I got many ____(礼物)on my birthday. 答案:【答案】gifts【解析】句意:我生日的时候得到了很多礼物。考查名词。空前many后面应该用可数名词的复数形式,故填gifts。第四节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合填入
对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
David grew up poor. He started
26 in the 7th grade and by high school he was only going to school
half days, leaving at 11 am to go to work.
Lack of money meant lack of
27 opportunities, but he had a 28 for
knowledge. In his 29 time he read books on human
development, vocabulary builders, 30 that he thought
would help him succeed 31 down the road.
He was a hard worker and rose above his
lack of higher education to produce decently for his family,
32 the factory life was taking it toll (造成伤害) on him
33 , emotionally, and spiritually. It was, in his mind,
34 him like a slow poison.
In 1995 he bought his first computer and a
few months later discovered the Internet. He wanted to be a part of it, and
worked 48 or more hours in the 35 and
worked 36 40 or more hours a week teaching
37 computer skills. He worked harder than he 38
had in his life, logging over 100 hours a week on many, many 39 .
David began applying for jobs in the
Internet and computer fields. He was shot down many times, but he
never 40 . he had a goal and kept after it even when he
didn’t feel like it because anything else seemed so 41
. That kind of drive and perseverance (坚持不懈) almost always pays off.
I’m 42 to say David
left the factory and took a job in the computer field. He beat out
college-educated applicants with 4-year degrees with his
43 skills.
This is a true story about
44 . It’s a story about believing yourself. It’s a story about finding
what you love to do and following your 45
.
26. A.
studying
B. working
C.
entering
D. playing
27. A. educational
B.
personal
C.
political
D. occasional
28. A.
way
B. hope
C. hunger
D. goal
29. A.
spare
B. part
C. own
D. school
30. A. something
B. everything
C.
anything
D. nothing
31. A. somewhere
B. everywhere
C. anywhere
D. nowhere
32. A.
and
B. so
C. yet
D. but
33. A. terribly
B. personally
C. heartedly
D. physically
34. A.
fighting
B. killing
C. murdering
D. butchering
35. A. factory
B. farm
C. school
D. family
36. A. other
B. the other
C. others
D. another
37. A. him
B. himself
C. themselves
D. others
38. A. even
B. ever
C. still
D. yet
39. A. positions
B. conditions
C. occasions
D. situations
40. A. gave up
B. gave in
C. gave away
D. gave out
41. A. helpful
B. hopeful
C. helpless
D. hopeless
42. A. sure
B. certain
C. sorry
D. happy
43. A. self-taught
B. self-assured
C. self-controlled
D. self-styled
44. A. failure
B. confidence
C. foundation
D. determination
45. A. ideas
B. ways
C. dreams
D. styles