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第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day the employees of a large company in St．Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break．They were ___36___ with a sign on the front door which said: “Yesterday the person who has been ______37___ your growth in this company passed away．We invite you to join the ___38___ in the room that has been prepared in the gym．”
At first everyone was ___39___ to hear that one of their colleagues had died, ___40___ after a while they started getting ___41___ about who this person might be．
The excitement ___42___ as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their ___43___ respects．Everyone wondered: “Who is this person that was in the way of my progress? Well, ___44___ he’s no longer here!”
___45___ the employees got closer to the coffin （棺材） and when they looked inside it they became ___46___．They stood over the coffin, ___47___ and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their ___48___．
There was a ___49___ inside the coffin: Everyone who looked inside it would see ___50___．There was also a sign next to the mirror that said: “There is ___51___ one person in this world who is really capable of setting ___52___ to your growth: it’s YOU．”
Yes! You are the only person who can help yourself．You are the only person who can ___53___ your happiness and your success．Your life changes when you change, when you go ___54___ your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one ___55___ for your life．
36．A．greeted     B．provided   C．faced D．concerned
37．A．encouraging     B．keeping    C．helping     D．preventing
38．A．party       B．funeral     C．meeting D．training
39．A．sad    B．happy      C．calm D．nervous
40．A．because    B．so     C．but D．although
41．A．crazy       B．angry             C．curious            D．clear
42．A．grew B．changed    C．worked    D．disappeared
43．A．false B．forced      C．first D．last
44．A．above all B．first of all       C．at least      D．as usual
45．A．One by one   B．Hand in hand       C．Face to face     D．Side by side
46．A．hopeless   B．desperate C．lonely      D．speechless
47．A．disappointed    B．shocked    C．frightened       D．satisfied
48．A．memory B．soul C．company   D．will
49．A．mirror     B．notebook C．Bible       D．Body
50．A．it      B．himself     C．someone   D．him
51．A．hardly     B．fortunately       C．only   D．accidentally
52．A．examples        B．goals       C．limits       D．dates
53．A．balance    B．influence C．share       D．envy
54．A．over B．towards    C．through    D．beyond
55．A．secure      B．suitable    C．greedy     D．responsible

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3. A. about     B. from   C. in       D. of
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12. A. will go B. had come   C. would start off      D. happened to be
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16. A. all B. very    C. too     D. quite
17. A. how     B. what   C. why    D. that
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17. A. before B. after   C. until   D. as
18. A. following     B. next    C. above D. former
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18. A. depends       B. tries    C. has     D. takes
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