第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然

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第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，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

Years ago, when Barbara started looking for her first job, wise advisers urged, "Be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience." How right they were. Enthusiastic people can 36a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.

"Nothing great was ever 37without enthusiasm," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. 38is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets tough. It is the 39voice that whispers, "I can do it!" when others shout, "No, you can't!"

It 40 years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn't 41 on her experiments. Work was 42 a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.

As author and poet Samuel Ullman once wrote, "Years wrinkle(使起皱纹) the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul." How do you rediscover the enthusiasm of your childhood? The answer, I believe, 43 the word itself. “Enthusiasm” comes from the Greek and means "God within." And what is God within is but a long-lasting sense of 44-- proper love of self and, from that, love of others.

Enthusiastic people also love what they do, 45money or title or power. Patricia McIlrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, "My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, `I never made a dime until I stopped working for money.'" If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a part-time hobby 46the head of state who paints, the nun(修女) who runs marathons, and the executive who handcrafts furniture.

Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville was 68 47 she began to draw. This activity ended periods of depression that had 48 her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, " I have to say, Layton is 49 a genius." Elizabeth has 50her enthusiasm. _{￥高#考#资%源*网}

We can't 51to waste tears on "might-have-beens." We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after "what-can-be". We need to live each moment 52with all our senses -- finding pleasure in the fragrance of a back-yard garden, the 53picture of a six-year-old, and the enchanting beauty of a rainbow. It is such enthusiastic love of 54that puts a sparkle(火花) in our eyes, a lift in our steps and 55the wrinkles from our souls.

36. A. put B. make C. turn D. get

37. A. expected B. adopted C. predicted D. achieved

38. A. It B. That C. This D. As

39. A. slight B. outside C. inner D. low

40. A. spent B. took C. cost D. paid

41. A. give off B. give in C. give out D. give up

42. A. such B. so C. too D. rather

43. A. links with B. refers to C. lies in D. leads in

44. A. responsibility B. humor C. trust D. love

45. A. in case B. regardless of C. for fear of D. in terms of

46. A. like B. namely C. as D. likewise

47. A. after B. since C. before D. until

48. A. pleased B. shocked C. worried D. annoyed

49. A. nothing but B. anything but C. everything but D. something but

50. A. recalled B. reflected C. rediscovered D. remembered

51. A. pay B. afford C. affect D. provide

52. A. thoroughly B. absolutely C. wholeheartedly D. warm-heartedly

53. A. colored B. white C. green D. red

54. A. money B. title C. power D. life

55. A. pushes B. softens C. smoothes D. folds

最佳答案：

36-40 CDACB 41-45 DACDB 46-50 ACDAC 51-55 BCADC

答案解析：

略

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。