第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
In a hall, a lecturer was giving a lecture to his students on stress management. At the beginning of the speech,he 41 a glass of water and asked the audience, “How 42 do you think this glass of water is?”
The students’ answers 43 from 20g to 500g.
“Actually,it does not matter on the absolute 44 . But it depends on how 45 you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for a(n) 46 , I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to 47  an ambulance. It is exactly the 48 weight, but the longer I hold it, the 49 it becomes.” Hearing these words,the whole audience became silent, lost in thought.
After a moment, the lecturer continued, “ 50 we carry our burden all the time, 51 , we will not be able to carry on with the burden becoming increasingly heavier,  52 heavy for us to bear.
“So, what you have to do is to 53 the glass, rest for a while 54 holding it up again.”
As is shown in the story above, we have to put down the burden periodically, 55 we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.
So before you 56 home from work tonight, put the burden of 57 down. Don’t carry it back 58 . You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burden you are having now on your 59 , let it down for a moment if you can.
Life is short,  60 it!  
41. A. supported            B. drank                C. needed                        D. raised
42. A. heavy                 B. pure           C. sweet                       D. many
43. A. differed             B. ranged              C. numbered                 D. limited
44. A. weight            B. volume             C. height                     D. quantity
45. A. tight                B. long                  C. difficult                   D. high
46. A. day                  B. second              C. hour                D. half
47. A. require                  B. invite          C. call                D. ask
48. A. proper                  B. same           C. right                   D. usual
49. A. less                  B. lighter              C. more                   D. heavier
50. A. If                     B. Unless         C. While                   D. Since
51. A. now and then    B. little by little        C. sooner or later      D. sometimes
52. A. too              B. so              C. rather                D. quite
53. A. put away       B. put down          C. put aside            D. put back
54. A. after            B. for              C. by                       D. before
55. A. so that                B. even if            C. as if                D. as soon as
56. A. leave                  B. clean                C. approach                  D. return
57. A. life                  B. duty                      C. task                     D. work
58. A. home                  B. office             C. company             D. family
59. A. shoulders            B. heart              C. body                   D. hands
60. A. do                   B. like                C. love                D. enjoy

A dog who chewed off his owner’s infected toe（脚趾）while he was passed-out drunk has been called a lifesaver. Jerry Douthett had been out drinking when his dog Kiko bit off a large part if his big toe. His wife, Rosee, rushed him to hospital where tests showed the 48-year-old musician had dangerous high blood-sugar levels. Doctors told him his toe would have had to be cut off anyway.
Mr Douthett said he had refused to get medical advice despite his toe being swollen for months. “I was hiding it from people, Rosee included,” he said. “It smelled , and I look back now and realize every time we’d visit someone with a dog, their dog would smell all over my foot.”
The night before Mr Douthett had agreed to see a doctor, he passed out at home after going out drinking. He said, “I woke up and the dog was lying along side by foot. I said, ‘Ah, there’s blood everywhere.’ I ran to the bathroom and started to scream.”
However, he believes Kiko could sense the disease coming from his big toe. “He’s a hero,” Mr Douthett said. “It wasn’t an aggressive attack. He just ate the infection. He saved my life. He ate it. I mean, he must have eaten it, because we couldn’t find it anywhere else in the house. I look down. There’s blood all over, and my toe is gone.”
Before the operation, Mr Douthett asked a nurse, “Is there any chance I can get whatever’s left of my toe, so I can give it to Kiko as a treat?” Kiko is still with the family but is under observation by authorities.
【小题1】.Mr Douthett didn’t want to get medical treatment because ______ .

