题目内容
第二节 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21—40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When middle-aged Alex quit his job and made up his mind to become a freelance (self-employed) writer, no one could tell for sure whether he would succeed or not. He found a cold storage room in a building, set up a(n) 21 typewriter and settled down to work.
After a year or so, however, Alex began to 22 himself. He found it was difficult to earn his living by 23 what he wrote. But Alex determined to put his dream to the test -- 24 it meant living with uncertainty and fear of 25 . This is the shadowland of hope, and 26 with a dream must learn to live there.
One day Alex got a call, “We need a(n) 27 , and we’re paying $6,000 a year.” $6,000 was 28 money in 1960. It would enable Alex to get a nice apartment, a used car and more.
29 ,he could write on the side. 30 the dollars were dancing in Alex’s head, something 31 his senses. He had dreamed of being a 32 -- full time. “Thanks but no,” Alex said 33 , “I’m going to stick it out and write.”
After Alex got off the phone, he 34 everything he had: two cans of vegetables and 18 cents. Alex put the cans and cents into a 35 bag, saying to himself, “There’s everything you’ve made of yourself so far.”
Finally his work was 36 in 1970. Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that 37 writers ever experience. The shadows had turned into limelight.
Then one day, Alex 38 a box filled with things he had owned years before. 39 was a paper bag with two cans and 18 cents. Suddenly he 40 himself working in that cold storage room. It reminds Alex, and anyone with a dream, of the courage and persistence it takes to stay the course in the shadowland.
21.A.expensive B.priceless C.excellent D.used
22.A.doubt B.trust C.regret D.hate
23.A.buying B.selling C.reading D.appreciating
24.A.what if B.now that C.even though D.as if
25.A.failure B.success C.loss D.perspiration
26.A.someone B.nobody C.anyone D.none
27.A.writer B.boss C.manager D.assistant
28.A.little B.real C.false D.high
29.A.Still B.Besides C.However D.Therefore
30.A.If B.Because C.As D.But
31.A.cleared B.destroyed C.hurt D.struck
32.A.writer B.dancer C.driver D.assistant
33.A.hurriedly B.slowly C.firmly D.hesitantly
34.A.pulled apart B.pulled out C.pulled down D.pulled back
35.A.plastic B.paper C.cloth D.metal
36.A.published B.completed C.written D.punished
37.A.poor B.few C.famous D.great
38.A.picked B.searched C.sought D.found
39.A.Outside B.Below C.Inside D.Above
40.A.reminded B.called C.described D.pictured
21—25 DABCA 26—30 CDBBC 31—35 AACBB 36—40 ABDCD