完形填空,阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题中所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
What a busy day! The three boys were fed, bathed and changed into their nightclothes. Mary had _ __ them a story and finally they were asleep. “Babysitting（照看）the three boys aged eight, six and four is extremely __ __,” she thought.
“Sleep,” she considered, “if only I could!” But she had difficult homework to complete. Leaning back, she __ __ her feet onto the sofa to get comfortable. Whoever said babysitting was a (an) __ _ way to make money obviously hadn’t met the three boys, she thought. The television was on, the room was warm, and the lights were dim. Mary’s __ _ felt heavier and heavier. I mustn’t sleep, she thought — which was __ _ what she did, of course.
Strangely enough, she soon __ _ that she was a world-famous chef（主厨）. She made a __ __ and wore diamonds and designer clothes. Most days she relaxed by the pool, meeting the rich and famous or __ __ — her favorite hobby. She _ __ took the leading role in her own TV show.
That is, until she became too __ __. “I am definitely the best in the world,” she thought, as she prepared a tasty chicken dish. But _ __ seemed to go right. She spilt the flour, she dropped an egg and she cut her finger. Despite all the troubles, she __ __ to get the chicken into the dove. Soon, smoke blanketed the room. The chicken was on fire. __ __ set in, but Mary could not run — she was __ ___to the spot. She tried hard to move, but could not, __ __ a sharp sound awoke her.
She got shocked and confused — __ __ was pouring from the kitchen. Rushing to investigate, she was met by three _ ___little faces and some very burnt bread. “Sorry, we were hungry and you were __ __, so we tried to make some bread,” explained a boy. Relieved, Mary made them a snack and sent them back to bed. She__ __ them never to fall asleep on the job again!
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If you give employees the right to telework, be careful! The very technology that enables working from home could be 1 its value to your company. Although productivity may increase in the short term, working from home may prevent your teams from working 2 .
While remote workers may indeed be happier, more carefree and 3 , that doesn’t mean it’s good for their 4 . A company is more than just the work that needs to be done, plus the workers who are there to do it.
A healthy organization has a 5 that allows the sharing of values and ideas and the 6
of competitive spirit that allows a company to be flexible and creative.
However, working from home can fail to motivate remote workers in the same way as a/an
7 company environment. As a result, companies 8 — despite the increases in productivity and happiness that come with teleworking.
In work environments where co-workers socialize and have 9 lunchtime chats, some real learning gets done. A lot of information 10 takes place, which allows the very same workers to increase their 11 to the organization. There is something 12 about spending the time together, about sharing meals, about 13 ideas, and about asking.
Magical or not, the fact remains that teleworking generally doesn’t work well. As technological change 14 and marketplace pressures increase, companies need to become more flexible and creative, just to keep up.
Strange as it sounds, the very technology that made teleworking a real option is now requiring workers to remain in the 15 .
A．testing B．destroying C．keeping D．assessing
A．effectively B．normally C．formally D．separately
A．attentive B．talkative C．productive D．sensitive
A．workers B．companies C．health D．family
A．leader B．rule C．party D．culture
A．sense B．cost C．way D．lack
A．independent B．different C．special D．shared
A．develop B．survive C．suffer D．expand
A．official B．regular C．required D．planned
A．exchange B．technology C．gap D．search
A．availability B．damage C．value D．disappointment
A．reasonable B．magical C．psychological D．typical
A．discussing B．changing C．welcoming D．selling
A．varies B．differs C．accelerates D．stops
A．place B．house C．distance D．office
Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so that I decided to write an article about her.
I Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The was almost unbearable. I struggled for days draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in :
Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t to doubt yourself.
A．joy B．voice C．speech D．smile
A．moved B．proud C．satisfied D．active
A．phoned B．visited C．emailed D．interviewed
A．paused B．refused C．hesitated D．agreed
A．discovered B．knew C．explained D．replied
A．seriously B．nervously C．patiently D．quietly
A．fooling B．blaming C．inviting D．urging
A．hardship B．pressure C．failure D．comment
A．by B．on C．with D．in
A．disappeared B．spread C．returned D．improved
A．compare B．struggle C．survive D．compete
A．ignore B．deliver C．face D．receive
A．decorating B．cleaning C．repairing D．leaving
A．disbelief B．anxiety C．horror D．trouble
A．relevant B．subjective C．private D．reliable
A．broadcast B．create C．assess D．publish
A．prepare B．recover C．escape D．concentrate
A．energetic B．endless C．enjoyable D．typical
A．experience B．success C．benefit D．accident
A．attempt B．expect C．afford D．pretend
Ever so long ago ,two young men , Edmund and Oswald, appeared in court.
Edmund said to the : “I gave Oswald , who I was my best friend, a costly gold ring and I asked him to it till I returned home. Now he says that he knows about it .”
his hand on his heart , Oswald said : “I swear I know nothing about the . I am afraid that Edmund has been in his mental powers since he .”
The judge said : “ Edmund, were there any witnesses who could that you gave the ring to Oswald ?”
Edmund replied : “45in the field where we were at the time there was nobody. We were talking beneath an old oak tree and there we were .”
