第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
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Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved.That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she enterd our home in rural Virginia. My father__36__me to her with these words:“I would like you to meet the fellow who is___37  for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no ___38  than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, ___39  my head slightly upward,and looked me right in the eye.Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are ___40  .This is not the worst boy at all, ___41   the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a(n) ___42   between us.No one had ever called me smart,My family and neighbors had built me up in my ___43   as a bad boy . My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things.She ___44   my father to go to a dental school,from which he graduated with honors.She moved our family into the county srat,where my father’s career could be more ___45   and my brother and I could be better___46   .
When I turned fourteen,she bought me a secondhand___47   and told me that she believed that I could become a writer.I knew her ernthusiasm,I___48
it had alreadly improved our lives.I accepted her ___49  and began to write for local newspapers.I was doing the same kind of___50   that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later.I wasn’t the ___51   beneficiary (受益者).My father became the ___52   man in town.My brother and stepbrthers became a physician,a dentist,a lawyer,and a college president.
What power __53  has!When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is ___54  strengthened by faith,it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ___55   .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it.This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
36.A.rushed          B.sent          C.carried       D.introduced
37.A.distinguished      B.favored       C.mistaken      D.rewarded
38. A.sooner          B.later         C.longer        D.earlier
39. A.dragged         B.shook        C.raised        D.bent
40. A.perfect          B.right         C.wrong        D.impolite
41. A.but             B.so           C.and          D.or
42. A.ageement        B.friendship     C.gap           D.relationship
43. A.opinion         B.image        C.espectation      D.mind
44. A.begged          B.persuaded     C.ordered        D.invited
45. A.successful       B.meaningful     C.helpful        D.useful
46. A.treared         B.entertained     C.educated       D.respected
47. A.cemera         B.radio         C.bicycle        D.typewriter
48. A.considered      B.suspected      C.ignored       D.appreciated
49. A.belief          B.request        C.criticism       D.description
50. A.teahing         B.writing        C.studying      D.reading
51. A.next           B.same          C.only         D.real
52. A.cleverest       B.wealthiest      C.strongest      D.bealthiest
53. A.ebthusiasm      B.sympathy       C.fortune       D.confidence
54. A.deliberately      B.happily        C.traditionally     D.constantly
55. A.win           B.match          C.reach         D.doubt

Robert Moody, 52, is an experienced police officer. Much of his work involves dealing with  41  —an gang (团伙)problems in the schools of his community. Knowing that many kids often   42   trouble, he decided to do something about it. So in 1991 he began to invite small groups of kids to go fishing with him on his day   43    .

Those fun trips had a(n) 44  impact. A chance encounter(偶遇) in 2000 proved that. One day,  45  working security at a school basketball game, Moody noticed two young guys   46   .He sensed trouble between them.  47   one of them headed toward Moody and gave him a hug.” I   48   you. You took me    49   when I was in fifth grade. That was one of the  50   days of my life .”

Deeply touched by the boy’s word, Moody decided to create a foundation（基金会）that  51  teenagers to the basics of fishing in camping programs. “As a policeman, I saw  52  there was violence, drugs were always behind it. They have a damaging  53  on the kids,” says Moody.

By turning kids on to fishing, he  54  to present an alternative way of life, “When you’re sitting there waiting for a  55  ,”he says, “you can’t help but talk to each other, and such  56  can be pretty deep.”

“Talking about drugs helped prepare me for the peer（同龄人）pressures in high school,” says Michelle, 17 who  57  the first program. “And I was able to help my little brother  58  drugs.”

Moody faces   59   in three years, when he hopes to run the foundation full-time.” I’m living a happy life and I have a responsibility to my   60   to give back,” Moody says.” If I teach a kid to fish today, he can teach his brother to fish tomorrow.”

A. drinking       B．drug       C．security        D．smoking

A. ran into        B．got over    C．left behind      D．looked into

A．ahead        B．away       C．off            D．out

A．immediate    B．damaging    C．limited        D．lasting

A．once         B．while       C．since          D．until

A．quarreling     B．complaining  C．talking       D．cheering

A．Slowly       B．Suddenly    C．Finally       D．Secretly

A．understand    B．hear        C. see           D．remember

A．fishing       B．sailing      C．boating       D. swimming．

A．quietest       B．longest     C．best          D．busiest

A．connects      B．introduces   C．reduces       D．commits

A．where        B．unless       C．as            D．whether

A．impression    B．burden      C．decision      D．impact

A．asked        B．intended      C．pretended     D．agreed

A．solution      B．change       C．bite          D．surprise

A．concerns      B．interests      C．conversations  D．emotions

A. participated in   B. worked out    C. approved of    D. made up

A. misuse         B. avoid         C. tolerate       D. test

A. unemployment   B. challenge     C. competition    D. retirement

A. team           B. school        C. family        D. community

The concept of solitude(独处) in the digital world is almost non-existent. In the world of digital technology, e-mail, social networking and online video games, information is meant to be ______. Solitude can be hard to discover ______it has been given up. In this respect, new technologies have ______our culture.

The desire to be connected has brought solitude to a(n)       as we've known it. People have become so      in the world of networks and connections that one can often be contacted      they'd rather not be. Today we can talk, text, e-mail, chat and blog (写博客), not only from our     , but from our mobile phones as well.

