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，

题目内容：

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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

When I was ten, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles. Even though we struggled to make 36 meet, my parents stressed to me . 37 fortunate we were to live in a great country with 38 opportunities. They imbued(灌输) in me the 39 of family, faith and love for our country.

The following year, my dad, Benjamin, injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was 40 as a hairstylist. He rented space in a shopping mall and gave his shop the fancy name of Mr Ben's Coiffure.

The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a discount on his 41 for cleaning the parking lot three nights a week, which 42 getting up at 3 a.m. To pick up trash, Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower 43 Morn and I emptied garbage cans and picked up litter 44 .

I did this job for two years, but the lessons I learned have 45 a lifetime. I acquired discipline, a strong work ethic and a 46 attitude towards life, I also learned at an early age the importance of 47 life's competing interests---in my 48 , school, homework and a job. All 49 helped during my senior year of high school, when I worked 40 hours a week at a fast-food restaurant while 50 precollege courses.

The hard work paid off. I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to receive graduate 51 in law and business from Harvard, 52 I joined a big Los Angeles law firm. In these jobs and in everything else I've done, I have never forgotten those days in the parking lot. The experience has 53 me that there is dignity in all work and that if people are working to 54 themselves and their families that is something we should 55 .

36. A. ends B. demands C. challenges D. friends

37. A. so B. what C. why D. how

38. A. priceless B. resistless C. limitless D. sightless

39. A. efforts B. decisions C. concepts D. activities

40. A. retired B. resignedC. replaced D. retrained

41. A. sales B. rentC. machine D. shop

42. A. meant B. kept C. needed D. started

43. A. since B. although C. when D. while

44. A. with joy B. on purpose C. by hand D. in time

45. A. proved B. impressed C. marked D. lasted

46. A. practical B. pleasant C. positive D. tolerant

47. A. developing B. balancing C. comparing D. facing

48. A. case B. example C. dream D. attempt

49. A. generally B. lately C. really D. typically

50. A. applying B. doing C. following D. taking

51. A. titles B. instructions C. chances D. degrees

52. A. after that B. ever since C. after which D. after then

53. A. equipped B. prepared C. taught D. guided

54. A. serve for B. feed on C. provide for D. count on

55. A. believeB. honorC. remember D. support

最佳答案：

36-40 ADCCD 41-45 BADCD 46-50 CBACD 51-55 DCCCB

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。