SECTION B
Directions ； For each blank in the following passage there are four words of phrases marked with A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with a word that best fits the context.
This is a true story about something that happened between a customer of General Motors and its Customer - Care Executive (客服主管).The following complaint was received by General Motors. "•••It may sound crazy, but it's a fact that every time I buy a 36 ice cream, and come back from the store, my car won't start. If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car starts 37 fine, why?" The executive was 38 about the letter, but sent an engineer to check it out anyway.
The 39 made three visits to the store with the customer. The first time, he got chocolate ice cream. The car started. The second time, he ordered strawberry. The car started. The third time he got vanilla. The car failed to start. The engineer 40 to believe that the man's car was allergic (过敏的)to vanilla ice cream. He 41 his visits, and noted all sorts of data: the types of gas used and the time it took to drive back and forth.
Soon he came a clue: it took the man less 42 to buy vanilla than any other flavor (味道). Why? The answer was in the layout (布局)of the store. Vanilla, as the most 43 flavor, was in the front of the store for quick pickup. All the other flavors were kept further back, where it took longer to buy them.
Time was now the 44 not the vanilla ice cream！ The engineer quickly put forward an answer: “engine trouble." The extra time taken to get any other flavor 45 the engine to cool down longer. When the man got vanilla, the engine was still too hot to start.
Even crazy 一 looking problems can be real. What really 46 is your attitude to the problem.
Don't just say something is "IMPOSSIBLE" without putting a sincere effort into 47 it out. If you look closer, you may discover that it's possible after all.
36. A. chocolate B. strawberry C. vanilla D. banana
37. A. just B. only C. still D. ever
38. A. worried B. crazy C. doubtful D. cheerful
39. A. customer B. engineer C. executive D. shopkeeper
40. A. pretended B. decided C. struggled D. refused
41. A. stopped B. continued C. valued D. repeated
42. A. time B. effort C. cost D. speed
43. A. strange B. familiar C. terrible D. popular
44. A. effect B. reason C. problem D. solution
45. A. prevented B. encouraged C. let D. allowed
46. A. matters B. impresses C. bothers - D, concerns
47. A. looking B. figuring C, trying D. testing
I had a very special teacher many years ago whose husband unexpectedly died of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her _____with a classroom of students.
As the late afternoon sunlight came ____in through the classroom windows and the class was nearly over, she moved a few things ____on the edge of her desk and sat down there. With a gentle look of ____ on her face, she paused and said, “______class is over, I would like to share with all of you a thought that is _____to class, but which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love. _____ of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. So we must ______ the most out of every single day."
Her eyes beginning to_______, she went on: “I would like you all to make me a (n) ______From now on, find something beautiful to______. It doesn't have to be something you see. It could be a _____smell- perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out from someone's house, or it could be the ______of
the breeze slightly rustling(沙沙声) the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light______ the autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground.”
The class was completely ______We all picked up our books and left the room silently. That_____, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole semester. Every once in a while, I_____ that teacher and remember what an impression she made_____ all of us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all ______.
Take notice of something ______you see on your lunch hour today. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.
A．insight B．sadness C．failure D．hope
A．hurrying B．flying C．streaming D．running
A．away B．aside C．down D．off
A．surprise B．worry C．angry D．reflection
A．After B．Before C． While D．When
A．unrelated B．connected C．separated D．divided
A．Some B．Many C．None D．Most
A．pull B．make C．offer D．send
A．shine B．close C．change D．water
A．promise B．apology C．excuse D．plan
A．avoid B．remove C．enjoy D．save
A．terrible B．fragrant C．abundant D．awesome
A．noise B．voice C．taste D．sound
A．catches B．covers C．washes D．protects
A．still B．silent C．quiet D．calm
A．morning B．afternoon C．evening D．week
A．ring up B．meet with C．hear from D．think of
A．on B．in C．at D．for
A．introduce B．control C．overlook D．present
A．optional B．special C．adequate D．necessary
As waiters, we deal with customers every day and when something goes wrong, somehow we have the ability to keep on going. It's our responsibility to __ the customer.
