完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

     It was in New York City to advise large banks on the secret to success in business. Once I started a  36  with my taxi driver, Tony. He had studied be an oceanic biologist, but couldn't get a  37  job in that field. “I like driving a taxi,” he said. “38  I hope to do much better than just get by.”

Like many people, Tony thought that being self-reliant meant  39  asking for help. But we need to develop relationship in order to  40  our goals.

Tony liked chatting with his customers, yet he didn’t want  41  to them. I advised him to give it a  42  . And he did. Not only did his customers take his taxi more often, but they  43  him to their friends. Soon he had a long list of regulars and  44  buy his own car, then a second. He had to  45  a friend to help with the overflow.

We each contain  46  Of greatness. Life is all about finding that seed and nurturing it to its  47  growth. And I know it’s  48  , because I am living proof.

I’m the son of a steelworker. My dad would come home, his hands  49  and dirty, and say, “I don’t want this for you, Keith. You need a great  50  .”

And bravely, he went to the CEO(总裁)of his company to ask for his advise. The CEO admired his  51  and helped get me a scholarship at one of the best schools in the country. I  52  to Yale University and Harvard Business School. 53  I was the youngest chief marketing officer in the Fortune 500. I learned  54  a young age that the secret to success  55  the power of relationship.

36.A.report                  B.conversation               C.suggestion                  D.speech

37.A.hard                     B.correct                         C.suitable                         D.dull

38.A.And                      B.Since                    C.Because                        D.Though

39.A.never          B.always                          C.ever                               D.sometimes

40.A.find                       B.fail                                  C.miss                               D.achieve

41.A.please                  B.excite                            C.bother                           D.worry

42.A.try                        B.drive                    C.talk                                D.hand

43.A.suggested B.recommended            C.mentioned                   D.told

44.A.was able to        B.could                    C.ought to                        D.might

45.A.make                   B.let                                   C.hire                                D.order

46.A.plants                  B.seeds                            C.origins                           D.members

47.A.empty                  B.full                                  C.huge                              D.tiny

48.A.enough                B.necessary           C.strange                         D.possible

49.A.scratched  B.wounded                      C.injured                           D.fixed

50.A.work                    B.career                           C.education           D.university

51.A.honesty               B.feeling                          C.expression                   D.courage

52.A.went on               B.got off                           C.set out                          D.kept up

53.A.So                         B.Meanwhile                  C.Soon                              D.Once

54.A.of                          B.in                                    C.under                             D.at

55.A.leads to               B.lies in                   C.relies on              D.sticks to

   An Australian company, Smart Car Technologies, has developed a system that lets drivers know when they're speeding. When the technology becomes commercially available, it could help lead-footed drivers avoid tickets and also save lives. The company that developed the product hopes to convince Australian government agencies to put the technology into use in their automobile fleets.

The product, called Speed Alert, links real-time location data and speed obtained with the help of GPS to a database of posted speed limits stored in a driver's PDA or programmable mobile phone. The setup of the product does not need to be hooked up to a car's speedometer. In fact, it is entirely portable. It will also work with newer phones and PDAs that have built-in GPS receivers. If a driver exceeds the speed limit, the speed is shown and an alert sounds.

Michael Paine, an Australian vehicle design engineer and traffic safety consultant, was hired to analyze the product. He told Live Science that his colleagues in the road safety field are “very enthusiastic” about what they're now calling “intelligent speed alert.” Other research, according to Paine, shows that 40 percent of all traffic deaths involve speeding. There is also a potentially controversial future use: “Since the system is so portable, it would be easy to make it a requirement for teenage drivers to always use a speed alert device when driving,” Paine said. “The system even has the capability to record speeding violations, so parents can monitor their teenage drivers.”The product will soon go on sale in Sydney.

63.What's the purpose of the new product?

A.To introduce some improvement in cars.

B.To inform us of the new car system.

C.To popularize the built-in car system.

D.To limit certain drivers to safe driving.

64.“Lead-footed” in the first paragraph probably refer to the ones ________.

A.who drive too carelessly   B.that drive too slowly

C.who are partly disabled     D.that drive extremely fast

65.The second paragraph mainly talks about ________.

A.how the product is programmed       B.why the system becomes popular

C.the functions of GPS in cars       D.the project of the built-in product

66.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

         A.Future Speed Alert    B.New In – Car Device Against Speeding

         C.Warning for Adventurous Drivers     D.Progress in Car – making Science 

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