完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
I have decided to test myself every day in a different way. Today’s test: practice the art of 41 . It is something so simple, but so 42 to those who need a kind heart and a good listener. Sometimes, we all need someone to listen to us with no 43 . We just want to be heard. 44 , I really made sure that I listened to everyone who spoke to me throughout the day, 45 I was busy.
As I was 46 in the break room today, I had a conversation with a colleague I 47 talked to. She always looked like a(n) 48 lady, but today she seemed very troubled. So I sat down with my lunch and jut listened. She told me about her unlucky 49 who was killed in a car crash last year, and her 50 daughter who struggled with pain every day. I listened and made her 51 much better. At the end of the 52 , I gave the single mother a big warm hug and told her how 53 she was. Of course, we 54 friends after our first talk.
What an inspiration she is! 55 with so many difficulties and frustrations, she still comes to work with a positive attitude, a 56 to succeed and a big smile every day.
I believe everyone 57 a ray of sunshine in their life, someone that will give them a big warm 58 and say, “You’re amazing!” I hope I can always get need like this met.
I am a dreamer, but I move forward while I dream. My dream is to 59 happiness. Tomorrow, I will write “You are beautiful! :)” on small cards, hide them everywhere, and make those I work with 60 them by chance and with joy.
1. A.listening B.speaking C.reading D.writing
2. A.complex B.funny C.common D.important
3. A.doubt B.concern C.opinions D.answers
4. A.However B.Therefore C.Besides D.Afterwards
5. A.if B.while C.because D.even though
6. A.drinking B.kidding C.sitting D.lying
7. A.never B.seldom C.always D.sometimes
8. A.lucky B.positive C.humorous D.outgoing
9. A.mother B.father C.husband D.son
10. A.sick B.lazy C.careless D.naughty
11. A.eat B.feel C.behave D.recover
12. A.day B.test C.lunch D.conversation
13. A.kind B.beautiful C.amazing D.hard-working
14. A.helped B.became C.encouraged D.comforted
15. A.Faced B.Shocked C.Confused D.Defeated
16. A.way B.will C.duty D.chance
17. A.has B.deserves C.appreciates D.needs
18. A.hand B.welcome C.hug D.home
19. A.share B.seek C.enjoy D.spread
20. A.find B.open C.receive D.read
---You have to believe in yourself. No one else will, if you don't.
---______. Confidence is really important.
A.It's not my cup of tea B.That's not the point
C.I don't think so D.I couldn't agree more
Kathy ______ a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.
A.picked up B.look up C.made up D.turned up
Everything was placed exactly ______ he wanted it for the graduation ceremony.
A.while B.when C.where D.though
The three of us ______ around Europe for about a month last summer.
A.traveled B.have traveled C.had traveled D.travel
Experiments of this kind _______in both the U.S. and Europe well before the Second World War started.
A.have conducted B.have been conducted
C.had conducted D.had been conducted