第三节:完形填空(共20小题,每小题1．5分.满分30分) It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the——青夏教育精英家教网—

第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the least important positions．21 of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility placed upon them at the very 22 of their career．They were 23 to the broom(扫帚), spending the first hours of their business lives   24 the office．
And here is the basic 25 of success, the great secret: 26 your energy, thought, and capital (资本) wholly on the business in which you are 27 ．Having begun in one line, determine to fight it out on that 28 , to lead in it, adopt every 29 , have the best machinery, and know the most about it．
The companies which fail are those which have 30 their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains 31  ．They have investments in this, or that, or 32 , here, there, and everywhere．“Don't put all your eggs in one basket” is all 33 , I tell you．“Put all your eggs in one basket, and then 34 that basket”．Look round you and take 35 ; men who do that do not often fail．It is easy to watch and carry the one basket．It is trying to carry too many baskets 36 breaks most eggs in this country．He who 37 three baskets must put one on his 38  , which is likely to fall down．One 39 of the American businessman is lack of concentration．
Remember: put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket． 40 Emerson says, "no one can cheat you out of final success but yourselves．"
21．A．None         B．Few              C．All          D．Many
22．A．beginning      B．end           C．point           D．promotion
23．A．ordered       B．promoted           C．introduced            D．stated
24．A．sweeping out B．taking out      C．bringing out       D．picking out
25．A．inspiration     B．condition            C．plan              D．case
26．A．concentrate    B．devote             C．apply       D．bury
27．A．charged        B．engaged            C．prepared     D．done
28．A．position      B．career           C．row          D．line
29．A．improvement B．chance           C．learning     D．rise
30．A．gathered     B．forbidden          C．got          D．scattered
31．A．also          B．either           C．neither        D．yet
32．A．one            B．the other         C．others       D．the others
33．A．apparent      B．clear            C．wrong       D．perfect
34．A．notice       B．observe            C．stare         D．watch
35．A．notice        B．comment         C．interest       D．concentration
36．A．what          B．that               C．whoever      D．whichever
37．A．brings         B．takes              C．carries       D．owns
38．A．mind         B．brain              C．head         D．hand
39．A．fault          B．advantage          C．pattern       D．model
40．A．When         B．While               C．Which       D．As

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Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If               16 , you will find “Being a Happy Teenager” written by an Australian writer, Andrew Matthews, 17 .In his book, Matthews 18 us how to have a happy life and answers the 19  of teenagers.
　　 Many people may    20    teenagers’ life, such as parents and friends, and the book    21  that we should stop being angry and forgive. The book tells us of useful skills,    22  how to change what you have learned into pictures of your mind to   23 your memory better.
　　 Many teenagers think    24  happiness comes from either a good exam result   25 praise (赞扬) from other people. But you can   26  be happy when there are no such “good” things.
　　 Success also comes from a   27  attitude. If you   28  from problems, you will have success in the future. Some students may often feel    29    when they are too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us that   30  comes from thinking about things in a positive   31  . If you are   32  , people notice you and you can get a   33  view(视线) of what is around you; if you are short, your clothes and shoes   34 less space in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important   35  : you choose to be happy!

【小题1】

A．so

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A farewell party was going on. Sylvia Calver hated being the center of any pubic show where she didn’t know anyone. It made her 36 hot and she always felt she wanted to go away somewhere. But on an occasion like this when she knew 37 , there was no 38 to feel shy. 39she had made up her mind to 40 people’s attention for once in her life. Unlike others, Sylvia didn’t have any sad feelings herself at leaving Palmeira Court Hotel or saying goodbye to its 41 — she had left so many other 42 , and known too many people in her life to get upset by such things now.
Yet this 43 was a particular occasion, and she hadn’t had so many of those in her 44. She had put on her 45 black dress and her long earrings. She had wanted to enjoy being the center of 46 for one evening, but now they had 47 old Miss Hutton of all people to give the 48 speech, whom she disliked. Even so, she thought there was no sense in getting 49 about it, for it was the first rule her 50 had given her — avoid all anxiety, take things easy. So, surprising herself by enjoying her own well-rounded white arm as 51 showed through the sleeve of her 52 dress, she took a taste of her drink and then sat back comfortably with her cigarette. And her doctor’s orders worked! For 53 out slowly, she put Miss Hutton off the end of her 54 with a cloud of tobacco smoke, so that she smiled to herself at the old girl’s funny expression. She 55 herself quite well that night, even to her own surprise.