I remember my first ____ job was at a fine restaurant. One afternoon, the manager informed all the cooks and waiters that a VIP ___ were coming for lunch. The group were __ VIPs in the city's fashion industry.
After the group arrived and got ____ comfortably, drinks were ____ . Normally, the head waiter would be in charge of wine service. ___ ， the manager asked me to serve that afternoon. I had ____ done wine service, nor had I ever served a group of twelve.
I arranged 12 wine glasses on the tray and went to the table. As I ___ _ one of the glasses in front of the first customer, somehow I had ___ my grip (抓，握) and six glasses fell on top of a young woman, and then to the floor and ___ in pieces. I felt frightened and my face turned red. I apologized many times to the ___ and to the rest of the group.
Quickly, the manager ___ my aid and helped in the cleanup, and sent out their drinks right away. I didn't understand why, but the group were forgiving me and the young woman ____ informed me it was OK.
My manager pulled me to the side and said, “If you know why an accident happened, ___ _ from it and move on. You still have a table to serve and you can't show your ____ _ or your disappointment. Mistakes and accidents do happen. Keep your ____ _ up and be confident. The glasses are replaceable.”
I understood why he was truly a well ___ restaurant manager within the neighborhood. His ___ _ relationship with the group made the situation ___ and the group forgave me for that.
A．welcome B．please C．invite D．feed
A．servant B．waiter C．cook D．director
A．family B．class C．number D．group
A．taken up with B．made up of C．added up to D．recognized as
A．seated B．introduced C．dressed D．satisfied
A．bought B．sold C．got D．ordered
A．Therefore B．Besides C．However D．Though
A．often B．never C．once D．Little
A．cleaned B．shook C．set D．broke
A．got B．lost C．forgot D．caught
A．stood B．kept C．lay D．stayed
A．woman B．manager C．man D．guest
A．took over B．gave up C．came to D．rushed against
A．Impatiently B．angrily C．repeatedly D．regretfully
A．hear B．learn C．Tell D．change
A．nervousness B．apology C．excitement D．carelessness
A．nose B．head C．face D．hand
A．behaved B．visited C．respected D．understood
A．new B．close C．terrible D．famous
A．special B．possible C．calm D．comfortable
When a person is curious about something, it means he is interested in it and wishes to know more about it. There is wrong with curiosity in itself. Whether it is good or bad on what people are curious about.
Curiosity is silly or wrong. Some persons with nothing to do are of curiosity about what their neighbors are doing. They are to know what they are eating or drinking, what they are bringing home or taking out or they have come home so early or late. To be interested in these things is because they are not at all important. It is none of their to know what neighbors do or are doing. Such curiosity is not only foolish but also harmful. For most probably, it to small talk which often brings , shame or disrespect to others, and thus hurt their feelings.
On the other , there is a noble curiosity—the curiosity of the wise, who at all the great things and try to find out all they about them. Columbus could have found America if he had not been . James Watt would not have made the steam engine his curiosity about the raising of the kettle lid(水壶盖). All the great discoveries and inventions in human history have been made a result of curiosity. the curiosity is never about unimportant things, which have or nothing to do with the happiness of the public.
A．something B．nothing C．everything D．anything
A．works B．puts C．takes D．depends
A．always B．sometimes C．seldom D．neither
A．full B．fond C．proud D．lack
A．angry B．worried C．pleased D．anxious
A．how B．when C．why D．where
A．silly B．necessary C．possible D．funny
A．work B．homework C．duty D．business
A．both B．anything C．something D．everything
A．refers B．leads C．causes D．results
A．pride B．harm C．nervousness D．selfishness
A．face B．side C．way D．hand
A．expect B．like C．wonder D．doubt
A．need B．dare C．must D．can
A．never B．ever C．probably D．finally
A．famous B．careful C．curious D．hard
A．for B．without C．in D．from
A．before B．as C．after D．during
A．So B．And C．But D．Or
A．much B．little C．some D．few
There was a boy that dreamt of becoming the world’s best violinist. To achieve his life goal, he travelled to a faraway land where the famous and best violinist of all time__ .
