阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was watching a TV series one night when I took in one scene. A young man was seeking his community votes, and people
36 wanted to know why they should give him their
37 . He took them to his house and on every
38 in his house was the word “Faith” pasted. People raised lots of 39 to find out why the word was pasted on his mirrors. He said, “My dad often
40 me to believe that as long as you have
41 , you should have faith. Every time you look into the mirror, you’re looking at yourself and see ‘Faith’.”
The
42 I learned from this is simple—faith is a living thing and in the same way we’re all
43 given 24 hours a day and we’re all given the same measure of faith. Faith keeps us going when things get
44 ! Why is some people’s faith stronger than that of others? Exercise! If we choose to exercise our faith, it will
45 ; but if we choose not to, it remains weak. Some people might
46 that they don’t have faith, but we all practice faith every day even if we don’t
47 it as a faith. Daily
48 , such as studying, investing or reaching for a dream, take faith.
Faith
49 hearing and doing. I made a decision yesterday—to
50 reading the newspapers full of too much sad and
51 news. Why? Because I
52 there was a drop of my mental state after reading the newspapers.
Faith, when it’s put to
53 , becomes a beautiful thing. It lifts your mental state to a higher place that
54 you to raise yourself up and declare, “Yes, I can.” So make the decision today to strengthen your faith by
55 it.
| 小题1: | | A．bravely | B．briefly | C．mostly | D． finally |
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| 小题2: | | A．support | B．instruction | C．pity | D． information |
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| 小题3: | | A．wall | B．mirror | C．picture | D． book |
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| 小题4: | | A．voices | B．questions | C．rules | D． standards |
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| 小题5: | | A．teaches | B．permits | C．forces | D． promises |
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| 小题6: | | A．friendship | B．breath | C．wealth | D． success |
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| 小题7: | | A．lesson | B．view | C．choice | D． example |
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| 小题8: | | A．extremely | B．freely | C．equally | D． frequently |
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| 小题9: | | A．strange | B．different | C．funny | D． tough |
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| 小题10: | | A．stay | B．return | C．slow | D． grow |
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| 小题11: | | A．argue | B．realize | C．understand | D． predict |
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| 小题12: | | A．agree | B．appreciate | C．admire | D．acknowledge |
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| 小题13: | | A．services | B．steps | C．tasks | D． experiments |
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| 小题14: | | A．dreams of | B．comes from | C．feels like | D． keeps on |
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| 小题15: | | A．consider | B．delay | C．stop | D． risk |
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| 小题16: | | A．various | B．genuine | C．latest | D． negative |
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| 小题17: | | A．heard | B．noticed | C．declared | D． explained |
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| 小题18: | | A．check | B．list | C．work | D． sleep |
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| 小题19: | | A．warns | B．causes | C．orders | D． forbids |
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| 小题20: | | A．exercising | B．forming | C．obtaining | D． thinking |
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