.

1. It seems that the author's life used to be _____.

A. tiring B. busy C. relaxing D. funny

2. Which of the following is true about the author?

A. She can't get along well with her neighbors.

B. She's living a happy life with her family

C. She likes to have a shower every day.

D. She has already closed her blog now.

3.Which of the following words can best take the place of the word odds?

A. answers. B. chances. C. solutions D. ways.

4.The passage mainly talks about _____.

A. the happiness of a working mother

B. the worry of a working mother

C. the hardship of a working mother

D. the bittersweet of a working mother

“Success begins with belief and ends with doubt.”—Larina Kase

I remember reading through a book and the author was writing about being a reverse paranoid. In that particular section he mentions how he has a belief that the world he’s living in is out to give him everything he absolutely wants and desires.

There are times when I think to myself,“Wow,the world is out to get me and make me miserable.” Then I thought,why can’t I believe that the world is out to make me a better conversationalist. Then I started adapting to the belief of the reverse paranoia.

When I started talking to people,I truly believed that I was the most interesting person in the room. I believed that everything I said added value to the conversation. I believed that people stayed behind and chatted with me because they found me charismatic.

As a matter of fact, for about five months I wrote down on my bathroom mirror the following affirmation:“People love me and respect me. It is a privilege to talk to me. People find me interesting and charming and always want to get to know me better!”

I would say the affirmation after I brushed my teeth. And I would continue to say it until I felt completely great about myself. There were days that I just wouldn’t feel like saying it,because it would feel like a lie to me. But that’s the trouble,like the quote says,success ends when there’s doubt. And that’s why I continued until I had no doubt in my mind.

Then strange things happened,I noticed that people did find me more interesting,and that I gained more confidence in talking with people. I was more assertive(坚定自信的) at work. I was able to control politics and gossip at work to minimal levels,and became a much better manager,and developed better customer relations to the point that sales were up by 20% compared to the year before,on my best month sales were up by 39%,and this was a year that a recession was happening.

1.The main purpose of the author is to________.

A.explain how to be a reverse paranoid

B.share his personal experience in success

C.tell us the importance of positive thinking

D.advise us how to improve our communication skills

2.Before the author started adapting to the belief of the reverse paranoia,he used to ________.

A.believe the world would give him anything he desired

B.have a negative attitude towards life

C.have a strong belief in the world

D.live a miserable life

3.Sometimes the author didn’t feel like saying his affirmation because________.

A.it didn’t work as he had expected

B.he had become enthusiastic about conversations

C.he had felt great about himself

D.it didn’t sound true to himself

4.We can infer from the last paragraph that the author________.

A.didn’t believe what had happened at work

B.didn’t get along with others at work

C.had his performance at work affected by the recession

D.made great progress due to his affirmation

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