Question

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、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Mitchell once had a very serious car accident. More than 65 percent of his  36  was burnt. He was unable to   37  a knife at dinner, or go to the bathroom without  38 . But Mitchell never believed he was    39 . “I am in charge of my own spaceship,” he said. “It’s my up or my down. I could   40   to see this situation as a defeat   41  a starting point.” Six months later Mitchell bought himself a plane and he was piloting it   42 .

Later he  43  with two friends and founded a food company that   44  to be Vermont’s second largest food company. Then four years   45  the car accident, the plane Mitchell was piloting crashed. The accident made Mitchell unable to walk anymore. “I   46  what was happening to me. What did I do to get this?”

Mitchell worked   47  day and night to regain as much independence as possible. He was elected Mayor of Crested Butte, Colorado. He   48  the town from mineral mining that would   49  its beauty and environment.

Although he had   50 looks and physical difficulties, Mitchell   51  flying and speaking in public. “Before I   52  walk, there were 10,000 things I could do,” Mitchell says, “Now there are 9,000. I can   53  cry for the 1,000 I lost or focus on the 9,000 I have. I tell people that I have had two big bad lucks in my life.   54  you think you also have bad lucks, you can step back, take a   55   view and have a chance to say, ‘Maybe that isn’t such a big deal after all.’ It’s not what happens to you; it’s what you do about it,”

36.	A. car	B. hand	C. head	D. body
37.	A. put up	B. take up	C. pick up	D. set up
38.	A. help	B. strength	C. spirit	D. pain
39.	A. burnt	B. defeated	C. touched	D. hurt
40.	A. choose	B. learn	C. come	D. manage
41.	A. and	B. but	C. or	D. so
42.	A. yet	B. again	C. ever	D. too
43.	A. appeared	B. cheered up	C. practiced	D. teamed up
44.	A. seemed	B. grew	C. happened	D. hoped
45.	A. after	B. before	C. till	D. from
46.	A. understand	B. asked	C. wondered	D. realized
47.	A. sadly	B. bravely	C. proudly	D. kindly
48.	A. took	B. accepted	C. changed	D. saved
49.	A. ruin	B. produce	C. attract	D. serve
50.	A. amusing	B. charming	C. shocking	D. moving
51.	A. stopped	B. continued	C. began	D. tried
52.	A. could	B. couldn’t	C. must	D. mustn’t
53.	A. only	B. still	C. thus	D. either
54.	A. Though	B. Unless	C. When	D. Since
55.	A. bigger	B. wider	C. louder	D. deeper

Answer

36—40  DCABA   41—45  CBDBA  46—50  CBDAC  51—55  BBDCB

【解析】略