完形填空：阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
Good advice is like medicine for the soul. What kind of   36  have you recently received? Who do you go to get advice? Do you have a mentor（顾问）? A mentor is a   37  adviser.
Parents, teachers and friends are often great    38  . Sports figures, public officials, and nationally known figures can also be good   39   of mentors, but a person with whom you have a personal relationship will most likely be able to  40  you the best advice.
Mentors teach things that seem to be   41   sense. Proverbs are wise old sayings that are common in every language and   42   , and can sometimes be   43  for a non-native to understand. For example, all    44   glitters（闪烁）is not gold（some things are not as     45  as they appear ）.
Advice columns（栏目） 46   newspapers and magazines are another way to  47   advice.  
Talk shows on radio and television are also very popular. Americans and Canadians love to      48   themselves. Many people are not   49   to ask for help or   50  about  a problem in order to receive advice. People generally will  51    their own experience to   52   their friends. Overcoming a difficult situation is  53  respected in North America. People love to offer motivational （激发性的）   54   and encouragement. One proverb, a friend in need is a friend indeed, shares the concept that a true friend will help you out when you are in    55   .
36. A. success          B. measure         C. position         D. advice
37. A. devoted            B. united             C. trusted             D. expected
38. A. interviewers      B. mentors           C. followers         D. competitors
39. A. examples           B. mentors           C. manners         D. services
40. A. consider         B. exchange       C. get               D. offer
41. A. present              B. attractive        C. common        D. especial
42. A. experience     B. difference       C. culture           D. behavior
43. A. simple            B. difficult          C. natural            D. brief
44. A. that              B. which        C. what             D. who
45. A. different        B. same          C. exciting          D. valuable
46. A. in               B. on          C. at             D. upon
47. A. reduce              B. add                 C. keep                D. get
48. A. enjoy                B. teacher           C. express           D. defeat
49. A. brave         B. afraid              C. honest            D. lucky
50. A. talk           B bring                C. care                D. look
51. A. remind              B. suggest            C. advise             D. share
52. A. lead to             B. set free            C. help out           D. look out
53. A. originally          B. highly             C. equally            D. closely
54. A. stories       B. sadness         C. movement       D. adventure
55. A. happiness      B. trouble           C. excitement     D. nature

King Midas used to love gold. One day he met a fairy who allowed him to make a wish for something. The king replied at once , ‘‘I love gold . I want everything I touch to change into gold”. ‘‘Very well , tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold .”Saying this, the fairy disappeared.

    The king waited excitedly till the next morning. To his joy ,everything he touched changed immediately into gold. ‘‘I’m the richest man in the world now.” He shouted.

    Soon Midas became hungry. He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand . ‘‘I’m dying of hunger.” He cried.

    Just then his daughter came running in . ‘‘Why are you so sad , dad ?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue. The king loved his daughter very much .Seeing this ,he began to cry. He looked up and suddenly saw the fairy before him.  ‘‘Don’t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy. ‘‘ Please take it away,” begged the king, ‘‘ give me back my daughter.”  ‘‘Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.” The king ran quickly to the nearby river.

1. The fairy allowed the king to make a wish because_____

A.            she hoped to make the king the richest in the world.    B. She loved gold too.

C.  She wanted to teach the king a lesson. 

D. She wanted to turn the king’s daughter into gold gold.

2. When the foods and drinks turned into gold the king was _____

   A. excited  B. hungry  C. worried   D  happy

3. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A. The king died in the river.

B. The king’s daughter changed back from gold to a lovely girl.

C. All the things the king had touched changed back into real ones.

D. Both B and C

4.What do you think the story tries to tell us?

