Question

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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。

Our character, _________ , is a combination of our habits. “Sow a thought, harvest an action; sow an action, harvest a habit; sow a habit, harvest a character; sow a character, harvest a_________ ,” the saying goes.

Habits are powerful factors in our lives. Because they are consistent, often unconscious_________ , they constantly, daily express our character and produce our effectiveness or ineffectiveness.

As Horace Mann, the great educator, once _________ it, “Habits are like a rope. We weave a string of it every day and soon it cannot be broken.” I personally do not agree with the last part of his _________ . I know habits can be learned and unlearned. But I also know it isn’t a(an) _________ fix. It involves a _________ and a faithful commitment.

Those of us who watched the lunar voyage of Apollo II were quite amazed as we saw the first men walk on the moon and return to earth. _________ to get there, those astronauts obviously had to break out of the huge gravity pull of the earth. _________ energy was spent in the first few minutes of _________ in the first few miles of travel, than was used over the next several days to travel half a million miles.

Habits, _________ ,have huge gravity pull more than most people realize or would _________ . Breaking deeply _________ habits such as delay, hesitation, impatience, criticalness, or selfishness that go against basic principles of human effectiveness _________ more than a little willpower and a few minor changes in our lives. “Lift off” _________ a great effort, but once we break out of the gravity pull, our freedom _________ a whole new dimension.

_________ any natural force, gravity can work _________ us or against us. The gravity pull of some of our habits may _________ be keeping us from going where we want to go. But it is also gravity that pull that keeps our world together, that keeps the planets in their orbits and our universe in order. It is a powerful force, and if we use it effectively, we can use the gravity pull of habit to create the cooperation and _________ necessary to establish effectiveness in our lives.

1.A. basically B. theoretically C. naturally D. personally

2.A. success B. hope C. fate D. Moral

3.A. styles B. patterns C. methods D. ways

4.A. told B. put C. said D. thought

5.A. truth B. motto C. expression D. sentence

6.A. urgent B. slow C. quick D. convenient

7.A. process B. progress C. period D. devotion

8.A. but B. because C. as D. if

9.A. Much B. More C. Less D. Most

10.A. launching B. raising C. traveling D. lifting

11.A. however B. though C. too D. otherwise

12.A. say B. predict C. admit D. assume

13.A. rooted B. laid C. grown D. planted

14.A. calls on B. calls for C. calls off D. calls in

15.A. makes B. takes C. does D. brings

16.A. takes on B. carries on C. gives away D. turns out

17.A. As well as B. As for C. As with D. As like

18.A. on B. by C. around D. with

19.A. permanently B. instantly C. constantly D. presently

20.A. communication B. patience C. success D. Order

Answer 1