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36-55各题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中,选出一个最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Under her bed, Mrs Chang kept a box containing some jewellery which had belonged to her mother. The jewellery was the only  21  thing she had, and she always said she would keep it and only sell it for a very important reason. Well, this was an important reason, wasn't it? She said nothing to Mary,   22   went secretly into the city and sold the jewellery for $2,750. Over half the money! But where could she   23    the other half?

    During the next few months, Mrs Chang was always busy. She went out four mornings a week and   24    other people's houses. She    25   until late in the night and sewed dresses and trousers for the people in the village. She embroidered colourful birds and flowers on a piece of silk for the    26    who came through the village.    27   , her pile of money under her bed began to    28   . Mary noticed that her mother was very   29  , but her mother just said, "I want to have some new clothes for your    30    I'll need to buy cloth. And I want to be able to  31  you another good present. "

    By June, Mrs Chang had $4,250 under her bed. She went to a relative in Yuen Long, who had a small business. "Tsun Man," she said. "I badly   32    $750. Her relative was   33   . Mrs Chang had   34   asked anyone for money before. But he lent her the money.

     Mrs Chang 35  her best clothes, went to the city and   36  a return ticket from London to Hong Kong. After putting it in a nice   37   she began to write  38   address on it and posted it. "What a surprise this will be for David." She said to    39   . "How happy he will be! And how happy Mary will be too, to    40   her brother with her on her wedding day."

21. A. valuable              B. beautiful          C. interesting       D. wonderful

22. A. or                   B. but               C. so              D. however

23. A. get                  B. borrow            C. make           D. bring

24. A. searched              B. entered            C. cleaned         D. washed

25. A. stayed up             B. kept up            C. made up        D. dressed up

26. A. neighbours            B. tourists            C. relatives        D. friends

27. A. Gradually             B. Frequently         C. Probably        D. Immediately

28. A. reduce               B. appear             C. disappear        D. grow

29. A. worried               B. busy              C. angry           D. content

30. A. wedding              B. birthday           C. fami1y          D. work

3l. A. give                  B. send               C. buy            D. mail

32. A. lose                  B. owe               C. need            D. earn

33. A. surprised          B. frightened          C. hurt            D. disappointed

34. A. always                B. usually            C. never           D. sometimes

35. A. picked up              B. had on            C. took off         D. put on

36. A. bought                B. sent               C. took            D. carried

37. A. envelope               B. box               C. package        D. bag

38. A. mother's               B. brother's           C. Mary's          D. David's

39. A. him                   B. them             C. herself          D. her

40. A. have                  B. invite             C. take            D. 1eave

Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine.“Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting creatures,”William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word“habit”carries a negative meaning.

         So it seems contradictory to talk about habits in the same context as innovation (创新). But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.

         Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try, the more creative we become.

         But don’t bother trying to kill off old habits; once those ruts of procedure are worn into the brain, they’re there to stay. Instead, the new habits we deliberately press into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.

         “The first thing needed for innovation is attraction to wonder,”says Dawna Markova, author of The Open Mind.“But we are taught instead to‘decide’, just as our president calls himself‘the Decider’.”She adds, however, that“to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities.”

         “All of us work through problems in ways of which we’re unaware,”she says. Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the ability to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, collaboratively (合作地) and innovatively. At the end of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that ability, preserving only those ways of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life.

         The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us use our innovative and collaborative ways of thought.“This breaks the major rule in the American belief system—that anyone can do anything,”explains M. J. Ryan, author of the 2006 book This Year I Will…and Ms. Markova’s business partner.“That’s a lie that we have preserved, and it fosters commonness. Knowing what you’re good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.”This is where developing new habits comes in.

67.Brain researchers have discovered that      .

         A.the forming of new habits can be guided

         B.the development of habits can be predicted

         C.the regulation of old habits can be transformed

         D.the track of new habits can be created unconsciously

68.The underlined word“ruts”in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to       .

         A.zones                            B.connections                 C.situations                     D.tracks

69.Which of the following statements most probably agrees with Dawna Markova’s view?

         A.Decision makes no sense in choices.

         B.Curiosity makes creative minds active.

         C.Creative ideas are born of a relaxing mind.

         D.Formation of innovation comes from fantastic ideas.

70.The purpose of the author writing this article is to persuade us       .

         A.to give up our traditional habits deliberately

         B.to create and develop new habits consciously

         C.to resist the application of standardized testing

         D.to believe that old habits conflict with new habits

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