The apartment he was directed to was in an old, lonely place. There was no evidence of life at all. The young man was __ and turned to leave. ___ _ he heard someone coughing from within.
The famous violinist was very old and __ . He refused to teach the young boy, who also refused to __ . The boy played his violin in the yard, and this he did for three nights__ _ the old man could not bear it any more. He came out on the fourth night and began to ___ the boy. Under his instruction, the ___ _student’s musical skills rapidly improved.
Years passed by. Now the old man asked the boy to __ an important competition. It was the best violin competition in the world. The young man was among hundreds of __ _ from all over the world. The __ lasted for days. On the day he played, everyone was deeply ___ _. First, the boy was so young, but no violin player could have played__ . Second, the boy was focused on one ___ _ and never looked elsewhere till he finished. Third, tears came down his focused eyes but his ____ _ was not drawn away from the music. He was ___ _the winner.
Only the boy knew the __ __for his success in the competition. ___ _learning from the best violinist the world ever knew, his teacher had come in person that day to ____ _him. The old man stood in the dark where he wasn’t ___ _ to anyone around. The old violinist died few days later.
A．performed B．lived C．toured D．lay
A．bored B．disappointed C．excited D．satisfied
A．Still B．Also C．Thus D．Then
A．weak B．polite C．kind D．strict
A．leave B．talk C．learn D．play
A．so B．unless C．if D．till
A．punish B．persuade C．beg D．coach
A．slow B．gifted C．kind D．quiet
A．take part in B．look forward to C．stay away from D．come up with
A．judges B．students C．competitors D．fans
A．program B．event C．concert D．lecture
A．annoyed B．moved C．hurt D．concerned
A．better B．quicker C．harder D．louder
A．book B．model C．direction D．question
A．hand B．eye C．interest D．attention
A．announced B．known C．shown D．predicted
A．prize B．wish C．way D．reason
A．Without B．Besides C．Through D．By
A．find B．comfort C．support D．visit
A．dangerous B．unfair C．noticeable D．particular
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中(A、B、C和D)，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。
A homeless man walked up to me and asked me for some small change, “ I’ll give you a quarter if you tell me your story,” I said. He laughed, “You’ll give me a quarter for my story?’ I laid the in front of him and 4 myself —“No, here’s the quarter but it would be nice to hear your story.” Seeing him lost in , I sat down next to him and .
“ I was once a sniper（狙击兵）in the army.” he said. “ I was to shoot down the enemy from the distance.” I listened attentively. He told me how he to hunt with his family. He had his own way of animals by not killing more than be needed. When the 48 came knocking on his door, he felt and joined up. All those years of developing his hunting skills could now serve a larger —to defend us from the bad guys. He set out to at the front .
“I was a sniper but I never really killed anyone.” he continued. “One day they asked me to a lady from the distance. I saw the kids near her and my hands were on the trigger（扳机）. But I couldn’t it. She wasn’t doing anything to anyone and she was the kids.
The story went on as he described being put into prison for 180 days for to follow orders. “ I have no ,” he said. “ I may be homeless now, I never killed that lady.” He continued, “ I can being homeless, but I wouldn’t be able to stand killing innocent people.”
I met a hero. It just never to me that a hero could be a smelly old sniper.
A．note B．coin C．dollar D．wallet
A．blamed B．reminded C．corrected D．added
A．argument B．action C．consideration D．thought
A．whispered B．nodded C．sighed D．waited
A．demanded B．supposed C．reminded D．determined
A．desired B．wished C．failed D．used
A．tracking B．raising C．training D．respecting
A．army B．minister C．commander D．company
A．annoyed B．proud C．astonished D．confused
A．group B．business C．purpose D．result
A．serve B．hunt C．aim D．survive
A．murder B．fight C．shoot D．arrest
A．remain B．fire C．make D．decide
A．besides B．along C．inside D．among
A．gradually B．eventually C．deliberately D．desperately
A．managing B．failing C．hesitating D．forgetting
A．ideas B．attempts C．regrets D．feelings
A．however B．otherwise C．but D．unless
A．work out B．meet with C．live with D．get through
A．happened B．seemed C．struck D．occurred