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完形填空：

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1--20题中所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

On a cold winter day, I waited in line to see my hero, Jack Canfield, the author of The Success Principles. During his talk, Jack    his wallet, pulled out a hundred-dollar bill, and said, “Who wants this?”  shot up in the audience. People leaned forward to see whom Jack would     . But I jumped up, ran to the        , and caught the bill. As I turned and      the audience, thoughts raced through my mind----was I about to be humiliated (羞辱) in front of 800 people? Would they       security guards and take me away from the stage?      my desire for the money was louder than any       voice. When I got the bill from his hand, he said, “That’s it! We can’t wait for the       to come to us. We must take action to      what we want!”

After his talk, 1 managed to formally meet Jack and bravely asked for his     email address. Over the next months, I sent him emails    my dreams to him. He kindly emailed back lots of encouragement. But I was    with other things. I stopped e-mailing Jack.

A year later, my dreams were broken. I thought Jack would      me to take action, like a huge arrow that would show me the way.

I emailed him, and then again----but got no       . As I sat down at my computer to check my emails, I    woke up. What was I doing? I was waiting! Now I remembered the crowd      the money, but they just sat on their chairs       .

Usually we all have a “Jack” for whom we wait----whether it’s a person, a place or a thing. We      believe the gifts of life are just around the corner, and that everything will come in a(n)       way. So we don’t try. We give up. But as Jack said: “You’ll always miss 100% of the opportunities you don’t take!” So I stopped waiting and started my writing career. Now what are you waiting for?

1.A. reached for  B. put away   C. threw away    D. handed in

2.A. Shoulders  B. Shouts      C. Hands         D. Heads

3.A. offer       B. greet       C. ask           D. choose

4.A. door          B. audience    C. stage        D. chair

5.A. faced         B. ran         C. went          D. left

6.A. ask           B. call       C. demand        D. order

7.A. And          B. So         C. But           D. Or

8.A. careful       B. doubtful C. meaningful    D. helpful

9.A. opportunities B. dollars    C. results       D. aims

10.A. consider    B. accept     C. discover     D. seize

11.A. official     B. original    C. personal     D. secret

12.A. announcing  B. admitting  C. supplying    D. describing

13.A. satisfied B. busy        C. disappointed  D. patient

14.A. inspire      B. beg         C. forbid       D. allow

15.A. news         B. notice      C. response     D. understanding

16.A. absolutely   B. suddenly    C. hardly        D. nearly

17.A. desiring     B. ignoring    C. earning      D. refusing

18.A. firmly       B. gracefully C. willingly    D. excitedly

19.A. sincerely    B. honestly    C. mistakenly   D. obviously

20.A. difficult    B. surprising C. different    D. natural

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述作者参加成功人士Jack讲座的一次难忘经历，以及与Jack交往的经历，说明一个人生哲理：生活中，机会稍纵即逝，不要等待机会降临，要及时行动。

1.A 考查动词辨析。根据下文他从钱包里拿出支票，可以推断他伸手去拿钱包。A. reached for伸手去拿；B. put away收起；C. threw away扔；D. handed in上交。故选A项。

2.C考查上下文联系。他拿出钞票问谁想要，和下文People leaned forward人们向前探着身子，可以得知，听到问话，人们举起手。故选C项。

3.D 考查动词辨析。A. offer提供；B. greet问候；C. ask问；D. choose挑选。人们探着身子看看Jack会选谁。故选D项。

4.C考查上下文联系。A. door门；B. audience观众；C. stage舞台；D. chair椅子。根据I jumped up, 可知是向高处，和27空前的the stage可知，我跳上舞台。故选C项。

5.A考查动词辨析。 A. faced面对；B. ran跑；C. went去；D. left离开。句意：我转过身，面对观众。故选A项。

6.B考查动词辨析。A. ask问；B. call 叫；C. demand 要求；D. order命令。我跳上舞台后，担心他们会不会叫保安把我带走。故选B项。

7.C考查连词辨析。尽管有种种顾虑，但是我非常想要那张钞票。与上句是转折关系，故选C项。

8.B考查形容词辨析。 A. careful 仔细的；B. doubtful怀疑的；C. meaningful 有意义的；D. helpful有用的。作者虽然有种种疑虑，但是想要那张钞票的愿望战胜了其他怀疑的声音。故选B项。

9.A 考查名词辨析。A. opportunities机会；B. dollars美元；C. results结果；D. aims目标。当作者从Jack手中接过钱，Jack说：我们不能等机会自己找上门来。故选A项。

10.

句意：我们必须行动起来，抓住我们想要的。故选D项。

11.C 考查形容词辨析。A. official官方的；B. original原始的；C. personal个人的；D. secret秘密的。通过下文I sent him emails我给他发邮件，可以看出，作者要来了Jack的私人邮箱地址。故选C项。

12.D考查动词辨析。A. announcing宣布；B. admitting承认；C. supplying 提供；D. describing描述。作者发邮件描述自己的梦想。故选D项。

13.B考查形容词辨析。 A. satisfied满意的；B. busy忙碌的；C. disappointed失望的；D. patient有耐心的。因为忙于其他的事情，我不再和Jack联系。be busy with sth/ be busy doing sth忙于……. 故选B项。

14.A考查动词辨析。A. inspire激励；B. beg乞求；C. forbid禁止；D. allow允许。句意：一年后，我的梦想破灭。我以为Jack会像当年那样，激励我采取行动。故选A项。

15.C考查动词辨析。A. news消息；B. notice通知C. Response回复；D. understanding理解。我与Jack再次联系，但是他没有回复。故选C项。

16.B考查副词辨析。A. absolutely绝对地；B. suddenly突然地；C. hardly几乎不；D. nearly将近。句意：我坐在电脑前检查邮件，突然醒悟。故选B项。

17.A考查动词辨析。A. desiring渴望，想要；B. ignoring 忽视；C. earning挣钱；D. refusing拒绝。我回想起那些想要钞票的人们。上文提到人们举起手，说明他们想要钞票。故选A项。

18.A考查副词辨析。A. firmly稳固地；B. Gracefully优雅地；C. willingly乐意地；D. excitedly激动地。那些想要钞票的人只是稳稳地坐在椅子上。故选A项。

19.C考查副词辨析。A. sincerely忠诚地；B. honestly诚实地；C. mistakenly错误地；D. obviously显然。根据下文So we don’t try. We give up我们不去尝试，我们放弃。可以看出the gifts of life are just around the corner认为机会即将降临是错误的看法。故选C项。

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考点：人生哲理类阅读。