第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
We often talk about ourselves as if we have genetic defects (基因缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things 36 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe 37 .
These comments may come from stories about us that have been 38 for years. These stories may have no 39 in fact. But they can set 40 expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical (操作机械的) skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations 41 my development? I was never 42 to work on cars or be around tools. When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the 43 for the whole nation!
Six years later, 44 , I was working on my doctor’s degree. My professor, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did 45 and things I couldn’t do. On the 46 side, I took down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the other side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”
Bob asked me 47 I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 48 and told him about my 49 performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “Why is it that you can solve 50 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 51 from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 52 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 53 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that 54 we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can 55 in almost anything we choose.
36. A. away B. off C. up D. down
37. A. them B. myself C. yourself D. others
38. A. said B. spoken C. spread D. repeated
39. A. basis B. plot C. cause D. ending
40. A. high B. low C. general D. realistic
41. A. lead B. improve C. affect D. quicken
42. A. encouraged B. forced C. forbidden D. ordered
43. A. middle B. bottom C. front D. beginning
44. A. therefore B. moreover C. instead D. however
45. A. well B. badly C. carefully D. honestly
46. A. passive B. positive C. negative D. subjective
47. A. when B. where C. how D. whether
48. A. values B. styles C. experiences D. goals
49. A. unexpected B. poor C. excellent D. average
50. A. complex B. special C. common D. primary
51. A. arise B. separate C. come D. suffer
52. A. believe B. suspect C. drop D. resist
53. A. weakening B. abandoning C. strengthening D. accepting
54. A. as B. though C. unless D. if
55. A. compete B. cooperate C. fight D. succeed
—Have you heard that Jay Chou is to perform in the Capital Stadium next month?
—Of course. All his fans are _______ at the exciting news.
A. green with envy B. over the moon
C. feeling blue D. hot under the collar
. —I’d rather you _______ my party in Shangri-la Hotel.
—Sorry, it was my wife who stopped me, otherwise …
A. had attended B. attended C. would attended D. could attend
—It’s amazing that an Australian girl sailed round the world alone in about 200 days.
—That’s an inspiring story. Her courage is really _______.
A. unbearable B. independent C. admirable D. enthusiastic
When asked how to revise the plan, he _______ his own opinions and suggestions.
A. held up B. turned out C. took on D. set out
The charity organization has launched a TV appeal _______ people should do as much as they could to help those survivors in the earthquake.
A. what B. when C. that D. where
