第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Think you can’t be happy? You’ll think again after reading this story. Barbara Ann Kipfer hated her feet. They were too big and she always seemed to 36 over them when someone was 37 —usually a smart guy. Come to think of it, her teeth were too big, too. The other kids teased her because of the way she 38 and because she wanted to be a sportswriter some day. No matter what she did, she was teased for being “ 39 .” That’s 40 she started writing down things that she liked in a notebook. “It was like a friend, and it 41 me that there are good things, 42 everything around me is unpleasant,” she says. She copied the list over and over, 43 new things every day. One day, she decided to 44 her list with some of the girls in her class, hoping they would think it was as much fun as she did. But 45 , they made her feel stupid again. “They laughed at me,” she remembers, “I was ashamed, and I 46 doing it.” Here comes the 47 part. When she was in 10th grade, Kipfer found her old notebook and decided to 48 where she left off. “It was like a diary, like a photograph of my life,” she says. She started writing to publishers, asking them if they’d be interested in printing her list as a book. She kept writing to one company 49 , because she liked the types of books it printed. “He kept saying, ‘It’s just a list, what am I supposed to do with it?’” “You’re not 50 to do anything with it. It’s 51 supposed to remind people of something they did that was really 52 .” Finally, the publisher 53 to turn Kipfer’s list into a book, which sold more than million copies! 14,000 Things to Be Happy About even 54 it to be New York Times Best Sellers list. 55 being a best-selling author, Kipfer also went to realize her dream of becoming a sports editor at the Chicago Tribune. 36. A. jump B. fall C. turn D. push 37. A. nearby B. around C. watching D. laughing 38. A. dressed B. lived C. thought D. looked 39. A. foolish B. special C. different D. shy 40. A. what B. when C. because D. where 41. A. reminded B. told C. persuaded D. helped 42. A. because B. but C. unless D. even though 43. A. adding B. finding C. making D. giving 44. A. talk B. discuss C. share D. write 45. A. then B. naturally C. further D. instead 46. A. continued B. stopped C. enjoyed D. hated 47. A. cool B. important C. exciting D. funny 48. A. find out B. pick up C. think of D. give up 49. A. in general B. at first C. in particular D. at last 50. A. made B. going C. advised D. supposed 51. A. often B. just C. also D. always 52. A. excellent B. successful C. fun D. true 53. A. hoped B. agreed C. refused D. considered 54. A. made B. expected C. hoped D. helped 55. A. Without B. Instead of C. While D. Besides |