第二节 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

When we think about the dreams we have, it is surprising to see how many people failed even if they could have succeeded. So today I’m going to tell you five ways to kill your dreams.

Believe in overnight success.

Everyone knows the story of a tech guy who built a mobile app and sold it for a lot of money. ___16___ If you investigate further, you will find that he is well educated and has been working on the project for 20 years. Therefore, your overnight success is always a result of what you’ve done in your life.

___17___

Constantly, people around you always have opinions on which path you should take. But whichever way you choose, there are other ways you have to pick as well. And one day you need to solve those problems yourself.

Decide to rest when success is guaranteed.

When your life is going great and everything is set梩ime to rest. Actually, when you ’re growing towards a peak, you need to work even harder and find yourself another peak. If you were content with what you’ve accomplished, it would stop you from a greater success. ___18___

Believe the fault is someone else’s.

I constantly see people saying, “I created this great product, but the market is so bad.” If you have dreams, it’s your responsibility to make them happen. Yes, the market may be bad. But if no one bought your product, surely there is something there that is your fault. ___19___

Believe that the only things that matter are the dreams themselves.

Achieving a dream is a short moment, but your life is not. ___20___ And the only way to really achieve all of your dreams is to fully enjoy every step of your journey.

A. When we face difficulties, believe in ourselves.

B. The overnight success inspires so many people.

C. The story may seem real, but I bet it’s incomplete.

D. Be responsible for your own dreams.

E. Life is never about the goals themselves.

F. There’s no time to settle down.

G. Believe someone else has the answers for you.

第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节， 满分45分)

第一节 完形填空(共20 小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C, 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。

If you ever have a chance to go to Finland, you’ll probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.

Take the taxi drivers for example.You can go ___21___ on a journey, tell the driver to ___22___ you at any place, say that you have some business to ___23___, and that you will pay the taxi driver later. He will agree without any ___24___ but just accept your words in good ___25___.

The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their ___26___, but also provide food for outside ___27___.Hotel guests have their meals free , so they ___28___ go to the free dining rooms to have their meals, and the ___29___ they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter.With such ___30___ check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to wine and dine free of ___31___.

Finnish workers are paid by the hour.If you work in Finland and have ___32___ the boss on the hourly rate, then you just say how many hours you have worked and you’ll be paid ___33___.

With so many loop holes in every day life, surely Finland must be a good country to those who ___34___ to take “petty advantages”.But the ___35___ thing is, all the taxi passengers always come back to pay their ___36___ after they have attended to their business; not a ___37___ outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms; workers always give the exact hours they have ___38___...As the Finns always act on good faith and always have a (an) ___39___ of “right is right” and “wrong is wrong” in every thing they do, so to live in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.

What we regarded as “foolish” is ___40___ the Finnish people’s way of life.

21. A. somewhere B. anywhere C. sometime D. anytime

22. A. stop B. pass C. drop D. pick

23. A. attend to B. take care C. take up D. appeal to

24. A. guarantee B. anxiety C. passenger D. money

25. A. smile B. place C. seat D. faith

26. A. meals B. visitors C. guests D. cards

27. A. waiters B. diners C. drivers D. workers

28. A. naturally B. respectively C. secretly D. contently

29. A. best B. worst C. most D. least

30. A. strict B. complete C. troublesome D. loose

31. A. registration B. care C. charge D. noise

32. A. paid for B. debated with C. talked about D. agreed with

33. A. accordingly B. reluctantly C. separately D. automatically

34. A. hesitate B. hate C. love D. refuse

35. A. strange B. confusing C. complex D. imaginative

36. A. business B. trip C. fine D. fare

37. A. single B. faithful C. familiar D. usual

38. A. worked on B. put in C. spent on D. run out

39. A. religion B. law C. idiom D. attitude

40. A. eventually B. accidentally C. actually D. temporarily