【2011·金沙前中国际分校模拟】

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。

A Happy Discovery

Antique shops have a special fascination to a great many people. The more expensive kind of antique shop, where rare objects are beautifully   36   in glass cases to keep them free from dust, is usually a forbidding place.   37   no one has to gather courage to enter a less pretentious(装腔作势的) antique shop. There is always   38   that a real rarity(珍品) will be found among the piles of junk in the dirty, dark,   39   rooms.

My old friend, Frank Halliday, is just such a person. He has often   40   to me how he picked up a masterpiece for a mere £50. One Saturday morning, Frank visited a(n)   41   antique shop in my neighborhood. As he had never been there before, he found a great deal to   42   him. The morning passed   43   and Frank was about to leave   44   he noticed a large packing-case lying on the floor. The dealer told him that it had just come in, but that he could not be   45   to open it. Frank   46   him to do so and the dealer reluctantly opened it. The contents were   47  . The box was full of crockery(陶器), much of it broken. Frank gently lifted the crockery out of the box and suddenly noticed a miniature painting at the bottom of the packing-case. As its composition and line   48   him of an Italian painting he knew well, he decided to buy it. Glancing at it   49  , the dealer told him that it was worth £50. Frank could hardly   50   his excitement, for he knew that he had made a real   51  . The tiny painting   52   to be an unknown masterpiece by Correggio and was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

No one discovers a rarity by chance. A truly dedicated bargain hunter must have   53  , and   54  , the ability to recognize the worth of something when he sees it. To do this, he must be at least as   55   as the dealer. Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be greatly rewarded.

36. A. displayed        B. put               C. played              D. placed

37. A. So                 B. But             C. Unless                     D. And

38. A. certainty       B. luck              C. hope                   D. promise

39. A. deserted          B. tidy                C. beautiful              D. disordered

40. A. smiled            B. described                C. talked                    D. remarked

41. A. familiar              B. usual              C. common            D. casual

42. A. value                B. interest            C. fear                   D. enjoy

43. A. rapidly             B. slowly           C. freely               D. happily

44. A. until                 B. after               C. before               D. when

45. A. reminded                 B. bothered      C. encouraged            D. interested

46. A. begged            B. demanded       C. recommended             D. forced

47. A. exciting              B. disappointing    C. satisfying             D. annoying

48. A. reflected          B. told               C. informed              D. reminded

49. A. carefully          B. briefly           C. excitedly               D. blindly

50. A. hide                B. find                C. show                  D. describe

51. A. difference        B. invention        C. discovery           D. expectation

52. A. proved              B. turned             C. happened              D. seemed

53. A. courage              B. imagination    C. passion                 D. patience

54. A. in all                  B. after all           C. at all                     D. above all

55. A. adorable           B. responsible       C. knowledgeable       D. respectable

【2011·江苏常州一中模拟】

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the “shoulders” he’s standing on, the heritage he’s been given. That’s what happened    36    a young man, the son of a(n)   37    baseball player, was chosen by one of the minor league teams. Hard as he tried, his first season was    38    , and by midseason he expected to be removed    39   day. The coaches were     40    by his failure because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb athlete, but he seemed to have become    41    from his potential.

His    42    seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter’s box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a     43    and ran for a conference to discuss strategies. While they were busy, the    44   , standing behind him, spoke casually to the boy.

Then play    45   , the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning    46   . From then on, he played the game with a new confidence and power that quickly    47    the attention of the parent team, and he was called   48    to the majors.

On the day he was leaving for the city, one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied it was the    49    remark the judge had    50    that day when his baseball career had seemed    51   .

“He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood    52    my dad in the batter’s box,” the boy explained. “He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it.    53   he told me, ‘I can see his genes in you; you have your father’s    54    .’ After that, whenever I swung the bat, I just    55    I was using Dad’s arms instead of my own.”

