【题目】完形填空。
请阅读下面短文,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。
Years ago, a critical event occurred in my life that would change it forever. I met Kurt Kampmeir of Success Motivation Incorporation for breakfast. While we were ______ ,Kurt askedme, “ John, what is your______ for personal growth?
Never at a loss for words, I tried to find things in my life that might______ for growth. I toldhim about the many activities in which I was ______. And I went into a ______ about how hard Iworked and the gains I was making. I must have talked for ten minutes. Kurt ______ patiently, but then he ______ smiled and said, “You don’t have a personal plan for growth, do you?”
“No, I ______
“You know,” Kurt said simply, “growth is not a(n) ______ process.”
And that’s when it ______ me. I wasn’t doing anything ______ to make myself better. And at that moment, I made the ______: I will develop and follow a personal growth plan for my ______.
That night, I talked to my wife about my ______ with Kurt and what I had learned. I ______ her the workbook and tapes Kurt was selling. We ______ that Kurt wasn’t just trying to make a sale. He was offering a ______ for us to change our lives and achieve our dreams.
Several important things happened that day. First, we decided to ______ the resources. But more importantly, we made a commitment to ______ together as a couple. From that day on, we learned together, traveled together, and sacrificed together. It was a ______ decision. While too many couples grow apart, we were growing together.
【1】A. working | B. preparing | C. thinking | D. eating |
【2】A. suggestion | B. demand | C. plan | D. request |
【3】A. appeal | B. look | C. call | D. qualify |
【4】A. involved | B. trapped | C. lost | D. bathed |
【5】A. lecture | B. speech | C. discussion | D. debate |
【6】A. calculated | B. listened | C. drank | D. explained |
【7】A. eagerly | B. gradually | C. gratefully | D. finally |
【8】A. admitted | B. interrupted | C. apologized | D. complained |
【9】A. automatic | B. slow | C. independent | D. changing |
【10】A. confused | B. informed | C. pleased | D. hit |
【11】A. on loan | B. on purpose | C. on sale | D. on balance |
【12】A. comment | B. announcement | C. decision | D. arrangement |
【13】A. life | B. progress | C. performance | D. investment |
【14】A. contract | B. conversation | C. negotiation | D. argument |
【15】A. lent | B. sold | C. showed | D. offered |
【16】A. recalled | B. defined | C. recognized | D. declared |
【17】A. tool | B. method | C. way | D. rule |
【18】A. provide | B. buy | C. give | D. deliver |
【19】A. grow | B. survive | C. move | D. gather |
【20】A. difficult | B. random | C. firm | D. wise |