第二节　 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)

从A. B. C. D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Have you just been fired? Don't worry. Cheer yourself up and send your 36 　　. Perhaps another much better opportunity is awaiting you. 　37 　sometimes you don' t realize it, you are asking to be fired.

Dan Zawacki was a happy camper, selling computers for Honeywell. One holiday he was 38 creative gifts and then a good idea 39 him selling dinner live lobsters(龙虾) to his favorite customers. He 40 them himself with butter and put them in the trunk of his car between the computers and delivering. It was a huge 41. As a result, one of his customers 42 they go into the lobster business together. Dan laughed. Still , this landlocked computer salesman 43get the idea of lobsters out of his 44. Why not turn this into a hobby and 45 a few extra dollar ? While on a job assignment in Chicago, he 46 a local radio station to give him a few ads in 47 for lobster. Unfortunately, his boss’s heard his prize salesman 48 lobster, not computers. No surprise. Dan was let go. Afer49the company's car, he started to think maybe this was a 50. Playing with his phone that night,

Dan tried dialing 1-800-LIVE-LOB.The number was 51, and Dan the lobsterman was born. Today, 20 years later, Dan is still selling dinners, through his company, Lobster Gram. And he couldn't be 52.

Many of the fired people found ways back to fulfilling 53 and learned the Pain and humiliation(羞辱)are 54.So do no be afraid to move 55 and try your wings. Gather your support system. Persevere! Firing doesn't mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.

36. A. dreams 　　B. wings 　　C. needs' 　　D. minds

37. A. Because B. When C. Though D. If

38. A. searching for 　　B. making up 　C. giving away　 　D. thinking up

39. A. came about B. took place C. went on D. came to

40. A. packaged 　B. sold　 　C. tied 　　D. placed

4l. A. matter 　　B. business 　C. failure 　　D. success

42. A. said 　B. thought 　　C. suggested 　　D. hoped

43. A. couldn’t 　B. mustn't 　C. shouldn’t 　D. wouldn't

44. A. heart 　B. mind 　C. head　 　D. hand

45. A. make　 　B. get 　C. gather 　D. spend

46. A. permitted 　B. hoped 　C. persuaded　 　D. suggested

47. A. change　 　B. exchange 　C. place 　D. need

48. A. hunting　 　B. seeking　 　C. collecting　 　D. selling

49. A. selling 　B. Paying 　C. returning 　D. using

50. A. thing 　B. sign　 　C. pity　 　D. please

5l.A. wrong 　B. right 　C. free　 　D. available

52. A. happier 　B. worse 　C. lower　 　D. higher

53. A. jobs 　B. wishes 　C. careers 　D. promises

54. A. short　 　B. long 　C. forever 　D. temporary

55. A. back 　B. on　 　C. in　 　D. away

35.______________, I think, and the problems could be settled.

A. If you double your efforts 　B. So long as you keep up your spirits

C. Making greater efforts 　　　D. A bit more efforts

34. -What’s the matter with Marsa ?

-Well, her parents wouldn't allow her to go to the party, but she still ___________.

A. hopes so 　　B. hopes to 　　C. hopes not 　D. hopes for

33. It is ________ the customers' needs that has made chain stores so popular in big cities in China.

A. meeting　　　　　 　B. met 　　　　　　C. to have met 　　　D. being met

32. The soldiers did what they did to rescue the survivors _______the danger of aftershock.

A. in place of 　　　　　B. in terms of 　　　C. regardless of 　　　D. because of

31. The headmaster suggested the problems referred __________ discussed immediately.

A. should be　　　 　B. to be 　　　C. be 　　　　D. to being

30. When he was awake, she found she was lying on _______ seemed to be a piece of stone.

A. that 　　　　　　　B. which 　　　C. what　　 　D. it