36. A. as                    B. since                      C. while                     D. when

37. A. star                   B. average                  C. amateur                        D. old

38. A. embarrassing     B. disappointing          C. satisfying               D. rewarding

39. A. some                B. a                         C. one                        D. any

40. A. amazed             B. impressed               C. puzzled                  D. ashamed

41. A. separated                 B. different                 C. inconsistent            D. divided

42. A. hope                 B. future                     C. dream                    D. ambition

43. A. break               B. rest                        C. pause                     D. stop

44. A. catcher             B. coach                    C. batter                     D. judge

45. A. began               B. lasted                     C. restarted                D. moved

46. A. part                  B. point                      C. place                     D. spot

47. A. drew                B. fixed                      C. focused                        D. took

48. A. in                      B. for                         C. up                         D. out

49. A. encouraging        B. casual                    C. demanding             D. wise

50. A. said                  B. made                     C. given                     D. pointed

51. A. hopeless           B. useless                   C. endless                  D. helpless

52. A. on the right       B. on the left               C. before              D. behind

53. A. And                  B. So                         C. Thus                     D. Therefore

54. A. strength            B. arms                      C. body                      D. talent

55. A. supposed         B. pretended               C. imagined                D. expected

【2011·贵州遵义七校联考】

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白出的最佳选项。

Long time ago, if a child had some problems in his life, he might go home and write in his   21  . Now, a child with the same problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog（博客. In many ways, a diary and a blog are very   22  .So, what makes blogging different from writing in a   23  diary?

The biggest difference is that blogging is much more   24  than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats her diary like a book full of   25    that she does not want to   26  .

It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog  27  a diary will probably write nearly the same information.

I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her blog. She   28  about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test.  29  I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but   30  in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was   31  that my sister might read it!

The biggest  32  with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I were angry with a friend during high school and wrote something   33  about her in my diary, she would never know.  34  , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend   35  read her blog and get angry.

There are also   36  to blogging, of course. If I were feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “Nobody cares about me,”  37  would know about it. However if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would   38  respond（回应）and tell her how much they like her. Blogs help people   39  in contact with their friends and to hear what the people   40  them are doing.

21．A．notebook             B．diary                   C．blog                    D．book

22．A．familiar               B．same                   C．similar                 D．different

23．A．old                      B．real                     C．daily                   D．traditional

24．A．convenient           B．secret                  C．public                 D．cheap

25．A．secrets                B．mysteries             C．questions             D．puzzles

26．A．publish                B．share                   C．solve                   D．answer

27．A．instead                B．as well as            C．in favor of           D．instead of

28．A．wonders              B．learns                  C．writes                 D．worries

30．A．only                    B．never                  C．also                    D．still

31．A．surprised             B．glad                    C．interested            D．worried

32．A．difficulty             B．reason                 C．problem              D．mistake

33．A．good                   B．mean                   C．funny                  D．interesting

34．A．However             B．Also                    C．Then                   D．Besides

35．A．will                     B．should                 C．must                   D．might

36．A．problems             B．goods                  C．advantages          D．mistakes

37．A．everyone             B．no one                 C．someone             D．anyone

38．A．happily                B．hardly                 C．seldom                D．quickly

39．A．stay                    B．put                      C．lose                    D．find

40．A．besides                B．over                    C．around                D．in front of

【2011·陕西宝鸡市第三次质量检测】

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

I was correcting students' homework in my office when I came across a piece of work which was quite similar to what I had read on line．At that moment, a     26     picture was called to my mind．

       It was in a Chinese class that my teacher praised me for my     27    composition．After giving some positive     28     on it, he asked me to read my composition     29      as a model to the whole class．I stood in front of the class     30     and proudly, reading it in my best voice．" The mountain stands there like a…" the mountain stands there like a…" I   31   the first part of the sentence , but could not move on．What was worse , I heard some murmured voices which made me more     32  .

       " Did she write it ?"

