第二节 完形填空 (共20小题, 每小题1分, 满分20分)
Nearly thirty years ago, I went rock climbing for the first time with a group in New Mexico. It sounded exciting and 31 ! Anyone who has ever climbed knows that you can easily 32 where there is no place to go, or so. It seems you’re stuck. But 33 is not an option. You cannot just stand there and feel 34 for yourself. You cannot go back down, so you are 35 to become solution minded.
I held on for dear life that day, on my first climb, 36 about three quarters of the way to the top. It seemed that there was no place to go, and 37 to put my hands or feet so that I could 38 upward. But after a few minutes had passed I realized that I had to do 39 . I began to look again for a(n) 40 . I then noticed a 41 sticking out, which I might be able to grab with my hands and 42 myself up to where I could have a small foothold. I called to the instructor at the top and asked him if that rock would hold my 43 if I pulled myself up. I can 44 remember his answer, “I don’t know. Why don’t you try it and see?”
In life we many times feel “stuck”. We wonder how we got into the 45 that we are presently in. It is in those times that we need to be careful about how we define(定义)it. Have we failed, 46 is it just a setback?
Setbacks, adversity(逆境), or being stuck is never an indication that you are a 47 unless you decide that those things define your life as a failure. For people looking for a(n) 48 to be a failure, there are always plenty to choose from. But if you want your life to be successful, setbacks, adversity and being stuck are 49 stepping-stones to your success. Success minded people 50 those kinds of things for what they really are. They know that for them, they are only temporary.
31. A. amusing B. challenging C. boring D. surprising
32. A. put away B. take up C. end up D. lead to
33. A. searching B. regretting C. refusing D. quitting
34. A. sorry B. free C. amazed D. surprised
35. A. unlikely B. forced C. asked D. bound
36. A. shocked B. stuck C. suffered D. struck
37. A. nowhere B. somewhere C. anywhere D. wherever
38. A. continue B. improve C. promote D. enjoy
39. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
40. A. attention B. appreciation C. solution D. expectation
41. A. track B. sign C. tree D. rock
42. A. turn B. push C. pull D. build
43. A. quantity B. feet C. weight D. burden
44. A. still B. never C. hardly D. ever
45. A. destination B. situation C. location D. occasion
46. A. however B. otherwise C. or D. yet
47. A. learner B. failure C. thinker D. winner
48. A. signal B. excuse C. comment D. imagine
49. A. easily B. hardly C. simply D. nearly
50. A. develop B. deserve C. promise D. accept
30. -How did you find your visit to the Olympic Park, Tom?
- .
A. By taking a No 3 bus. B. I want there alone
C. Oh, wonderful indeed D. A boy showed me the way
29. I don’t think Maria will be disappointed at the news, but I will see her she is.
A. as if B. so that C. in case D. even though
28. -We didn’t find the Blacks the lecture.
-No one had told them about a lecture the following day.
A. to attend; there to be B. attending; there being
C. attended; there be D. attend; there was
27. If only he quietly as the doctor instructed, he wouldn’t suffer so much now.
A. lies B. lay C. should lie D. had lain
26. Every one of us in the hospital hoped that he after a few days’ treatment.
A. picked up B. made up C. took up D. looked up
25. I planned to tell her a lie, but my mother so easily.
A. went through it B. passed it through C. saw it through D. looked through it
24. My camera can be to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions.
A. adapted B. adjusted C. fit D. revised
23. We will only discuss such problems something to do with our own interests.
A. that have B. as have C. which has D. as has
22. -What do you think of Tom Williams?
-He is one of kind of persons who can give you hand whenever you’re in trouble.
A. the; the B. a; a C. a; the D. the; a
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