第二节　完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

The power of encouragement is great.You may draw some inspiration from the following story.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti，a famous 19th­century poet and artist，was once__36__by an elderly man.The old man had some sketches (素描) and drawings that he__37__Rossetti to look at and tell him if they were any good，or if they at least showed__38__talent.

Rossetti looked them__39__carefully.After the first few，he knew that they were worthless，showing not the least__40__of artistic talent.But Rossetti was a__41__man，and he told the elderly man as gently as possible that the pictures were of little__42__and showed little talent.He was sorry，but he could not__43__to the man.

The visitor was__44__，but seemed to expect Rossetti’s__45__.He then apologized for__46__Rossetti’s time，but would he just__47__a few more drawings-these done by a(n)__48__art student？Rossetti looked over the__49__batch (一批) of sketches and immediately became enthusiastic over the talent they__50__.“These，”he said，“oh，these are good.This young student has great talent.He should be given every__51__and encouragement in his career as an artist.He has a__52__future if he will work and stick to it.”

Rossetti could see that the old man was__53__moved.“Who is this fine young artist？” he asked.“Your son？”“No，” said the old man sadly.“It was I who painted the pictures 40 years ago.__54__I had heard your praise then！For you see，I got discouraged and__55__drawing-too soon.”

36．A.abandoned　B．approached　C．inspected　D．requested

37．A.hoped　 B．made　 C．had　 D．wanted

38．A.potential　 B．commercial　 C．official　 D．spiritual

39．A.up　 B．on　 C．over　 D．down

40．A.sign　 B．mark　 C．chance　 D．view

41．A.rude　 B．kind　 C．talented　 D．creative

42．A.help　 B．price　 C．value　 D．quality

43．A.speak　 B．apologize　 C．listen　 D．lie

44．A.disappointed　 B．annoyed　 C．delighted　 D．puzzled

45．A.achievement　 B．adjustment

C．statement　 D．judgment

46．A.taking up　 B．turning up

C．making up　 D．looking up

47．A.aim at　 B．glare at　 C．look at　 D．stare at

48．A.old　 B．young　 C．famous　 D．talented

49．A.first　 B．second　 C．third　 D．last

50．A.reviewed　 B．exposed　 C．revealed　 D．rejected

51．A.help　 B．time　 C．chance　 D．work

52．A.charming　 B．booming　 C．promising　 D．touching

53．A.slightly　 B．smoothly　 C．barely　 D．deeply

54．A.If only　 B．Only if　 C．Now that　 D．As long as

55．A.insisted on　 B．gave up　 C．headed to　 D．led to

35．Many students find________jobs during their summer holidays.

A．permanent　 B．comfortable

C．temporary　 D．contemporary

34．Their________request is refused，which is not beyond expectation at all.

A．abrupt　 B．absurd　 C．acute　 D．acceptable

33．________young people see and hear in the media helps them to figure out how the world works.

A．Which　 B．That　 C．What　 D．How

32．Yao Ming played games with children of the Jianshecun Village Elementary School，the first school built from Yao Ming’s________to the earthquake­hit region.

A．solution　 B．collection　 C．devotion　 D．donation

31．All their attempts to rescue the child from the burning building were________.He died soon afterwards.

A．in place　 B．in return　 C．in vain　 D．in order