       " Hey, you must have     33     it from others ! "

       I stood there , staring at the notebook, mind totally     34   ．

   35 __ , at that moment, a low and gentle voice from my teacher saved me．I looked up at him and saw a friendly smile     36     his face．I realized that I was     37      to continue．So , again , I raised my voice and     38    on my composition successfully．

       I did copy those words from a famous work．When I     39     my composition I found a few beautiful lines in a book．" They will     40     color to my composition if I use them as mine． I thought   41    Finally, those sentences became an important part of my homework．   

       After class, I looked at my teacher   42   and waited for his criticism．But to my __43___ ,he said, "You did quite well, but you can do better next time．" Then he left, without any critical words．

       From then on I never copied others' work;   44    , I wrote authentic compositions．

       Coming back from my memory, I   45    to correct my students' homework．I carefully underlined the part copied and just put down a question mark．Everyone makes mistakes．To error is human, to forgive, divine．

26．A．strange             B．vivid                 C．interesting            D．terrifying

27．A．beautiful           B．bad                 C．terrible              D．elegant

28．A．blames             B．explanations          C．praises               D．comments

29．A．secretly            B．loudly                C．aloud                 D．silently

30．A．straight                B．angrily                C．quietly                D．confidently

31．A．repeated            B．rearranged        C．recited              D．read

32．A．proud                 B．ashamed           C．worried            D．frightened

33．A．written             B．made              C．copied                D．created

34．A．full                 B．exhausted           C．blank              D．active

35．A．Hurriedly            B．Fortunately           C．Unhappily             D．Sadly

36．A．on                 B．in                 C．across              D．through

37．A．ordered          B．forced              C．recommended      D．encouraged

38．A．looked              B．put                  C．concentrated         D．appeared

39．A．appreciated          B．read               C．wrote              D．copied

40．A．add                B．owe               C．contribute          D．lead

41．A．sadly               B．cheerfully           C．disappointedly       D．crazily

42．A．fearfully            B．happily              C．angrily             D．shyly

43．A．sorrow            B．pride                 C．surprise           D．satisfaction

44．A．however            B．therefore            C．otherwise          D．instead

45．A．continued             B．stopped              C．intended            D．expected

【2011·江南十校二模冲刺卷】

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）

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，并在答题卡上涂黑。

Have you ever asked yourself this question: what’s your favorite of all the wonderful gifts? As some people acknowledge 9 one of the greatest things we’ve been given is  36   We are free in what we think and feel, and   37   in what we say and do. You see, we enjoy freedom to 38   religion, freedom of speech, freedom of scientific research, and freedom of literary and artistic creation.   39   women’s part, they enjoy equal freedom in marriage and divorce. Yes, life does put us in severe  40   at times,   41   we are still free in choosing how to  42   to them.

However, many in this world deny（拒绝） freedom or simply don’t realize   43  . They just   44   in their misery（痛苦） and   45   it on their parents, their childhood, their health, or merely their  46   problems, which show they are short of money. They   47   stand up and take responsibility for their own lives and their own  48  .The truth is that we’ve been given the power to  49   love and joy in our lives,  50  happens to us.   51   has ever been or will ever be strong enough to _52  our freedom away

from us.

So, my friends, please don’t   53   your freedom. Just enjoy it, cherish （珍爱） it, and use it every day of your life! Keep it in mind that you are   54   to create the type of life you have wanted. The choice is   55   you!

