Question

完型填空題

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30）

Have you just been fired? Don’t worry. Cheer yourself up and send your  36   . Perhaps another much better opportunity is awaiting you.  37   sometimes you don’t realize it, you are asking to be fired.

    Dan Zawacki was a happy camper, selling computers for Honeywell. One holiday he was   38  creative gifts and then a good idea  39  him---- selling dinner live lobsters(龍蝦) to his favorite customers. He  40  them himself with butter and put them in the trunk of his car between the computers and started delivering. It was a huge  41  . As a result, one of his customers   42  they go into the lobster business together. Dan laughed. Still, this landlocked computer salesman  43  get the idea of lobsters out of his   44   . Why not turn this into a hobby and  45  a few extra dollar? While on a job assignment in Chicago, he  46  a local radio station to give him a few ads in  47  for lobster. Unfortunately, his boss’s boss heard his prize salesman  48  lobster, not computers. No surprised. Dan was let go. After  49   the company’s car, he started to think maybe this was a  50  . Playing with his phone that night, Dan tried dialing 1-800-LIVE-LOB. The number was   51  , and Dan the lobsterman was born. Today, 20years later, Dan is still selling dinners, through his company, Lobster Gram. And he couldn’t be  52  .

   Many of the fired people found ways back to fulfilling   53   and learned the pain and humiliation(羞辱) are  54   . So do not be afraid to move   55   and try your wings. Gather your support system. Persevere! Firing doesn’t mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.

36. A. dreams             B. wings                           C. needs                     D. minds

37. A. Because            B. When                           C. Though                  D. If

38. A. searching for     B. making up                     C. giving away           D. thinking up

39. A. came about       B. took place                     C. went on                  D. came to

40. A. packaged                 B. sold                              C. tied                       D. placed

41. A. matter             B. business                            C. failure                   D. success

42. A.said                   B. thought                         C. suggested                D. hoped

43. A. couldn’t           B. mustn’t                         C. shouldn’t               D. wouldn’t

44. A. heart                 B. mind                            C. head                     D. hand 

45. A. make                       B. get                                      C. gather                    D. spend

46. A. permitted                 B. hoped                          C. persuaded               D. suggested

47. A. change              B. exchange                       C. place                     D. need

48. A. hunting            B. seeking                         C. collecting               D. selling

49. A. selling              B. paying                           C. returning                       D. using

50. A. thing                B. sign                              C. pity                      D. please

51. A.wrong              B. right                            C. free                       D. available

52. A. happier             B. worse                           C. lower                     D. higher

53. A. jobs                        B. wishes                          C. careers                   D. promises

54. A. short                B.long                              C. forever                  D. temporary（臨時）

55. A. back                 B. on                                C. in                          D. away

Answer 1

36—40BCDDA41—45DCABA  46—50 CBDCB 51—55 DACDB