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People who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds．It's   36  that being full of vim（活力） and vigor（精力） helps the body   37  illnesses, say the researchers from Carnegie Mellon University（CMU） in Pittsburgh．
"We need to take more seriously the possibility that a   38  emotional style is a fighter player in disease risk," says psychologist Sheldon Cohen, the study's lead researcher．
In a previous study, Cohen and his colleagues found that people who   39  to be cheerful and lively were   40  likely to develop sniffles, coughs, and other cold symptoms （症状）．
Those findings were interesting, but they didn't prove that a person's   41  affects whether he or she gets sick． 42  it was still possible that a person's underlying personality is   43  matters．
44  suggests, for instance, that certain people are naturally more likely to be outgoing（外向的）and   45 , with high self-respect and a sense of 46  over life．This would mean that who we are, not how we feel, finally decides our   47  of catching colds．
To figure out which mattered more （personality or   48 ）, the CMU team   49  193 healthy adults．The researchers talked to each person over the phone every evening for 2 weeks．They told the researchers about the positive and negative   50  they had experienced that day．
The results showed that everyone in the study was   51  likely to get infected．Their symptoms（征兆）, however,   52  depending on the types of emotions that they had reported over the   53  2 weeks．
Scientists   54  about whether negative emotions or positive emotions have a stronger  55  on how healthy we are．For now, it can't hurt to look on the bright side more often than not!

【小题5】A, most B．least C．quite D．indeed

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We recently treated our new-adult son and his girlfriend to a seafood feast, near Cocoa Beach, Florida. Our server, a grandmotherly woman skilled in the art of___36_____, flew around the ___37_____juggling dishes and drinks while treating customers as individuals. She remembered their ____38_____tastes likes and dislikes –all of which she’d learned after only the briefest ____39_____.
At the end of the meal, she presented the bill, and then went to____40_____ the growing crowd of other dinners. My husband ___41____with a credit card, added her___42____, and we were off.
“Mr. Goldsmith!” our waitress ran out of the dining room waving a receipt at him, “Thank you.”
He looked at her as though he didn’t __43_____. We’ve all seen that universal___44___ of confusion—eyebrows drawn together and head cocked to one side
“What did you give her?” I asked in a stage whisper, ____45___if he had done something __46___ or made a calculation error.
“Wow, Dad,” our son said, ___47___like an awestruck 10 –year-old. “I’ve never seen a waitress ____48____anyone out of the restaurant to say ‘thank you’ for the tip.
“She gave us great service. I just thought she deserved a little bump __49_____ what I usually give.”
It wasn’t until later, when I accidentally heard our ___50____retelling the story of the ___51___waitress, that I realized she had given my family something___52___ a “thank you”. She showed our son the importance of ___53_____hard work and the rewarding sound of “thank you”. Her show of thanks helped a dad earn a bit more ___54___from a loving son. And it reminded me just why I ___55____this thoughtful, caring man.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Two days before Thanksgiving, I was trying to open my mouth wide enough for a mirror and a roll of steel wire. Metal braces (牙齿矫正器)had been on my   31  for weeks, but this was the day for the wire to be adjusted. Only those who have had braces will understand the terrible   32  of being “wired”. For the next 24 hours, it felt like every tooth was being   33  slowly by a giant clawhammer (拔钉锤). 34  drinking water caused pain.
By Thanksgiving Day, I had got used to it.   35  I didn’t use my teeth, the pain was bearable. But this was a day when teeth had to   36  longer than usual. We were   37  at my grandparents’ house with relatives. The house was filled with so many pleasant   38  that we could hardly resist the food. When grandma said, “Dinner is ready!” all the kids   39  to be first in line. I was so excited that I    40  the braces in my mouth and   41  my way up to the head of the line.
I piled my plate high with my favorite corn-on-the-cob(玉米棒子)and   42  my mouth to enjoy it. The pain was   43 . I felt I would never be able to eat again. I put my plate away and ran outside in   44 .
Grandma then took my plate to the   45 . She cut all the corn off that cob and rescued me from my   46 . She handed me my plate piled high with corn. “Thanks,” I said   47 . Then I looked up and   48  a strange light in her eye, a light that is still   49  to me after more than fifty years. That was the Thanksgiving when I discovered something more   50  than good food.

