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二、完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
I had an interesting experience playing ping-pong last year. I was playing against a 16 opponent(对手). The score was 20 to 17 in her  17 . I won the next three points which made the score 20 to 20. I  18 my paddle on the table and thanked my opponent and began to walk away. She called me  19  and said we had to continue until one of us  20 .
“Look,”I said, “if we 21 , one of two events will take place, either you or I will win.If you win, I will begin to 22  my skill. If I win, you will be unhappy. Isn’t it better to know that we both played 23  , that we enjoyed the competition, and that we played an even(相等) score?” This was a 24  ending for my opponent and for the persons watching this contest. It made  25  to me to leave with a tie(不分胜负) game, an impasse(僵局): no winner, no 26  .
So, my friends, here is the problem  27   me. Our present technology makes it possible for nations to  28  other nations for retaliatory(报复) strikes. In such a nuclear time, there  29  be no winners, only losers. Under these conditions, the only choice to  30  global destruction is glogal impasse. This would be a  31  “tie game” where no nation wins and no nation loses. An impasse reached through compromise(妥协). This is because compromise becomes the only means of  32 . We cannot destroy this beautiful planet by holding on to  33  understanding of victory. The 34  victory is in achieving a desirable impasse. No one wins, 35  no one loses either.
16.A.tiring                                 B.poor                         C.fine                          D.brave
17.A.favor                                  B.side                          C.lead                          D.place
18.A.threw                                 B.placed                       C.stuck                         D.dropped
19.A.up                                      B.over                          C.on                                   D.back
20.A.lost                                    B.won                          C.gave up                    D.tired out
21.A.perform                              B.stop                          C.continue                    D.leave
22.A.doubt                                 B.hate                          C.practise                     D.desert
23.A.hard                                          B.fair                           C.poorly                       D.well
24.A.close                                  B.surprising                  C.satisfying                  D.reasonable
25.A.progress                          B.room                        C.sense                         D.time
26.A.loser                                  B.fighter                      C.success                      D.player
27.A.encouraging                        B.frightening                C.shocking                   D.troubling
28.A.destroy                               B.attack                        C.seize                         D.rule
29.A.may                                          B.should                       C.can                           D.must
30.A.escape                                B.flee                           C.accept                       D.avoid
31.A.different                             B.small                        C.huge                         D.familiar
32.A.surviving                            B.living                        C.staying                      D.pleasing
33.A.an old                                B.an unusual                 C.the same                   D.a complete
34.A.great                                 B.only                         C.same                         D.equal
35.A.where                                 B.but                           C.as                             D.since