41．A．exhausted　　　　　　　 B．discouraged　　　　　　 C．encouraged　　　　　　 D．determined

40．A．raised　　　　　　　　　　　 B．admitted　　　　　　　　 C．promoted　　　　　　　　 D．lifted

39．A．bright　　　　　　　　　　　 B．dark　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．unknown　　　　　　　　　 D．clear

38．A．praised　　　　　　　　　　 B．allowed　　　　　　　　　　 C．appointed　　　　　　　　 D．received

37．A．possible　　　　　　　　　 B．probable　　　　　　　　　 C．maybe　　　　　　　　　　　 D．likely

36．A．envied　　　　　　　　　　　 B．admired　　　　　　　　　 C．acquired　　　　　　　　　 D．inspired

55．A．foreseen　　 　　　　　　 B．decided　　 　　　　　　　 C．judged 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．formed

答案　 36--40 ACBCD　 41--45 BADCC　　 46-50 DABDC　　 51-55 ABCBA

Passage 47

(山东省运河中学2010届高三10月月考)

Vicky is a beautiful, talented and very bright young woman. All through school she made high grades, did well at sports and was much 　36　 　by boys. At college she was voted “ Most 　37　 　to succeed”. After graduation she got a job in a large store. Within months she was 　38 　for a management training program and made assistant buyer. Vicky’s future looked 　39　 . But after two years - during which other assistants buyers moved up the ladder - she still hadn’t been 　40　 .

Vicky was puzzled but not 　41　 . “ The store must have something else 　42　 　for me,” she decided. She was right. “ I’m sorry,” the manager finally told her, “ but　 you just aren’t working out the 　43　 　we hoped. We’re going to have to let you go.” Vicky left the office, went straight home to bed and stayed there for three weeks. She cried a lot, ate little and 　44 　slept. The girl most likely to succeed had suffered a complete nervous 　45　 . “ It was panic,” Vicky told me later. “ Everything had always gone so well for me that I had no experience in dealing with 　46　 . I just felt my life was over. I was a 　47　 .

Vicky’s experience is an extreme example of a common 　48　 . In a society that places so much 　49　 　on “ making it”; we assume success is always good, failure always bad. We don’t ask “ What kind of success?　 　50　 　at what price? And we fail to recognize that what looks like failure may, in the long run, prove 　51　 . When Vicky was able to think 　52　 　about why she was fired, 　53　 , she realized she was simply not suited for a job that 　54　 　dealing with people all the time. In her new 　55　 　as copy editor for a publishing firm, she works independently, is happy and once again “ successful”.

54．A．interesting　　 　　　　 B．meaningful　 　　　　　　　 C．accessible 　　　　　　　　　 D．successful

53．A．target　　 　　　　　　　　　 B．difficulty　　 　　　　　　　 C．task 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．shortcoming

52．A．secret　　 　　　　　　　　　 B．message　　 　　　　　　 C．theory 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．benefit