吉林松原油田高中高二下期末英语试卷（带解析）_4

完型填空
 
In my early childhood, my parents and teachers taught me to be persistent (执着) in every task I devoted myself to. I was __________ that persistence is the only way towards success. But a small incident made me change my mind.
 
One day my two-­year-­old son, ___________ at a dozen of “stood” color marker­pens, cheered excitedly, “Mummy, look! I did it.” Afterwards, he collected some ball­pens, __________ to do the same. Hard though he tried, the ball­pens just lay ___________. He turned to me for help. Noticing they had either sharp or round ends, I said _________, “Mummy can’t help you.” To my _________, he wouldn’t listen and continued trying. I was struck by his persistence.
 
My son’s behaviour reminded me of George who was always _________in his work and rarely talked to anyone. To him, _________, there was no such thing called weekends or holidays. Our boss praised __________ about him and __________us to look up to him as a role model.
 
One day I met George. “Gonna work late again tonight？”
 
“Probably can't leave till midnight,” he said.
 
“How many hours have you put in here each week, eighty or ninety?”
 
“__________.”
 
“Don’t you have time to be with your family at all?”
 
He shook his head slowly and __________ a sigh. “It’s not what I wanted. But I have worked on it for so long. It’s much too ___________ to even think about letting go.”
 
A year later I resigned. The _________ thing I heard about him was that his wife divorced him. Since then I’ve never seen him. But occasionally his aged __________ would come to my mind.
 
Until that day, __________ knowing why the ball­pens couldn’t stand up, the two­year­old had _________the impossibility after many failures. He put aside all the ball­pens and kept only those water markers for his “game”. _________, he already learned to let go of his previous ___________ attempts.
 
In our daily life, many headaches can be avoided if we know how to _________ them and then let go of them immediately.
 
【小题1】A．convincedB．confidentC．consciousD．consistent【小题2】A．shoutingB．pointingC．screamingD．laughing【小题3】A．intendingB．insistingC．requiringD．urging【小题4】A．stillB．silentC．quietD．flat【小题5】A．deliberatelyB．enthusiastically C．casuallyD．unintentionally【小题6】A．contentB．disappointment C．surpriseD．sorrow【小题7】A．buriedB．interestedC．devotedD．busy【小题8】A．howeverB．thereforeC．otherwiseD．though【小题9】A．littleB．wellC．muchD．highly【小题10】A．orderedB．inspiredC．promisedD．appealed【小题11】A．At random B．At timesC．At mostD．At least【小题12】A．let outB．let offC．sent offD．sent out【小题13】A．encouragingB．comfortableC．painfulD．ashamed【小题14】A．laterB．lastC．latterD．lately【小题15】A．pictureB．figureC．reflectionD．image【小题16】A．forB．withC．withoutD．besides【小题17】A．acceptedB．receivedC．refusedD．rejected【小题18】A．GenerallyB．Eventually C．AdditionallyD．Obviously【小题19】A．hopefulB．endlessC．meaningfulD．useless【小题20】A．clarifyB．realizeC．identifyD．acknowledge