36. A. wisdom              B. freedom              C. power               D. strength

37. A. ever                  B. even                 C. yet                D. still

38. A. involve with           B. adjust to             C. believe in               D. depend on

39. A. In                     B. At                   C. To                  D. For

40. A. backgrounds          B. difficulties             C. chances              D. occasions

41. A. so                   B. and                   C. though             D. but

42. A. reflect                 B. handle                 C. react               D. deal

43. A. one                  B. it                    C. many               D. them

44. A. eat up                 B. fall behind              C. sit back            D. act out

45. A. comment             B. focus                C. concentrate         D. blame

46. A. financial                 B. typical                 C. physical             D. mental

47. A. unlikely                 B. always               C. never                D. readily

48. A. value                   B. happiness            C. interest             D. benefit

49. A. share                B. show               C. donate                D. choose

50. A. what                 B. where              C. whatever           D. however

51. A. None                 B. Anyone             C. No one              D. Someone

52. A. take                      B. bring               C. break                 D. carry

53. A. admit                  B. deny                C. tolerate              D. accept

54. A. unique                B. special              C. free                 D. open

55. A. because of           B. in return for         C. in charge of         D. up to

【2011·山西太原市模拟一】

完型填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

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，并在答题卡上涂黑。

A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor．They talked about the present-day _36__ topic — Happiness．But the conversation soon turned into complaints about _ 37_  in work and in life．To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and _38_．with a large pot of coffee and different types of  39   — plastic, glass, crystal, some nice-looking, some plain-looking, some expensive, some cheap—telling them to help ___40  _to the coffee．_41_ all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said．"If you_ 42  , you might find all the nice-looking, expensive cups are taken up, with the plain and cheap ones   43  ．While it is  44   for you to want: only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your _45__ and stress．In fact, the cup itself adds no __46_ to the coffee．What．all of you _47_wanted was coffee, not．the cup．but you consciously went for the best cups and were __48_each other's cups．"

“Now   49  this: Life is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in __50__ are the cups．They are just tools to  _51__ and contain life, and the types of cups do nor decide or 52__ the quality of life we live．Sometimes, focusing on the cup makes us   53  to enjoy the coffee itself．So, don't let the cups drive you．Enjoy the coffee   54   ．"

The   55   people don't have the best of everything．They just make the best of everything,

36．A．warm                                               B．hot                  C．heavy             D．sensitive

37．A．progress             B． plans               C．disasters            D．stress

38．A．cooked              B．passed             C．returned                        D．provided

39．A．cups               B．plates             C．bowls             D．tables

40．A．them            B．themselves          C．you                 D．yourselves

41．A．Before           B．Since              C．When             D．Because

42．A．saw                B．suggested          C．proved                         D．noticed

43．A．left behind         B．got away           C．put away         D, sent back

44．A．helpful               B．normal             C．safe                D．popular

45．A．habit               B．courage               C．fear                   D．problem

46．A．quality           B．weight               C．colour              D．cost

47．A．nearly             B．finally              C．really                D．quickly

48．A．looking            B．eyeing             C．saying               D．feeling

49．A．consider                B．repeat                C．do                 D．recite

50．A．school             B．thought．        C．society                         D．dream

51．A．check              B．create               C．measure                        D．hold

52．A．correct                                              B．change            C．bring            D．record

53．A．fail                 B．stop               C．dislike               D．struggle

54．A．too                 B．either              C．also                 D．instead

55．A．busiest             B．cleverest           C．happiest                        D．kindest

【2011·山东济南市二模】

完形填空（20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。

       For a few years, I have been wearing a ring on my right hand. It’s not always the   36   ring, but it’s always a ring that has  37  on it so that when I look at it, I’m   38   or reminded of something important. I have made a   39  of buying rings like this whenever I see one in a store. Sometimes I give them away as    40  to someone like Jennie.

       I first met Jennie in the   41   waiting room and we had talked several times. One night I sat down beside her and   42   how her son was doing because I knew that he was in very  43    condition. She told me that she didn’t know what to do any more because it seemed none of the   44  from the doctors was good. They weren’t at all sure her son was going to   45   the accident that had hurt him so badly. With  46  in her eyes she said, “They’re   47  my hope.”

       I knew then that it was  48  just a coincidence that I was wearing the ring that I had on that day. As she   49  to talk, I   50  slipped the ring off my finger and placed it in Jennie’s hand. I told her to wear it to member that God loved her and He would be with her  51   all of this.   52  Jennie looked down at the ring, she got excited and then held it tightly,  53   the word written on the ring was “HOPE”.

       The last day I was at the hospital, I saw Jennie in the distance as I got on the lift. She   54  and held up the hand with the ring on it as she called out to me saying, “Look, I   55   have Hope!”

