第二节: 完形填空 (共 20 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分 20 分)
请阅读下面短文, 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。
I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel’s books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on. The stories of his unconventional 36 and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so 37 to me and had such a big 38 on how I saw life from then on.Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to 39 my own cancer experience?
I’m an ambitious 40, and when I started going through chemo (化疗) , even though I’m a very 41 person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the 42 . One day,while waiting to go in for 43 , I had one of Dr. Bernie’s books in my hand. Another patient 44 what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me 45 he had one of his books with him as well. It 46 that among other things, he was an eighty-year-old writer. He was47 a published author, and he was currently 48 on a new book.
We would see each other at various times and 49 friends. Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell myself, he was definitely a(n) 50 of Dr. Bernie. He really put a 51 on my face.He unfortunately 52last year due to his cancer, 53 he left a deep impression on me and gave me the 54 to pick up my pen again. I 55 to myself, “If he can do it, then so can I.”
36. A. tastes B. ideas C. notes D. memories
37. A. amazing B. shocking C. amusing D. strange
38. A. strike B. push C. challenge D. impact
39. A. learn from 40. A. reader 41. A. positive 42. A. mood 43. A. advice 44. A. viewed 45. A. while 46. A. came out 47. A. naturally 48. A. deciding B. go over C. get through D. refer to
B. writer C. editor D. doctor
B. agreeable C. humorous D. honest
B. position C. state D. way
B. reference C. protection D. treatment
B. knew C. noticed D. wondered
B. because C. although D. providing
B. worked out C. proved out D. turned out
B. merely C. hopefully D. actually
B. investing C. working D. relying
49. A. became B. helped C. missed D. visited
50. A. patient B. operator C. fan D. publisher
51. A. sign B. smile C. mark D. mask
52. A. showed up B. set off C. fell down D. passed away
53. A. since B. but C. so D. for
54. A. guidance B. trust C. opportunity D. inspiration
55. A. promised B. swore C. thought D. replied
36. B 37. A 38. D 39. C 40. B
41. A 42. A 43. D 44. C 45. B 46. D 47. D 48. C 49. A 50. C
51. B 52. D 53. B 54. D 55. C
