President Obama won the 2012 election over Romney and is once more in__ of the White House.

第三节：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，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
One of my father’s favorite sayings as I was growing up was“Try it!” I couldn’t say I didn’t like something,   21  it might be,   22  I tried it. Over the years I’ve come to 23  how much of my success I owe   24   my acceptance of those words as one of my values. My  25  job was just one I decided to try for a couple of years until I   26  what I wanted to do as a career.   27   , I believed I would work for a few years, get married, stay at home and  28  a family, so I didn’t think the job I took  29  that much. But I couldn’t have been more  30  . I mastered the skills of the beginning level position. And then I was given the opportunity to move up through the company into different  31  . I accepted each new opportunity with the  32  :“Well, I’ll try it. If I don’t like it, I can always go back to my  33  position.” But I was with the same company for the past 28 years, and I’ve  34  every career change I’ve made. I’ve discovered I  35  a large number of different talents and skills . If it had not been for my being  36  trying new opportunities, these talents and skills wouldn’t have been  within me. I’ve also discovered that if I  37  what I’m doing and work hard at achieving my  38  , I will succeed. That’s why I am so  39  to be a part of CareerFables.com.  I think  40  has come and I am determined to make it a success.
21.A.whichever      B.whatever     C.whenever    D.whoever
22. A.until after     B.ever since    C.so that     D.long before
23. A.consider     B.ensure     C.predict     D.realize
24. A.at          B.on              C.to         D.in
25. A.hard         B.best        C.extra       D.first
26. A.determined    B.examined    C.persuaded    D.introduced
27. A.Actually          B.Luckily       C.Finally     D.Usually
28. A.rise              B.raise       C.form       D.find
29. A.helped      B.required      C.expressed    D.mattered
30. A.careful      B.mistaken     C.conscious    D.prepared
31. A.situations      B.choices     C.directions    D.positions
32. A.thought     B.reply       C.action     D.advice
33. A.easier       B.newer     C.earlier     D.higher
34. A.permitted      B.counted       C.organized    D.enjoyed
35. A.show        B.possess     C.need       D.stress
36. A.lucky for      B.slow at     C.open to          D.afraid of
37. A.think of     B.call for     C.believe in   D.turn into
38. A.business     B.goal        C.fortune    D.growth
39. A.excited     B.curious     C.surprised     D.helpful
40. A.dream       B.time        C.power     D.honor

Some companies are thinking of ways to save natural _____ by making better use of the water used in the bathroom.

A. resources            B. sources               C. power           D. energy

Although he is over 65, Mr Smith has never been tired. He’s a man full of ___.

Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute mile? For years people believed that it is impossible for a human being to  1  a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it  2  in 1954．Within one year, 37 runners  3  the belief barrier．And the year after that, 300 other runners did the same thing．
What happens if you put an animal in a  4 ? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through．What happens when someone, who does not know how to swim, falls in deep waters? You  5 ．If an animal who has not learned swimming could  6  by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal does not．
These  7  show the power of beliefs．There is no other more  8  force in directing human behavior than belief．Our beliefs have the power to  9  and to destroy．
In a way it is our beliefs that determine how much we’ll be able to  10  our potential．So pay attention to some of your  11 ．Do you believe you are weak in mathematics? Do you believe that other people dislike you？Do you believe life is full of  12 ？
Belief is not  13 , however．It’s nothing but the generalization of a past incident．As a kid, if a dog bit you, you believed all dogs to be  14 ．To change certain behavior, identify the beliefs associated with it．Change those beliefs and a new pattern is  15  created．
1．A．run                       B．walk                   C．swim                  D．jog
2．A．right                    B．wrong                 C．fake                   D．true
3．A．broke                    B．built                  C．faced                 D．lowered
4．A．cage                       B．desert                    C．forest                D．pond
5．A．drown                   B．swim                  C．float                     D．sink
6．A．struggle                B．escape                C．drown                 D．leave
7．A．samples                B．cases                      C．situations         D．periods
8．A．terrible                    B．reasonable             C．considerable      D．powerful
9．A．damage                 B．provide              C．create                D．withdraw
10．A．discover              B．realize               C．show                   D．perform
11．A．problems             B．beliefs               C．possibilities         D．subjects
12．A．surprises                B．choices               C．problems            D．possibilities
13．A．beautiful                B．changeable         C．strong                D．mysterious
14．A．safe                    B．rude                   C．merciless         D．dangerous
15．A．occasionally       B．immediately       C．accidentally           D．automatically