    
第四节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将给选项涂黑。
One of my father' s favorite sayings as I was growing up was "Try it!" I couldn’t say I didn’t like  26  , whatever it might be,   27   I tried it. Over the years I' ve come to  28  how much of my success I owe to my  29  of those words as one of my values. My 30 job was just one I decided to try for a couple of years until I  31 what I wanted to do as a career (职业) .   32   I believed I would work for a few years, get married, stay home and raise a family, so I didn’t think the job I took   33  that much. I couldn’t have been more  34   . I mastered the skills of that beginning level position and I was given the opportunity (机会)to  35  through the company into different  36   . I accepted each new opportunity with the  37   , "Well, I' 11 try it; if I don' t like it I can always go back to my  38  position. " But I was with the same company for the past 28 years , and I' ve 39   every career change I' ve made. I' ve discovered I  40  a large number of different talents (才能) and Skills that I never would have thought were within me had it .not been for my being  41   trying new opportunities. I' ve also discovered that if I  42   what I' m doing and work hard at achieving my  43 , I will succeed. That’s why I am so   44   to be a part of CareerFables.com. I think  45  has come and I am determined to make it a success .
26. A. everything          B. something         C. everybody       D. somebody
27. A. until after       B. ever since           C. so that             D. long before
28. A. consider             B. argue               C. include             D. realize
29. A. suggestion          B. explanation          C. acceptance          D. discussion
30. A. hard          B. best                   C. extra               D. first
31. A. determined          B. examined           C. experienced         D. introduced
32. A. Actually         B. Gradually           C. Finally             D. Usually
33. A. helped           B. required            C. expressed           D. mattered
34. A. careful         B. mistaken           C. interested           D. prepared
35. A. look up          B. take up             C. move up            D. put up
36. A. situations       B. choices              C. directions           D. positions
37. A. thought        B. reply              C. action              D. advice
38, A. easier          B. newer              C. earlier             D. higher
39. A. permitted       B. counted            C. organized           D. enjoyed
40. A. show            B. possess                    C. need               D. gather
41. A. lucky for       B. slow at             C. open to             D. afraid of
42. A. think of        B. give away         C. believe in           D. turn into
43. A. business        B. goal              C. fortune           D. growth
44. A. excited         B. curious             C. surprised            D. helpful
45. A. dream         B. time  .            C. power              D. Honor

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There are going to be moments in life when you must make very important decisions. You will find many people   36   to offer you advice if you ask for it (and even if you don’t), but always remember that the life you   37   is yours and nobody else’s. It’s important to decide for yourself what’s important to you and what you want before you   38   others. Because while there will be times   39   outside advice proves wise, there will be at least as many times when it proves completely   40  . The only way to really evaluate other folks’ advice is to first learn everything that you can about whatever challenge you are   41  . Once you’ve done that, in most cases you should be able to make a wise decision   42   anyway.
You were   43   with the ability to decide what is and what isn’t in your best interest. Most of the time, you will make the right decision and   44   the appropriate actions, and in thinking for yourself, you will become far more successful than if you had gone against your own   45  .
Early on in my investment career, I made the mistake of   46   a few important business
decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the   47   necessary to make a wise decision. It wasn’t due to   48   on my part; no one could ever accuse me of that. But, being   49   to Wall Street, I intended to assume that my more senior   50   knew more than I did, and so I   51   too much significance to their opinions.
You know what happened? Each of those investments ended in   52  . Eventually I stopped allowing myself to be influenced by   53   and began doing the work myself and making my own decisions. It took me until I was almost 30 years old to   54   this—it’s never too late for a person to change his approach both to   55   and to life. 
36. A. easy                          B. ready                       C. unwilling                 D. hard
37. A. lead                           B. lend                         C. take                         D. earn
38. A. look at                       B. pick up                    C. turn to                            D. learn from
39. A. that                           B. since                        C. when                       D. while
40. A. useless                       B. useful                      C. priceless                   D. clever
41. A. getting                       B. making                    C. suffering                  D. facing
42. A. on one hand               B. on your own             C. on the whole             D. on all sides
43. A. born                          B. tired                        C. satisfied                   D. covered
44. A. enjoy                         B. step                         C. plan                         D. take
45. A. assumption                 B. judgment                  C. condition                  D. fortune
46. A. basing                       B. depending                C. relying                            D. focusing
47. A. research                            B. search                      C. resources                 D. activity
48. A. poverty                      B. laziness                    C. fear                         D. diligence
49. A. used                          B. accustomed               C. new                         D. old
50. A. students                            B. brothers                   C. colleagues                D. classmates
51. A. owed                         B. paid                         C. gave                        D. held
52. A. disaster                      B. progress                  C. failure                      D. success
53. A. either                        B. another                    C. each                         D. others
54. A. think                         B. remember                 C. realize                      D. recall
55. A. payment                    B. dreams                     C. happiness                 D. business

As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through lift, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body.
Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.
The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between "fight" or "flight" and in more primitive days the choice made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress is, it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.                                                              
【小题1】People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because_____.                                                 

A．not fearing stress	B．knowing the art of relaxation
C．high sense of responsibility	D．having control over performance