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,然后从所给出的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

After listening to everyone’s concerns and problems, Professor Smith looked over at the hostess (主持人) and asked her if she could get a paper and pen for everyone in the room. She    36    a minute later, and brought some paper and pens.

    “Do me a    37   ,” Professor Smith asked. “We’re going to try something and I    38    your cooperation. On the small piece of paper please    39    the 3 biggest problems you are facing in your personal life right now. Don’t write your name on it. We’ll keep it    40   .”

    The group found the experiment    41   , not knowing what was to follow.

    After everyone wrote down their problems, Professor Smith asked everyone to    42    their paper and put it in a small basket that was in the front of the room. There were    43    expressions throughout the room,    44    again, everyone cooperated, wanting to know what would    45    next.

    Professor Smith shook the basket and then he    46    around the room and asked each person to    47    a paper from the basket. After he had done that, he sat back down and looked around the room.

    “Friends,   48    the paper and read to yourself the problems that you    49   ,” Professor Smith said.

    Then, Professor Smith    50    at the woman sitting on his left and asked, “Lisa, would you like to    51    your problems that you wrote down with those that you chose from the basket?”

 “No,” Lisa said.

    Next, Professor Smith asked the man sitting next to Lisa the    52    question. “Would you like to exchange the problems you wrote down with those that you chose from the basket?”

   53    the reply was “No.”

    Professor Smith went around the whole room. Everyone had a    54    to answer.

Surprisingly, the answers were all the same — no, no, no, no…. Some people said that “I can settle my own problems, but I can’t    55    what I chose out of the basket”. Some people said “Wow — these make my problems look like nothing.”

A. left                B. returned             C. answered             D. finished

A. favor          B. help                 C. prize                    D. reward

A. like           B. wish                 C. ask                  D. need

A. put out         B. wash away                C. write down               D. speak out

A. secret         B. silence                  C. message              D. future

A. encouraging        B. interesting              C. surprising               D. boring

A. tear           B. cut                  C. desert                   D. fold

A. frightened     B. pleasant             C. curious              D. terrible

A. but                B. so                   C. for                  D. and

A. say         B. happen               C. move                 D. adventure

A. jumped         B. ran                  C. walked               D. rushed

A. throw          B. touch                    C. hold                 D. pick

A. unfold         B. see                  C. search                   D. study

A. heard           B. chose                    C. noticed              D. feared

A. shouted            B. wondered             C. looked                   D. knocked

A. give           B. accept                   C. understand               D. exchange

A. same           B. different                C. easy                 D. strange

A. Immediately     B. Again                    C. Surely                   D. Then

A. bravery            B. fault                    C. chance                   D. power

A. struggle with       B. show off             C. throw away               D. deal with

Top lists are lecturing people on everything from “100 places to visit” to “100 books to read ”.
Aren't you just tired of being told what to do with your time?
Now you have a list to end all lists!
Take a look at the following two examples from the list of “101 things not to do”:
Swim with Dolphins(海豚)?
Swimming with dolphins is one of the world’s most profitable tourist activities. However, every dolphin will welcome having their busy, tiring day interrupted by tourists screaming and pushing around them in the water. Worse yet, when dolphins get too near to the boats loaded with tourists, they could get caught up in ropes and killed by propellers(螺旋桨).
Here’s a little secret. Dolphins look like smiling at you, but actually they’re just opening their mouths.
Go to See the Mona Lisa?
There must be something about the mysterious(神秘的)smile. The 6 million people who visit the lady in the Louvre every year can’t all be wrong, after all. But they can be quite annoying, standing in front of you, holding up their cameras to prevent you from seeing anything. In fact, it is hard for you to see the painting clearly because you have to stay away from it for security reasons. After queuing for hours, many tourists can remain in front of the painting only for 15 seconds at most.
If the mysterious lady in the picture knew her fate, she wouldn’t just be smiling, she’d be laughing.
So, still long to see the Mona Lisa? If you want to find out more about the list, read 101 Things NOT to Do Before You Die. Visit www.not2dobeforeidie.co.uk and buy the book at a 20% discount.
【小题1】According to the passage, swimming with dolphins________.

A.is the world’s most popular tourist activity
B.gives fun to both tourists and dolphins
C.will make tourists busy and tired
D.can cause danger to dolphins
【小题2】What does the author think about going to see the Mona Lisa?
A.It is wrong to go and see the mysterious smile.
B.It is not as satisfying as expected.
C.Fifteen seconds in front of the painting is enough.
D.Queuing for hours is worthwhile.
【小题3】The list of “101 things not to do” is made most probably because its author_______.
A.thinks it boring to do the things suggested by other lists
B.believes other lists are not humorous enough
C.intends to persuade people to read more lists
D.wants to provide a list different from other lists
【小题4】What is the main purpose of the passage?
A.To advertise a book
B.To introduce a website
C.To comment on popular lists
D.To recommend tourist activities.

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