A. Gold makes people unhappy.   

B. More gold , more happiness.

C. Gold is not the thing that makes life happy.

D. People feel happy if they have not gold.

“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity,” said the American talk show host Oprah Winfrey. I’ve never watched her show, but when a self-made billionaire gives life advice it’s probably worth listening to.
Her point is that blind luck is very rare. You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but that does not mean you should sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you. If you’re a Chinese, you may already be familiar with the tale of a farmer waiting by a tree stump(树桩) for a rabbit to run out and break its neck.
A book by the UK psychologist Richard Wiseman, called The Luck Factor, argues we can all make ourselves luckier. It’s not about going to a temple to burn some incense(香) hopes that the gods will give you good fortune; it’s practical advice you can follow each day.
Wiseman conducted an experiment as part of his studies. First he divided volunteers into two groups; those who said they were lucky in life and those who said they were not. He gave everyone a newspaper and asked them to look through it to count how many photographs it had inside. On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs while the lucky people took just seconds. Why? On the second page of the newspaper, a command, “Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper,” was written in big letters. The unlucky people mostly did not spot the message.
It’s easy to compare this situation to a young person looking for jobs in a local paper. They might search so hard for one type of position that they miss an even better opportunity. People who are “lucky”, in fact, keep an open mind and don’t go through the same routine every day.
I first came to China in 2002 when it was considered a rather strange thing to do. Like many foreigners, my plan was to teach English for one year. Seven years later, and still here, I’ve had many great opportunities such as writing for newspapers and magazines. I did not dream these would have been possible. I’ve also never been sick, had an accident, got into a fight or had problems with the police. Coincidence? After reading about Professor Wiseman’s studies I think not.
As Wiseman advises, I usually trust my own judgment. Your friends and parents may give you advice based on rational thinking, but it’s important to consider how you feel about each choice you make. Your feeling acts as a warning for a potential problem.
Finally, try to turn bad luck into good. Even if you do fall down and break a leg, the time spent at home can be used wisely to study English.
【小题1】Which of the following proverbs most agrees with the writer’s point?

In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty （贫困）,and only the rich could manage without great _36. Three of those rich men and their servants were_37_together on a road when they came to a very_38_village.

The first could not stand seeing the poverty, _39 he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared 40 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.

The second rich man ,seeing the _41 situation, stopped for a short time and gave _42 all his food and drink, since he _43  see that money would be of little _44 to them. He made sure that they each 45their fair share and would have enough food to _46 for some time . Then, he left.

The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, _47  and went straight through the _48  without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other 49 the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was _50  that they themselves had been there to offer help.

However, three days later, they 51the  third rich man ,who was coming in the opposite direction . He was 52  travelling quickly, but his wagons,  53  the gold and valuables they had been  54  ,were now full of farming tools and bags of  55 .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.

1.                A．loss            B．expectations     C．success   D．problems

2.                A．standing        B．travelling        C．gathering D．running

3.                A．faraway        B．poor           C．different  D．ancient

4.                A．unless          B．because        C．so   D．if

5.                A．them          B．anything        C．nothing   D．those

6.                A．curious         B．worrying        C．dangerous D．puzzling

7.                A．the villagers     B．his servants      C．the others D．the rest

8.                A．could          B．might          C．should   D．must

9.                A．interest        B．concern        C．use  D．attraction

10.               A．returned       B．gained         C．offered   D．received

11.               A．remain         B．last            C．supply D．share

12.               A．turned back     B．set out         C．showed off D．speeded up

13.               A．village         B．land           C．field  D．road

14.               A．whether        B．how           C．where D．when

15.               A．good          B．certain         C．true  D．strange

16.               A．welcomed      B．met           C．accepted  D．persuaded

17.               A．still            B．already         C．always D．indeed

18.               A．except         B．instead of       C．apart from D．along with

19.               A．loading         B．treasuring       C．carrying   D．earning

20.               A．food           B．jewels          C．money    D．seeds

In a land far away, once upon a time, there was great poverty （贫困）,and only the rich could manage without great _16_. Three of those rich men and their servants were_17_together on a road when they came to a very_18_village.

The first could not stand seeing the poverty, _19  he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared _20 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.

The second rich man ,seeing the _21  situation, stopped for a short time and gave _22  all his food and drink, since he _23  see that money would be of little _24  to them. He made sure that they each _25  their fair share and would have enough food to _26  for some time . Then, he left.

The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, _27  and went straight through the _28  without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other_29  the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was _30  that they themselves had been there to offer help.

However, three days later, they  31 the  third rich man ,who was coming in the opposite direction . He was  32  travelling quickly, but his wagons,  33  the gold and valuables they had been  34  ,were now full of farming tools and bags of  35  .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.