36．A．special                    B．expensive                C．same                      D．valuable

37．A．words                    B．pictures                  C．names                    D．symbols

38．A．admired                  B．encouraged             C．trusted                    D．puzzled

39．A．plan                        B．point                       C．list                         D．habit

40．A．gifts                       B．prizes                     C．awards                   D．thanks

41．A．railway                   B．school                    C．hospital                   D．airport

42．A．asked                     B．explained                 C．thought                   D．found

43．A．favorable                B．normal                    C．serious                   D．excellent

44．A．advice                    B．news                      C．instructions             D．comfort

45．A．defeat                     B．experience               C．predict                    D．survive

46．A．apologies                B．tears                       C．anger                      D．doubt

47．A．keeping up              B．bringing down         C．cutting off              D．taking away

48．A．other than               B．rather than              C．more than               D．les than

49．A．continued                B．refused                   C．attempted                D．started

50．A．cautiously               B．quietly                    C．nervously                D．shyly

51．A．over                       B．beyond                   C．through                  D．within

52．A．Until                       B．While                      C．Since                      D．When

53．A．for                         B．so                          C．yet                         D．and

54．A．shouted                  B．waved                    C．cheered                  D．hesitated

55．A．ever                       B．only                        C．still                         D．just

【2011·江西新余市二模】

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）

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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Yesterday, I cut hundreds of tomatoes for a free dinner that took place tonight in a party. As I left my home to    36    the party, something came into my mind. I did not feel right leaving only with the    37    of receiving things. I had a strong    38     to continue giving something to those who needed it,    39     I had worked many hours to prepare the food.

   40    , I decided to make a gift out of some leftover food I had cooked. I   41   a container with the food. Along with a    42    , I put it in a bag, creating a packed meal.

    As I was    43   on the street, I kept a watchful eye out for someone who was really            44      . On my way home, I saw a     45     man pushing a grocery cart(手推车) full of old things abandoned by others. He wandered aimlessly around the street. This cart     46   to be his only home and he really needed any   47   he could get. I   48   him that I had some food that I planned to give to someone who was hungry and I   49    it to him. He immediately   50   it. After a brief conversation, the   51    man sincerely thanked me for what I had done.

    As I walked away, a    52    walking alone in the street said, “That is so kind of you!” I was really    53    because I was in the area where people have a bad   54    and generally do not make friendly statements like that. I smiled at the passer-by and felt    55   , as if a task had been accomplished. I wonder, though, if this really was a task, who uploaded the order into my mind?

36．A．charge                    B．attend                     C．serve                      D．host

37．A．aim                        B．dream                     C．need                       D．task

38．A．will                        B．attraction                C．desire                     D．ambition

39．A．because                  B．though                    C．so                          D．but

40．A．Somehow               B．Besides                   C．However                 D．Therefore

41．A．replaced                  B．filled                       C．enlarged                  D．exchanged

42．A．cup                        B．box                        C．fork                       D．bottle

43．A．thinking                  B．walking                   C．driving                    D．running

44．A．old                         B．thirsty                     C．hungry                   D．cold

45．A．tall                         B．sick                        C．kind-hearted            D．poorly-dressed

46．A．seemed                   B．proved                    C．used                       D．happened

47．A．rest                        B．food                       C．house                     D．job

48．A．told                        B．warned                   C．reminded                D．taught

49．A．moved                    B．mailed                     C．threw                            D．showed

50．A．accepted                 B．refused                   C．caught                    D．emptied

51．A．polite                      B．lucky                      C．homeless                D．cautious

52．A．kid                         B．friend                     C．colleague                D．stranger

53．A．surprised                B．satisfied                  C．excited                   D．touched

54．A．environment            B．economy                 C．name                      D．habit

55．A．safe                        B．inspired                   C．warm                            D．relaxed

【2011·重庆主城八区调研】

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。

Michael O’her lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship. The father believed in encouragement.

Though Michael was the    36    of the class when he entered high school, his    37    continued to encourage him, but also made it very clear that he did not have to play    38    if he didn’t want to.

However, Michael loved football and was    39    to try his best at every practice. All through high school, he never    40    a practice or a game, but remained a bench warmer(替补队员) all four years. His    41    father was always in the stands, with words of    42    for him.

It was the end of the football season, and as Michael ran slowly onto the practice field shortly    43    the big final game, the coach met him with a telegram. Michael    44    the telegram and became deathly silent—his father died that morning, and the sad man left for    45    immediately.

