完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Once upon a time there was a group of tiny frogs that held a running competition. The 21___ was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd had 22__ around the tower to see the race and cheer on the 23__ .
The race began, 24__ , no one in the crowd really 25__ that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower. You heard 26__ such as, “They will never 27__ it to the top.” or “There is no 28__ that they will succeed. The tower is too high!”
The tiny frogs began 29__ , one by one, except for those who were climbing 30__ in different paces.
The crowd continued to yell, “It’s too difficult! 31_ will make it!”
32__ tiny frogs got tired and gave up, 33__ one continued higher and higher.
34___ , everyone else had given up climbing the tower, except for one tiny frog. After a lot of 35__ , he was the only one who reached the top! Then all the other tiny frogs 36__ wanted to know how this one frog 37__ to do it?
A competitor asked the tiny frog how he had found the 38__ to succeed and reach the goal. It turned out that the winner was 39__ !
Never listen to other people’s tendencies to be negative or pessimistic…because they 40__ your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you--- the one you have in your heart!
1. A. wish B. goal C. plan D. idea
2. A. looked B. walked C. turned D. gathered
3. A. competitors B. holders C. actors D. performers
4. A. Generally B. Probably C. Actually D. Basically
5. A. wondered B. believed C. guessed D. hoped
6. A. statements B. conclusions C. arguments D. explanations
7. A. achieve B. spot C. encourage D. make
8. A. problem B. chance C. doubt D. favor
9. A. giving up B. cheering up C. escaping D. settling down
10. A. faster and faster B. higher and higher
C. farther and farther D. stronger and stronger
11. A. No one B. Everyone C. Anyone D. Someone
12. A. Fewer B. Less C. More D. Larger
13. A. and B. but C. so D. or
14. A. At the same time B. At each time C. At no time D. In the end
15. A. step B. attempt C. effort D. jump 16. A. naturally B. weightlessly C. sadly D. strangely
17.A. managed B. planed C. intended D. started 18. A. energy B. force C. strength D. power
19. A. deaf B. violent C. foolish D. religious
20. A. send B. pass C. keep D. take
_______ parents say and do has a life-long effect on their children.
A. That B. Which C. What D. As
His illness ________ his absence．So don’t scold him．
A．showed B．accounts for C．explains D．gives out
The teacher went into the classroom, ________the boy_________ outside．
A．1eft；standing B．1eaving；standing C．1eft；stand D．1eaving；stand
Success always comes after many___________ ，in other words，___ is the mother of Success．
A．failures；failure B．failure；a failure C．failure：failure D．failures；a failure
______we can’t get seems better than _______we have.
A. What; what B. What; that C. That; that D. That; what