Oswald said : “ I know as little of the oak tree as I do of the ring .”
The judge said : “ Edmund , go to that again and bring back a branch of that oak tree. Oswald ,you wait here in the meantime, Edmund comes back .”
So Edmund left. After some time the judge said to Oswald: “How is it that Edmund is taking so long to ? Go to the window and see if you can see him returning the road.”
Oswald said : “Oh , my Lord , he wouldn’t have even the tree yet ----the tree is over an hour’s walk from here.”
When the judge heard this ,he was very .
“You were telling a !You know as much about the tree as you do about the ring. For the year while you are in prison you will have time to think about the of always telling the truth .”
A．policeman B．doctor C．judge D．lawyer
A．defined B．expected C．noticed D．thought
A．hide B．sell C．keep D．break
A．nothing B．everything C．something D．anything
A．using B．placing C．waving D．feeling
A．illness B．tree C．ring D．law
A．cheated B．affected C．inspired D．amused
A．went on B．went along C．went by D．went away
A．prove B．understand C．agree D．predict
A．surprisingly B．unfortunately C．finally D．generally
A．close B．wise C．alone D．busy
A．while B．since C．once D．until
A．return B．wait C．leave D．walk
A．around B．ahead C．along D．aside
A．ignored B．reached C．planted D．remembered
A．sad B．worried C．angry D．terrified
A．lie B．joke C．story D．secret
A．same B．next C．only D．other
A．advantage B．difficulty C．question D．necessity
I still remember my first day in the U.S. very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was very and it was snowing, but I was too excited to_. From the airport, my friend and I a taxi to my . On the way I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the_time and I stared in surprise at the famous skyscrapers and their man-made . Helping me unpack at the hotel, my friend left and to return the next day.
my friend had left, I went to a near the hotel to get something to eat. Since I couldn’t speak a single of English, I couldn’t tell the what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some , but he didn’t understand me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was . After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway I came to Times Square with its theatres, neon lights, and crowds of people. I didn’t feel tired, so I to walk around the city. I wanted to see _on my first day, although I knew it was impossible.
When I to the hotel, I couldn’t fall asleep, lay and thought about New York. It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars, and full of and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to English.
A．hot B． warm C． cold D． cool
A．look B． listen C． enjoy D． mind
A．sat B． took C． rode D． used
A．home B． hotel C． office D． school
A．first B． one C． last D． only
A．satellites B． lakes C． beauty D． parks
A．advised B． liked C． promised D． hoped
A．Before long B． Shortly after C． Soon D． Then
A．restaurant B． shop C． supermarket D． pub
A．letter B． word C． sentence D． phrase
A．boss B． cook C． waiter D． waitress
A．voices B． suggestions C． sounds D． gestures
A．looking B． ordering C． picking D． eating
A．until B． when C． before D． after
A．tried B． stopped C． decided D． continued
A．anything B． everything C． something D． some things
A．came B． went C． returned D． arrived
A．asleep B． awake C． afraid D． alive
A．noise B． voices C． streets D． places
A．say B． talk C． speak D． tell
How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter，rude boss, or an insensitive employee your day?
Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson in the back of a New York City taxi cab. One day I was in a taxi and we headed the airport. We were driving in the lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his , slide sideways，and at the very last moment our car stopped and the other car by just inches！The driver of the other car , the guy who almost caused a big accident, looked around and started at us.
My taxi driver just and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was ,so I said，"Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital！” This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call "The Law of the Garbage Truck".
He said, “ Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of , full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on . Don’t take it personally; Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Believe me. You’ll be .”
So I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and it to other people at work, at home, or on the street? It was then that I said, “I don’t want their garbage and I’m not going to spread it anymore.”
Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with . The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s in your life. See, Roy Baumeister, a psychology researcher from Florida State University，found in his extensive research that you __ bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories more easily, and you __ them more frequently. So love the people who treat you right. Ignore the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you _ it！The odds are against you when a Garbage Truck comes your way, but when you follow “The Law of the Garbage Truck”，you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by go of the bad.
Have a Garbage-Free Day！Have a marvelous, garbage-free day！The seeds you plant today the harvest you reap tomorrow.
A．enrich B．ruin C．spare D．obtain
A．through B．to C．in D．for
A．latter B．right C．opposite D．free
A．brakes B．door C．window D．seat
A．knocked B．overtook C．missed D．lost
A．laughing B．throwing C．glancing D．yelling
A．wondered B．smiled C．ignored D．guessed
A．friendly B．angry C．tired D．disappointed
A．expectation B．passengers C．garbage D．goods
A．turns B．pushes C．holds D．piles
A．roads B．children C．you D．dustbin
A．upset B．happier C．pitiful D．frightened
A．spread B．share C．explain D．contribute
A．surprise B．pleasure C．doubt D．regrets
A．funny B．important C．strange D．embarrassing
A．remember B．forget C．value D．appreciate
A．enjoy B．exchange C．recall D．imagine
A．inspire B．take C．mend D．notice
A．letting B．consisting C．making D．dreaming
A．distinguish B．deserve C．deliver D．determine