In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _____.

A. admitted   B. acknowledged   C. absorbed  D. considered

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s __36__ filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so __37__ that I decided to write an article about her.

I __38__ Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She __39__ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I __40__ I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there __41__, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that __42__ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The __43__ was almost unbearable. I struggled for days __44__ draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn’t take long. My manuscript  __45__. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I __46__ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t __47__ the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While __48__ my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in __49__:

Dear Ms Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some __50__ materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to __51__ your story soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to __52__. Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of __53__ writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. Looking back on this __54__, I learned a very important lesson: You can’t __55__ to doubt yourself. 

1.A. joy                              B. voice                            C. speech                           D. smile

2.A. proud                        B. active                    C. satisfied                        D. moved       

3.A. visited                  B. emailed                     C. phoned                        D. interviewed

4.A. agreed                     B. refused                       C. hesitated                              D. paused

5.A. admitted                  B. discovered                 C. explained                      D. knew

6.A. seriously                   B. patiently                     C. nervously                    D. quietly

7.A. blaming                    B. fooling              C. inviting                         D. urging

8.A. hardship                  B. failure                          C. comment                        D. pressure

9. A. with                         B. by                                C. on                                  D. in

10.A. disappeared          B. returned                              C. spread                         D. improved

11.A. compare               B. struggle                               C. survive                          D. compete

12.A. ignore                     B. deliver                        C. face                                D. receive

13.A. decorating           B. repairing                     C. cleaning                       D. leaving

14.A. disbelief                 B. anxiety                            C. horror                           D. panic

15.A. subjective              B. relevant                     C. private                          D. reliable

16.A. broadcast              B. create                         C. publish                          D. assess

17.A. recover                        B. prepare                       C. escape                          D. concentrate

18.A. constant                  B. endless                         C. typical                             D. enjoyable

19.A. experience            B. success                        C. benefit                                D. accident

20.A. attempt             B. afford                            C. expect                     D. pretend

 

—Can I go to the cinema with you, Daddy?

    —Sorry, my darling, but the film is _________ for adults only.

    A. admitted         B. intended            

C. promised         D. permitted

 

The young engineer was ______ a gold cup because of his achievements for the company.

A. admitted         B. awarded         C. applied             D. accepted

 

第二节完形填空（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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Loving Kindness Is Twice Blessed

I felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn’t feel so   36   .

As I was sitting at my desk, I   37   it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend — a single, middle-aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her   38   .

Knowing that she doesn’t have family in town, I   39   to give her a call. Sure enough, she was on B-shift,    40    to work late into the evening, and wouldn’t have  41     of a birthday this year. As always,    42   , she sounded cheerful and was happy that I   43   .

After I hung up, I couldn’t   44   the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day.    45    feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought. I   46   gave in, and that evening set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons. My friend’s grateful smile and joyful surprise   47   me I’d done the right thing and were a generous   48   for the little effort it had taken.

When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a   49   friend on her birthday, but my own gloomy feelings had also disappeared. Making her day had   50    my own!

Isn’t that the way it is   51   we take the time and make the   52   to do something for someone else? It’s like the little saying, “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who   53   .”

Cheering up people on their birthdays isn’t the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with   54   to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to   55   . And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.

36. A. positive                     B. special                            C. nervous                    D. proud

37. A. explained            B. remembered             C. complained        D. informed

38. A. family                B. training                    C. school                      D. work

39. A. continued            B. decided                    C. agreed                      D. refused

40. A. prepared             B.surprised                   C. disappointed             D. bored

41. A. little                   B. many                       C. much                       D. few

42. A. therefore             B. besides                     C. though                            D. otherwise

43. A. admitted             B. apologized                C. succeeded                 D. called

44. A. experience          B. shake                       C. imagine                    D. understand

45. A. Almost               B. Even                        C. Never                      D. Still

46. A. finally                B. luckily                            C. unhappily                 D. hardly

47. A. promised            B. advised                    C. convinced                 D. reminded

48. A. response             B. contribution              C. reward                            D. share

49. A. careless               B. curious                     C. weak                        D. lonely

50. A. troubled                     B. made                       C. wasted                            D. taken

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

52. A. suggestion           B. friend                      C. call                          D. effort

53. A. tries                   B. receives                    C. expects                     D. cares

54. A. opportunities              B. dreams                    C. choices                     D. regrets

55.A. everyone             B. something                C. someone                   D. everything