第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题l.5分，满分30分）

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55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。

Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later. I am one of those unfortunate people who have    36    sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get    37    on my way there. When I was young I was so    38   that I never dared ask strangers the way and so I used to   39   round in circles and hope that I would happen to get to the place I was heading for. I am    40   too shy to ask people for directions, but I often   41    replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they didn’t know their hometown and will   42   on telling you the way, even if they do not know it ; others who are   43   to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long    44    of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to    45    between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the    46    direction. If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a   47   to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong   48    but even this can have embarrassing (尴尬的) results. Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would   49   him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my    50    reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I   51   that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decided it was too late to turn back and    52   him in the crowd behind me    53   I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting. Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the   54   man who had asked for directions to my office and his   55   when he recognized me as the person he had asked.

36.   A. good                 B. instant               C. poor                 D. fine

37.   A. lost                   B. disappeared              C. stuck                 D. missing

38.   A. brave                B. nervous             C. afraid                D. shy

39.   A. come                B. show                 C. look                  D. wander

40.   A. still                  B. no longer          C. any more           D. often

41.   A. receive              B. accept               C. give                  D. import

42.   A. advise               B. suggest              C. insist                 D. persuade

43.   A. glad                  B. anxious             C. interested          D. angry

44.   A. line                  B. list                    C. page                 D. paragraph

45.   A. say                   B. know                C. divide               D. tell

46.   A. right                 B. same                 C. other                 D. opposite

47.   A. friend               B. policeman         C. stranger             D. foreigner

48.   A. direction           B. advice               C. answer                     D. road

49.   A. direct                B. tell                   C. take                  D. point

50.   A. similar                     B. common            C. usual                 D. general

51.   A. noticed             B. realized             C. believed            D. considered

52.   A. look                 B. find                  C. discover            D. search

53.   A. when                B. then                  C. while                D. as

54.   A. only                 B. certain                     C. very                  D. just

55.   A. astonishment     B. excitement         C. judgment           D. embarrassment

It often appears that we have more to gain by speaking than by listening. One big advantage of speaking is that it gives you a chance to control others’ thoughts and actions. Whatever your goal is — to have a boss hire you, to   36   others to vote for the person of your   37   or to describe the   38   you want your hair cut ... the key to success seems to be the   39   to speak well.

    Another   40   advantage of speaking is the chance it provides to   41   the admiration, respect, or liking of others. Tell jokes, and everyone will think you’re really a   42   man. Tell them all you know, and they’ll be   43   by your wisdom. But keep quiet, and it seems as if you are a   44   person.

    Finally, talking gives you the   45   to release (释放) energy in a way that listening can’t. When you’re   46  , the chance to talk about your problems can often help you feel better. In the same way, you can often   47   your anger by letting it out orally. It is also helpful to   48   your excitement with others by talking about it,   49   keeping it inside often leaves you feeling as if you might burst.

    While it is true that talking does have many advantages, it’s important to   50   that listening can do good to listeners, too. As you’ll soon read, being a good listener is one good way to   51   others with their problems; and what better way is there to have others   52   you? As for controlling others, it may be true that it’s hard to be persuasive while you’re listening, but your   53   to hear others out will often make them open to your ideas   54  . Listening is often reciprocal (互惠的). “You get what you   55  .”

36. A. insist           B. advise    C. persuade             D. suggest

37. A. friend       B. relation      C. choice         D. leader

38. A. idea            B. way        C. means         D. plan

39. A. resource      B. energy           C. power           D. ability

40. A. obvious       B. easy        C. new             D. special

41. A. gain            B. grasp      C. remain          D. seize

42. A. successful    B. simple     C. wise         D. stupid

43. A. affected     B. impressed   C. instructed      D. moved

44. A. fruitless           B. priceless     C. worthless     D. senseless

45. A. pleasure           B. course      C. duty          D. chance

46. A. in trouble     B. in danger   C. in debt        D. in silence

47. A. reduce       B. lengthen     C. deepen         D. widen

48. A. control       B. share      C. enjoy           D. remove

49. A. or               B. so              C. for                D. though

50. A. suppose           B. notice     C. realize      D. imagine

51. A. fail          B. cure        C. hurt         D. help

52. A. appreciate  B. listen to    C. envy       D. support

53. A. kindness    B. favor     C. willingness  D. eagerness

54. A. by turns              B. in return   C. in turn     D. in order

55. A. lose          B. ask for           C. need          D. give

It often appears that we have more to gain by speaking than by listening. One big advantage of speaking is that it gives you a chance to control others’ thoughts and actions. Whatever your goal is — to have a boss hire you, to   36  others to vote for the person of your  37  or to describe the  38   you want your hair cut ... the key to success seems to be the  39  to speak well.

