完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。
There are going to be moments in life when you must make very important decisions. You will find many people  36  to offer you advice if you ask for it (and even if you don’t), but always remember that the life you  37  is yours and nobody else’s. It’s important to decide for yourself what’s important to you and what you want before you   38   others. Because while there will be times  39  outside advice proves wise, there will be at least as many times when it proves completely  40 . The only way to really evaluate other folks’ advice is to first learn everything that you can about whatever challenge you are  41 . Once you’ve done that, in most cases you should be able to make a wise decision  42   anyway.
You were   43   with the ability to decide what is and what isn’t in your best interest. Most of the time, you will make the right decision and  44  the appropriate actions, and in thinking for yourself, you will become far more successful than if you had gone
against your own   45  .
Early on in my investment career, I made the mistake of  46  a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the   47   necessary to make a wise decision. It wasn’t due to   48   on my part; no one could ever accuse me of that. But, being   49  to Wall Street, I intended to assume that my more senior  50  knew more than I did, and so I  51  too much significance to their opinions.
You know what happened? Each of those investments ended in  52  . Eventually I stopped allowing myself to be influenced by  53  and began doing the work myself and making my own decisions. It took me until I was almost 30 years old to  54   this—it’s never too late for a person to change his approach both to   55  and to life. 
36. A. easy                                   B. ready                               C. unwilling                         D. hard
37. A. lead                                    B. lend                                  C. take                                 D. earn
38. A. look at                      B. pick up                   C. turn to                   D. learn from
39. A. that                                    B. since                                C. when                               D. while
40. A. useless                     B. useful                              C. priceless                         D. clever
41. A. getting                     B. making                            C. suffering                         D. facing
42. A. on one hand            B. on your own                   C. on the whole                 D. on all sides
43. A. born                                   B. tired                                 C. satisfied                          D. covered
44. A. enjoy                                  B. step                                 C. plan                                  D. take
45. A. assumption                      B. judgment                        C. condition                        D. fortune
46. A. basing                                B. depending                      C. relying                    D. focusing
47. A. research                           B. search                    C. resources                       D. activity
48. A. poverty                    B. laziness                           C. fear                                  D. diligence
49. A. used                                   B. accustomed                   C. new                                  D. old
50. A. students                           B. brothers                         C. colleagues                      D. classmates
51. A. owed                                  B. paid                                  C. gave                                 D. held
52. A. disaster                   B. progress                         C. failure                    D. success
53. A. either                                 B. another                           C. each                                 D. others
54. A. think                                   B. remember                      C. realize                             D. recall
55. A. payment                           B. dreams                           C. happiness                       D. business

Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.

      A. As a result     B. By the way      C. On the whole    D. In a word

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。

    There are going to be moments in life when you must make very important decisions. You will find many people   36   to offer you advice if you ask for it (and even if you don’t), but always remember that the life you   37   is yours and nobody else’s. It’s important to decide for yourself what’s important to you and what you want before you   38   others. Because while there will be times   39   outside advice proves wise, there will be at least as many times when it proves completely   40  . The only way to really evaluate other folks’ advice is to first learn everything that you can about whatever challenge you are   41  . Once you’ve done that, in most cases you should be able to make a wise decision   42   anyway.

You were   43   with the ability to decide what is and what isn’t in your best interest. Most of the time, you will make the right decision and   44   the appropriate actions, and in thinking for yourself, you will become far more successful than if you had gone

against your own   45  .

Early on in my investment career, I made the mistake of   46   a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the   47   necessary to make a wise decision. It wasn’t due to   48   on my part; no one could ever accuse me of that. But, being   49   to Wall Street, I intended to assume that my more senior   50   knew more than I did, and so I   51   too much significance to their opinions.

You know what happened? Each of those investments ended in   52  . Eventually I stopped allowing myself to be influenced by   53   and began doing the work myself and making my own decisions. It took me until I was almost 30 years old to   54   this—it’s never too late for a person to change his approach both to   55   and to life. 

36. A. easy                                   B. ready                               C. unwilling                         D. hard

37. A. lead                                    B. lend                                  C. take                                 D. earn

38. A. look at                      B. pick up                   C. turn to                   D. learn from

39. A. that                                    B. since                                C. when                               D. while

40. A. useless                     B. useful                              C. priceless                         D. clever

41. A. getting                     B. making                            C. suffering                         D. facing

42. A. on one hand            B. on your own                   C. on the whole                 D. on all sides

43. A. born                                   B. tired                                 C. satisfied                          D. covered

44. A. enjoy                                  B. step                                 C. plan                                  D. take

45. A. assumption                      B. judgment                        C. condition                        D. fortune

46. A. basing                                B. depending                      C. relying                    D. focusing

47. A. research                           B. search                    C. resources                       D. activity

48. A. poverty                    B. laziness                           C. fear                                  D. diligence

49. A. used                                   B. accustomed                   C. new                                  D. old

50. A. students                           B. brothers                         C. colleagues                      D. classmates

51. A. owed                                  B. paid                                  C. gave                                 D. held

52. A. disaster                   B. progress                         C. failure                    D. success

53. A. either                                 B. another                           C. each                                 D. others

54. A. think                                   B. remember                      C. realize                             D. recall

55. A. payment                           B. dreams                           C. happiness                       D. business

Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.

　　A. As a result     B. By the way

　　C. On the whole    D. In a word

Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.

   A. As a result     B. By the way

   C. On the whole    D. In a word