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    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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30）
    Have you just been fired? Don’t worry. Cheer yourself up and send your  36  . Perhaps another much better opportunity is awaiting you.  37   sometimes you don’t realize it, you are asking to be fired.
    Dan Zawacki was a happy camper, selling computers for Honeywell. One holiday he was  38  creative gifts and then a good idea  39 him---- selling dinner live lobsters(龙虾) to his favorite customers. He  40  them himself with butter and put them in the trunk of his car between the computers and started delivering. It was a huge  41 . As a result, one of his customers   42  they go into the lobster business together. Dan laughed. Still, this landlocked computer salesman 43  get the idea of lobsters out of his  44  . Why not turn this into a hobby and  45  a few extra dollar? While on a job assignment in Chicago, he  46  a local radio station to give him a few ads in 47 for lobster. Unfortunately, his boss’s boss heard his prize salesman 48  lobster, not computers. No surprised. Dan was let go. After  49  the company’s car, he started to think maybe this was a  50 . Playing with his phone that night, Dan tried dialing 1-800-LIVE-LOB. The number was   51  , and Dan the lobsterman was born. Today, 20 years later, Dan is still selling dinners, through his company, Lobster Gram. And he couldn’t be  52 .
    Many of the fired people found ways back to fulfilling   53  and learned the pain and humiliation(羞辱) are 54  . So do not be afraid to move  55   and try your wings. Gather your support system. Persevere! Firing doesn’t mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.
    36. A. dreams          B. wings               C. needs           D. minds
    37. A. Because         B. When                C. Though          D. If
    38. A. searching for   B. making up           C. giving away     D. thinking up
    39. A. came about      B. took place          C. went on         D. came to
    40. A. packaged        B. sold                C. tied            D. placed
    41. A. matter          B. business            C. failure         D. success
    42. A.said             B. thought             C. suggested       D. hoped
    43. A. couldn’t       B. mustn’t            C. shouldn’t      D. wouldn’t
    44. A. heart           B. mind                C. head            D. hand 
    45. A. make            B. get                 C. gather          D. spend
    46. A. permitted       B. hoped               C. persuaded       D. suggested
    47. A. change         B. exchange            C. place           D. need
    48. A. hunting         B. seeking             C. collecting      D. selling
    49. A. selling     B. paying              C. returning       D. using
    50. A. thing       B. sign                C. pity            D. please
    51. A.wrong        B. right               C. free            D. available
    52. A. happier     B. worse               C. lower           D. higher
    53. A. jobs        B. wishes              C. careers         D. promises
    54. A. short       B.long                C. forever         D. temporary（临时）
    55. A. back        B. on                  C. in              D. away
    36—40BCDDA 41—45DCABA  46—50 CBDCB 51—55 DACDB

    36．通过对下文的理解，即最后一段说到try your wings（展翅高飞）可知答案。
    37．这里用从属连词Though，表示转折关系。
    38．这里考动词短语的辨析：search for搜寻；make up编造，. 弥补,  配制， 构成；give away赠送;分发，抛弃；think up想出，设计出。
    39．这里考动词短语的辨析：come about发生；take place发生；go on继续；come to突然想到。
    40．从后面说到把这些龙虾用放在车上，可知前面他是将这些龙虾打包装好。
    41．根据对下文的理解，特别是Today, 20years later, Dan is still selling dinners, through his company，可知，他取得很大成功。
    42．考查动词用法，这里表示提出建议，所以用suggest。
    43．考查情态动词用法，根据语篇的理解，特别前面的Dan laughed. Still,说明landlocked computer salesman（他）不可能忘掉龙虾。
    44．考查短语的理解，get out of one's mind意思是：暂时把（某事）忘掉；不去想（某事）。
    45．考查动词用法，表示赚钱用动词make。
    46．考查动词用法，本句意是：他说服当地的一家电台用一些广告和他交换龙虾。
    47．考查介词短语，in exchange for意思是：交换。
    48．考查动词用法，前面说到Dan是一个内地的电脑销售员，这里是说他不出售电脑，而是出售龙虾。所以用sell。
    49．考查动词用法，根据上下文理解可知，Dan被解雇了，所以他要把车返给公司。
    50．考查名词用法，这里意思是：他想这或许是一种迹象。
    51．考查形容词用法，available意思是：在手边的，随手可得的。
    52．考查形容词比较级用法，根据对句意的理解（他做这行业务有20年了，但……）并结合still,可知答案。
    53．考查动词短语，fulfill careers意思是：履行职业。
    54．考查形容词用法，全文通过事例，鼓励失去工作的人重新就业，可知这里说那种苦恼和羞辱临时的。
    55．考查介词用法，根据上下文理解，这是鼓励人们前进，往前走，所以用move on。
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