完形填空(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—35各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel. Life seemed ___21___. The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their ____22___ for granted, just as he used to himself. Now, however, he felt ____23____ —and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his ___24___.
Seeking more personally satisfying ___25___, he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate(命运)played a cruel ___26__ on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was __27___ to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to ___28____ the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only __29___. Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated(带插图的)books.
According to Jimmy, you are what you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world sometimes seems unfair, your choice can change your life.
This idea can be __30___ in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel before making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy’s drawings, however, is ___31___.
Though the world may make us feel small, we must be __32___. Everything will be all right for us—as it is for the “small people” in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are __33___ for us.
In spite of his new ___34___ and wealth, Jimmy prefers working __35__ at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could offer.
小题1: | A.unhappy | B.unusual | C.unfair | D.uneasy | |
小题2: | A.health | B.wealth | C.happiness | D.illnesses | |
小题3: | A.ashamed | B.disappointed | C.helpless | D.endless | |
小题4: | A.crying | B.painting | C.imagination | D.consideration | |
小题5: | A.home | B.condition | C.situation | D.work | |
小题6: | A.game | B.trick | C.role | D.part | |
小题7: | A.unable | B.impossible | C.uncomfortable | D.difficult | |
小题8: | A.understand | B.face | C.refuse | D.recognize | |
小题9: | A.failures | B.efforts | C.choices | D.interests | |
小题10: | A.found | B.drawn | C.written | D.accepted | |
小题11: | A.powerful | B.hopeful | C.useful | D.successful | |
小题12: | A.great | B.strong | C.brave | D.equal | |
小题13: | A.scientific | B.basic | C.right | D.simple | |
小题14: | A.product | B.fame | C.name | D.job | |