Another  40  advantage of speaking is the chance it provides to  41   the admiration, respect, or liking of others. Tell jokes, and everyone will think you’re really a  42   man. Tell them all you know, and they’ll be  43  by your wisdom. But keep quiet, and it seems as if you are a  44  person.

Finally, talking gives you the  45  to release (释放) energy in a way that listening can’t. When you’re   46  , the chance to talk about your problems can often help you feel better. In the same way, you can often   47   your anger by letting it out orally. It is also helpful to   48   your excitement with others by talking about it,  49   keeping it inside often leaves you feeling as if you might burst.

While it is true that talking does have many advantages, it’s important to  50   that listening can do good to listeners, too. As you’ll soon read, being a good listener is one good way to  51  others with their problems; and what better way is there to have others   52  you? As for controlling others, it may be true that it’s hard to be persuasive while you’re listening, but your  53  to hear others out will often make them open to your ideas   54  . Listening is often reciprocal (互惠的). “You get what you  55  .”

36. A. insist           B. advise    C. persuade             D. suggest

37. A. friend      B. relation      C. choice         D. leader

38. A. idea            B. way       C. means         D. plan

39. A. resource      B. energy          C. power          D. ability

40. A. obvious       B. easy       C. new            D. special

41. A. gain            B. grasp     C. remain         D. seize

42. A. successful    B. simple     C. wise         D. stupid

43. A. affected    B. impressed   C. instructed     D. moved

44. A. fruitless          B. priceless     C. worthless    D. senseless

45. A. pleasure          B. course      C. duty        D. chance

46. A. in trouble     B. in danger   C. in debt       D. in silence

47. A. reduce       B. lengthen     C. deepen        D. widen

48. A. control       B. share      C. enjoy         D. remove

49. A. or               B. so              C. for               D. though

50. A. suppose          B. notice     C. realize     D. imagine

51. A. fail         B. cure       C. hurt        D. help

52. A. appreciate  B. listen to    C. envy      D. support

53. A. kindness   B. favor    C. willingness  D. eagerness

54. A. by turns              B. in return   C. in turn     D. in order

55. A. lose         B. ask for          C. need        D. give

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

It often appears that we have more to gain by speaking than by listening. One big advantage of speaking is that it gives you a chance to control others’ thoughts and actions. Whatever your goal is — to have a boss hire you, to   36   others to vote for the person of your   37   or to describe the   38   you want your hair cut ... the key to success seems to be the   39   to speak well.

    Another   40   advantage of speaking is the chance it provides to   41   the admiration, respect, or liking of others. Tell jokes, and everyone will think you’re really a   42   man. Tell them all you know, and they’ll be   43   by your wisdom. But keep quiet, and it seems as if you are a   44   person.

    Finally, talking gives you the   45   to release (释放) energy in a way that listening can’t. When you’re   46  , the chance to talk about your problems can often help you feel better. In the same way, you can often   47   your anger by letting it out orally. It is also helpful to   48   your excitement with others by talking about it,   49   keeping it inside often leaves you feeling as if you might burst.

    While it is true that talking does have many advantages, it’s important to   50   that listening can do good to listeners, too. As you’ll soon read, being a good listener is one good way to   51   others with their problems; and what better way is there to have others   52   you? As for controlling others, it may be true that it’s hard to be persuasive while you’re listening, but your   53   to hear others out will often make them open to your ideas   54  . Listening is often reciprocal (互惠的). “You get what you   55  .”

36. A. insist           B. advise    C. persuade             D. suggest

37. A. friend       B. relation      C. choice         D. leader

38. A. idea            B. way        C. means         D. plan

39. A. resource      B. energy           C. power           D. ability

40. A. obvious       B. easy        C. new             D. special

41. A. gain            B. grasp      C. remain          D. seize

42. A. successful    B. simple     C. wise         D. stupid

43. A. affected     B. impressed   C. instructed      D. moved

44. A. fruitless           B. priceless     C. worthless      D. senseless

45. A. pleasure           B. course      C. duty          D. chance

46. A. in trouble     B. in danger   C. in debt        D. in silence

47. A. reduce       B. lengthen     C. deepen         D. widen

48. A. control       B. share       C. enjoy           D. remove

49. A. or               B. so              C. for                D. though

50. A. suppose           B. notice     C. realize      D. imagine

51. A. fail          B. cure        C. hurt         D. help

52. A. appreciate  B. listen to    C. envy       D. support

53. A. kindness   B. favor     C. willingness  D. eagerness

54. A. by turns              B. in return   C. in turn     D. in order

55. A. lose          B. ask for           C. need          D. give