第二节：完形填空{共20小题．每小题1．5分．满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项．
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers，I often want to cut and keep it．But just as I am about to do so，I find the article on the 36 side is as much interesting．It may be a discussion of the way to 37 in good health，or advice about how to 38 and conduct yourself in society．If I cut the front articles，the opposite one is likely to suffer 39，leaving one half of it or keeping the text 40 the title．Therefore，the scissors（剪刀）would stay before they start，41 the cutting would be halfway done when I find out the 42 result．
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time，both worth your43．You can only take up one of them；the other has to wait or be 44 up．But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not 45 you to do what is left behind．Thus you are 46 in a difficult position and feel sad．How come nice 47 and clever ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 48 greatly on your preference of your one choice to the other．
In fact, that is what49 is like；we are often 50 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable（引人的）51 a newspaper cutting．It often occurs that our attention is drawn to the thing only 52 we get into another．The 53may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind．I54 remember a philosopher’s remarks：“When one door shuts，another opens in life．”So a casual（不经意的）55 may not be a bad one．
36．A．same B．opposite C．either D．front
37．A．get B．bring C．1ead D．keep
38．A．do B．help C．1ead D．dress
39．A．damage B．destroy C．hurt D．injury
40．A．on B．for C．without D．off
41．A．or B．but C．so D．for
42．A．satisfying B．regrettable C．surprising D．impossible
43．A．courage B．patience C．strength D．attention
44．A．given B．picked C．held D．made
45．A．persuade B．agree C．allow D．tell
46．A．filled B．struck C．caught D．attracted
47．A．chances B．conditions C．wishes D．ways
48．A．progresses B．goes C．changes D．improves
49．A．study B．1ife C．society D．nature
50．A．supplied B．connected C．fixed D．faced
51．A．to B．1ike C．as D．by
52．A．as B．until C．before D．after
53．A．following B．former C．above D．next
54．A．still B．also C．almost D．once
55．A．treatment B．action C．choice D．remark
—How come you are late for school again，Bob?
—_____ ．
A．Because I missed the bus B．By bus and then on foot
C．I can’t agree more D．It’s quite wrong
Our English teacher devoted herself____ to her teaching and it earned her a good
reputation in our school．
A．strongly B．extremely C．entirely D．freely
—Which type of car do you like better?
— ______．They are both expensive and high emission（高排量）．
A．None B．Either C．Neither D．Both
The 2010 World Cup will be held in South Africa，and no one can ____ which country will be the champion．
A．fancy B．estimate C．value D．predict
It matters little____ a teacher looks like but____ matters much is how a teacher
teaches his／her students．
A．how；what B．how；it C．what；what D．what；it