     Most developed nations have become       on digital technology simply because they've grown accustomed to it, and at this point not       it would make them an outsider.     , many jobs and careers require people to be      . From this point of view, technology has changed the culture of work. Being reachable might feel like a       to those who may not want to be able to be contacted at all times.

     I suppose the positive side is that solitude is still possible for anyone who       wants it. Computers can be shut       and mobile phones can be turned off. The ability to be "connected" and " on" has many     , as well as disadvantages. Travelers have ended up       on mountains, and mobile phones have saved countless lives. They can also make people feel       and forced to answer unwanted calls or     to unwanted texts.

     Attitudes towards our connectedness as a society       across generations. Some find today's technology a gift. Others consider it a curse. Regardless of anyone's view on the subject, it's hard to imagine what life would be like       daily advancements in technology.

1.A. updated    B. received       C. collected       D. shared

2.A. though      B. once            C. until    D. before

3.A. shaped       B. respected     C. ignored         D. preserved

4.A. edge          B. end      C. stage     D. balance

5.A. sensitive    B. intelligent      C. reachable     D. considerate

6.A. only if         B. even if         C. as if      D. if only

7.A. media        B. databases            C. monitors        D. computers

8.A. bent  B. dependent          C. hard     D. keen

9.A. finding     B. protecting     C. using    D. changing

10.A. Instead  B. Otherwise    C. Somehow      D. Also

11.A. trained    B. recommended     C. connected    D. interested

12.A. burden            B. pleasure       C. benefit D. disappointment

13.A. slightly     B. hardly         C. merely         D. really  　

14.A. down        B. out       C. up         D. in

15.A. aspects    B. weaknesses  C. exceptions    D. advantages 

16.A. lost  B. hidden          C. relaxed D. deserted

17.A. excited   B. confused       C. trapped        D. amused

18.A. turn B. reply     C. submit  D. object

19.A. arise       B. spread  C. vary      D. exist

20.A. without    B. beyond         C. within   D. despite 

We were driving along the village of Simdara. I  36  to my right and saw an old shelter 20 meters from the side of the road that appeared to be filled with  37 .

“Would you mind  38 ?”  I asked the driver Waris. “I think there is a(n)  39 .”

Waris laughed. “No, Greg, that’s actually a public toilet,” explained Waris and he kept  40 .

“But why are there so many kids? What are they doing there? We need to  41 ,” I insisted. The word caught Waris  42  and he stopped the car.

When we reached the shelter, to my surprise, it was  43  a toilet—or at least it had been at one time. The roof was gone now, and the four toilet pits (坑) had been  44  with old boards. There were 25 children between 4 and 5 years old, one  45 , and a wooden board against the wall.

Though having a tough learning environment, the students are quite  46  to chat with us about their class and curriculum (课程). After about ten minutes, the teacher  47  if we might like to see “the rest of the school”. We  48  and followed her up the hill.

Just over the top of the hill, there was an old tent. It was very  49  inside because nearly 100 students were packed like sardines (沙丁鱼). These students were a little  50  , fourth-, and sixth-graders, and all of them were sitting on the ground.  51  the teacher, they were doing extremely well —  52  most of them had no books, paper or even pencils.

We were forced to  53  to catch our plane. We were all  54  and decided to collect money to build a school for these children who had a hunger for  55 .

原创（十二）

       In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some   36    it highly, believing that it is   37   for social progress and prosperity. Others say that   38   is bad, that it sets one person against another; that it   39   unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children who held the   40   that their self-worth relied on how well they   41    at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and –death affairs.  In their single-minded   42   of success, the development of many other human qualities is   43   forgotten.

   44   , while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take a(n)   45   attitude. In a culture valuing only the winner and   46   to the ordinary players, they strongly   47   competition. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or   48   success.  By not trying, they always have a(n)   49  ：“I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter   50   I really didn’t try.”   51    , this belief is the same as    52   of the true competitors trying to prove themselves. Both are based on the   53   belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in    54   with others.  Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve（缓解）  55   a new meaning in competition.

36．A．benefit                   B．influences                     C．value                     D．impress

37．A．cheerful                 B．meaningful            C．comfortable           D．responsible

38．A．competition            B．ability                   C．knowledge             D．challenge

39．A．runs into            B．leads to                 C．comes from            D．begins with

40．A．promise               B．belief                    C．dream                   D．task

41．A．planned                 B．performed             C．delivered               D．practiced

42．A．pursuit                   B．memory                 C．behalf                   D．search

43．A．shyly                     B．cheerfully              C．sadly                     D．faithfully

44．A．Therefore               B．Meanwhile            C．However                   D．Afterwards

45．A．proper                    B．suitable                  C．confident              D．opposite

46．A．paying no attention        B．pays less attention        C．paid more attention D．pays no attention

47．A．excuse                   B．blame                    C．charge                   D．trust

48．A．enjoy                     B．apply                     C．receive                  D．achieve

49．A．opinion                  B．explanation           C．excuse                   D．reason

50．A．unless                    B．so                          C．while                     D．because

51．A．Firmly                   B．Naturally              C．Unfortunately       D．Clearly

52．A．that                      B．one                        C．it                           D．this

53．A．mistaken            B．different                C．single                    D．common

54．A．consequence           B．comparison           C．connection            D．common

55．A．we can discover       B．can we discover     C．can discover           D．we discover