第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

请阅读下面短文,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,并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

We will meet a lot of crossings on the way of our lives.How to choose? The son of a brewer (酿造商), Jim Koch, presents it new  36 .

When Jim was a teenager, his father did everything he could to persuade him  37  becoming a brewer, for he  38  brewing was so labour-costing a job.So  39  studied hard and went to Harvard to study law and business.In his second year, he  40  for he felt strongly that one  41

not wait till 65 to do what he wants in life.He became an instructor of the wilderness-education program.

    After over three years, he went  42 , finished Harvard and got a  43  paid job at the Boston Consulting Group,  44  he stayed for five years.Still he was disturbed by  45 , “Is this what I want to be doing when I am 50?”

    He  46  that Americans pay good money for beer.He thought why not to make good beer for Americans.Finally, he  47  his job and became a successful beer brewer.

    As we all know, success is  48  to talent plus effort.However, in this story, success is applied with new meanings.To try to find what you are  49  and stick to it is what I learned from Jim.

Everyone should introspect (反思) himself from time to time like Jim, especially after he was 50

in one position.One might not be  51  for a job in his whole life.Since one will become 52  in his job, there are two ways which people usually  53 :one is to try to improve himself to 54  up with others still in this job; the other is to leave this job, and then find another one he is interested in.Both of them are  55  only if the job is what one is interested in.

36. A.spirits             B.chances                        C.thoughts                      D.jobs

37. A.into               B.from                             C.of                                    D.in

38. A.mistook                      B.ignored                         C.forgot                            D.thought

39. A.Jim                              B.His father           C.They                             D.One

40. A.put out                  B.left out                          C.dropped out                D.moved out

41. A.must                     B.dare                             C.need                             D.can

42. A.forward                      B.back                               C.on                                   D.away

43. A.lower             B.poorly           C.highly                     D.properly

44. A.where            B.which                            C.when                        D.then

45. A.trouble                       B.doubt                            C.belief                    D.imagination

46. A.supposed                   B.noticed                         C.considered                   D.treated

47. A.lost                    B.got                                 C.continued           D.left

48. A.key                              B.answer                         C.equal                    D.suitable

49. A.into                    B.good at                         C.fit                                   D.able

50. A.put                              B.seated                          C.fixed                D.defeated

51. A.anxious                       B.ready                   C.fit                                   D.important

52. A.successful                  B.interested          C.impossible          D.unable

53. A.build                            B.choose                          C.move                             D.complete

54. A.catch                           B.look             C.hold                                 D.stay

55. A.important                  B.available             C.successful           D.meaningful

British potato farmers were taking to the streets to call for the expression "couch potato" to be taken away from the dictionary on the grounds that it harms the vegetable's image.

The British Potato Council wants the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) to replace the expression with the term "couch slouch", with protests planned outside parliament in London and the offices of Oxford University Press. Kathryn Race, head of marketing at the Council, which represents some 4,000 growers and processors, said the group had complained in writing to the OED but had yet to receive a response.

"We are trying to get rid of the image that potatoes are bad to you," she said Monday.

"The potato has had its knocks in the past. Of course it is not the Oxford English Dictionary's fault but we want to use another term than couch potato because potatoes are naturally healthy."

The OED says "couch potato" originated as American slang, meaning "a person who spends leisure time passively or idly sitting around, especially watching television or video tapes."

John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, said the dictionary first included the term “couch potato” in 1993 and said "dictionaries just reflect the words that society uses."

Simpson said words were never taken out of the full-length dictionary, which includes some 650,000 words contained in 20 volumes. But little-used words can be removed from the smaller dictionaries to make way for newer ones.

“If society stops using words, then they are taken out of the smaller dictionaries”, he added. “The first known recorded use of the expression ‘couch potato’ was in a 1979 Log Angeles Times article,” Simpson said.

Nigel Evans, a member of parliament for the Ribble Valley in Lancashire, has made a motion in support of the campaign, highlighting the nutritional value of the British potato.

64.British potato farmers were taking to the streets _____.

A.to advertise their production

B.to call for a higher price for t heir potatoes

C.to remove the expression “couch potato” from the dictionary

D.to let people know how important the potato is in people’s lives

65.The farmers think that             .

         A.potatoes have had a bad imagine       

         B.potatoes are good for people by nature

         C.potatoes sometimes do harm to people

         D.it's the dictionary's fault to use the expression "couch potato"

66.John Simpson thinks that ___        .

         A.the expression can be taken out of every kind of dictionary

         B.dictionaries do not necessarily reflect the words the society uses

         C.little used words can remain in the smaller dictionaries

         D.it is impossible to take the word out of the dictionary

67.What is wrong with the expression "couch potato"?

         A.It is connected with unfavorable meaning.

         B.Potato should be used in the expression.          

         C.It is borrowed from American English.

         D.It refers to a kind of person.

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