【小题5】As long as B.Even though C.In case D.As though

【小题10】A thought of B.got out of C.complained about D.forgot about

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While my friends went away to their universities in great delight, I restarted my senior high school life. My spirits   31 at the prospect of starting all over again.
32  by strange classmates, I felt as though I was in a maze（迷宫）and felt 33  for my-self. There were some complex feelings in my mind. I was frightened, nervous and lonely.
To make 34  worse, I recalled my failure again and again, 35  put more pressure on me than I could bear. As a result, I was always feeling 36  during class.
One of my teachers noticed my depression and one day he asked me to come to his office, where he told me about his 37  towards life. He said we might 38  from making mistakes, but it’s important to model ourselves into people we 39  . All the growing 40  and the embarrassing things we 41  are parts of the process. We never stop 42  , so learn from it and keep up your spirits up! If you are optimistic, things you want may 43  to you! 44  feelings rushed through me. I 45  saw the sun shining again when I stepped out of his office.
With the teacher’s help, I finally 46  my depression. From then on, I no longer 47  my head but began smiling at my classmates. I put up my hand 48  in class and tried to answer the teacher’s questions correctly.
I 49  have a thirst to go to my dream university, 50  I’m not afraid of failure because I can benefit from it.

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Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often __36__ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so __37__ with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily __38__ up their new home, the light suddenly __39__. Terry was regretful to have forgotten to bring along __40__ and had to wait __41__ in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant __42__ on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the __43__ night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Terry was a __44__ to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be __45__, so he went to the door and opened it __46__. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor. ” “No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door __47__. “What a nuisance!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to __48__ things.”
After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. __49__ this time she was __50__ two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She __51__ me here to give you these.” Terry was very __52__ by what he saw.
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his __53__ in life. It was his __54__ and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was __55__ nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.

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.
"Everything happens for the best." My mother said whenever I faced disappointment, "If you 36   one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous   37 ."
Mother was right. After graduating from college I had decided to try for a job in   38 , then work my way up to   39  . I got   40  on the door of every station every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn't   41  hiring an inexperienced person. "Go out in the sticks(边远地区) and find a   42  station that'll give you a chance." she said.
I thumbed(搭便车) home to Dixon, Illi.   43  there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local   44  to manage   45  sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high-school football, I 46  the post, but I wasn't hired.
My disappointment must have shown. "Everything happens for the best." Mom   47 me. I drove to Davenport, in Iowa. I   48  WOC Radio there. Peter Macarthur, the program director, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration(挫折感)   49  over. I asked aloud. "How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station ?" I was waiting for the   50   when I heard Macarthur calling. "What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about   51  ?" Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast a(an)   52   game.
I remembered a game we had won. I did a 15-minute buildup to that play, and Peter told me I would   53  Saturday's game!
On my way home, I thought of my mother's words,   54  I have many times since, "If you … , one day something good will happen...."
I often wonder what my   55  might have been like if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.

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When I was in the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident. As she was   31  to the bus in order not to miss it, she slipped on the ice and fell under the back wheels of the bus. She   32  the accident but was paralyzed from the waist down. I went to see her, in my 13-year-old   33  thinking that she wouldn’t live   34  from then on.
Over the years, I   35  and didn’t think much about Helen after that. Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike,   36  a terrible brain injury. While I was looking after my son, a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker called. It was a (an)   37  trying (难受的) day. I burst into tears for no reason and rang   38 .
A short time 1ater, a beautiful woman, in a wheelchair,   39  into my son’s room with a box of   40 . After 16 years, I still   41  Helen. She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me. I told her who I was, and after we both went through the shock of that, she began to tell me about   42  since we last saw each other. She married, had children and got her degree so that she   43  the path for those people who were less   44  than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be   45 .
Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt   46 . But I also felt the first hope I had since learning that my son was   47 . From this person that I thought would have no   48  of life, I learned that where there is life, there is hope. My son miraculously (神奇的)   49  and we moved north, but I owe Helen   50  that I can never repay.