第二节 完形填空 （共20小题，每小题1分，共20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的4个（A、B、C、D）选项中，选出最佳选项。

    A man was cleaning his car with a special brush when a little girl who had been ___21___ him said, “My daddy has a brush like that to clean his car too.” “Really?” said the man. “What kind of ___22___ does your daddy have?” The little girl answered, “Oh, he hasn’t got a car yet, ___23___ he’s got the brush to clean it.”

   Well, I suppose you have to start ___24___! The important thing is that you do ___25___. And to do that, we first have to decide what kind of life we want. It’s ___26___ that many of us want to live forever, when we can’t even decide what to do with our life now! Like the guy who said, “I’m going to ___27___ putting things off, starting tomorrow.”

   You see, ___28___ others have made decisions for you, you can still decide ___29___ you’ll respond and handle the life that’s been handed to you. You still have ___30___ of your own attitudes. Happiness is an attitude and choice, no matter what ___31___ you’re in. Remember, you can always find someone ___32___ than you who you can help. It’s only when we stop looking at our own problems and ___33___ to make others happy that we ourselves can be ___34___ happy. But if you choose not to make a decision, that also is your decision you’ll ___35___. There are many smart, talented people who have never enjoyed the ___36___ they could have, because they could not make a decision and discipline themselves to follow through with it.

   Remember, if your life doesn’t ___37___, it’s going to stay the same! It’s that simple. So to move on ___38___ where you are, you must first decide where you’d ___39___ be. If you can’t change your mind, you can’t change your life. The great writer Tolstoy said, “Everyone wants to change the world, but no one wants to change ___40___.” So ask yourself right now: What’s the decision I need to make to change my life? Just think a minute…

21. A. noticing        B. watching            C. glaring                  D. observin

22. A. car                      B. life                   C. brush             D. view

23. A. however             B. as                         C. but                   D. while

24. A. everywhere      B. somewhere        C. anywhere          D. nowhere

25. A. help                   B. work              C. finish             D.start

26. A. impossible          B. natural                  C. strange              D. likely

27. A. stop                    B. start                  C. avoid             D. continue

28. A. in case                B. even if                  C. now that            D. only if

29. A. how                   B. why                  C. what                 D. that

30. A. power                 B. control                  C. authority           D. sense

31. A. situation             B. condition           C. case                  D. surrounding

32. A. better off            B. worse off          C. more difficult    D. much easier

33. A. give out                     B. leave out           C. go out            D. reach out

34. A. truly                   B. fully                 C. just                   D. simply

35. A. agree with           B. live with           C. start with           D. end with

36. A. success               B. idea                  C. work              D. challenge

37. A. appear                B. regain            C. change                  D. preserve

38. A. with                   B. from                 C. to                         D. until

39. A. rather                 B. quite              C. hardly            D. just

40. A. yourself                     B. herself                  C. itself              D. himself

The company wasted________ investing in out- of- date technology.

1. A.
   a millionpound
2. B.
   millionsof pounds
3. C.
   severalmillions of pound
4. D.
   a millionof pounds

It is immediately clear ____ the financial crisis will soon be over.

1. A.
   since
2. B.
   what
3. C.
   when
4. D.
   whether

The local police were______ by their authorities to _____ the situation as soon as possible.

1. A.
   said to; control
2. B.
   ordered; manage
3. C.
   instructed; handle
4. D.
   told; hold

Most people, when they talk about education, think that it is only a task for teachers, ________ we teachers consider it is a job of the whole society.

1. A.
   whenever
2. B.
   while
3. C.
   thus
4. D.
   otherwise