In the third quarter, when the team was ten points    46   , a silent young man eagerly    47    onto the sidelines. The coach and his players were shocked to see their team-mate back so    48   .

“Coach, please let me    49   . I have to play today,” said Michael. Feeling sorry for him, the coach    50   . Before long, nobody could believe their eyes. This small bench warmer played like a(n)    51   . He helped his team win finally.

When the team was cheering for their    52   , Michael was sitting in the corner all alone. The coach came to him and said, “You were fantastic! Tell me    53    you did it?”

Tears in eyes, Michael said, “Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know he was blind?” He    54    a smile, “Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could    55    me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!”

36. A. strongest            B. smallest         C. biggest          D. youngest

37. A. coach                B. players          C. classmates           D. father

38. A. football             B. games                C. practices            D. basketball

39. A. required             B. determined           C. satisfied            D. reminded

40. A. failed               B. lost             C. missed               D. won

41. A. sympathetic          B. upset                C. faithful         D. optimistic

42. A. encouragement        B. judgment         C. wisdom           D. amusement

43. A. after                B. since                C. towards          D. before

44. A. went through         B. turned over          C. got over         D. tore up

45. A. school               B. home             C. field                D. class

46. A. ahead                B. beside               C. behind               D. away

47. A. walked               B. ran              C. stepped          D. slipped

48. A. quietly              B. sadly                C. punctually           D. soon

49. A. go                   B. fight                C. work             D. play

50. A. left                 B. refused          C. agreed               D. cried

51. A. star             B. son              C. amateur          D. trainer

52. A. victory              B. award                C. memorial         D. unity

53. A. why              B. when             C. where                D. how

54. A. spread               B. skipped          C. forced               D. stopped

55. A. hear                           B. see                           C. feel                          D. make

【2011·辽宁锦州市质检三】

完形填空（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。

Jerry is a restaurant manager who is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say.

One day I went up to Jerry and asked him, “I don’t get   36  ! You can’t be a   37   person all of the time. How do you do it?” Jerry replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself you have two   38   today. You can choose to be in a good mood   39   you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood. It’s your choice   40   you live life.”

Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never   41   to do in the restaurant business…. He   42   the back door open one morning and was held up at   43   point by three armed robbers. He was shot by them while trying to fight back.   44  , Jerry was found relatively quickly and   45   to the local trauma(外伤) center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released   46   the hospital with fragments of the bullets   47   in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the   48  . Jerry told me something happening in the ER( 急诊室). He said, “… the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the   49   on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really   50  . In their eyes, I   51   ‘he’s a dead man.’ I knew I needed to take   52  .” “What did you do?’ I asked. “Well, there was a nurse shouting questions at me,” said Jerry. “She asked   53   I was allergic to anything. ‘Yes,’ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘BULLETS!’ Over their   54  , I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead’.” Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.

Attitude,   55  , is everything.

36. A. that             B. those                 C. one                          D. it

37. A. brave           B. good                 C. positive                    D. bad

38. A. causes         B. choices             C. things                      D. goals

39. A. and              B. or                     C. but                          D. then

40. A. how            B. what                 C. that                          D. when

41. A. supposed     B. expected            C. encouraged        D. suggested

42. A. came           B. left                    C. broke                       D. knocked

43. A. sword          B. stick                 C. arrow                      D. gun

44. A. Hopefully     B. Delightedly C. Luckily                 D. Disappointedly

45. A. pushed         B. rushed        C. stepped                 D. followed

46. A. to                B. towards             C. from                        D. down

47. A. even            B. ever                  C. once                        D. still

48. A. trouble         B. accident            C. difficulty                  D. trick

49. A. expressions  B. smiles               C. cries                        D. tears

50. A. attracted      B. touched             C. scared                      D. warned

51. A. mix             B. hope                 C. ask                          D. read

52. A. care             B. action                C. turns                        D. apart

53. A. what         B. that                   C. if                             D. why

54. A. laughter       B. disappointment   C. excitement                D. joy

55. A. after all B. at all                  C. in all                        D. for all