第二节 完型填空(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和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

A

Exactly fifty years ago my father gave me the words I have lived by ever since.He was a physician.I had just started to study law at Budapest University.I failed one 36 I thought I could not 37 the shame so I sought escape in the consolation (慰藉) of failure's closest 38 , alcohol, always at hand: apricot brandy to be exact.

My father called on me 39 .Like a good doctor, he discovered both the trouble and the 40 , in a second.I admitted why I had to escape reality.

The dear old man then and there made an immediate prescription.He 41 to me that there can be no real escape in alcohol or sleeping pills—or in any drug.For any 42 there is only one medicine, better and more43 than all the drugs in the world: work!

How 44 my father was! Getting used to work might be hard.Sooner or later you 45 .It has, of course, the 46 of all the narcotics (麻醉药).It becomes habit-forming.And once the habit is formed, sooner or later, it becomes 47 to break one's self of it.I have never been able to break myself of the habit for fifty years.

36.A.experiment B.class C.examination D.lecture

37.A.survive B.understand C.expect D.feel

38.A.competitor B.friend C.workmate D.relative

39.A.angrily B.secretly C.unwillingly D.unexpectedly

40.A.bottle B.box C.parcel D.bowl

41.A.whispered B.explained C.announced D.screamed

42.A.illness B.weakness C.sorrow D.disappointment

43.A.comfortable B.convenient C.available D.reliable

44.A.foolish B.happy C.cruel D.right

45.A.succeed B.work C.regret D.finish

46.A.form B.quality C.price D.side-effect

47.A.important B.necessary C.impossible D.unavoidable

B

What if you have a problem with something you ordered at an online store?

If you want to return something and if you checked what the online store return 48 is, refer to that and follow their 49 .

If you have a question about your order, 50 for a link to either the online store customer service 51where in most cases you can find a form to fill out or an email address.

If you find a form, complete it.The more 52 you fill it out, the better your problem with your order can be solved.

If you find an email address, send an email explaining your problem with a copy of your order confirmation attached or the information from it 53 to your email.

Remember to be polite in your email.It doesn't 54 to be rude.It only will make the person who received it mad and less 55 to care about your problem.

48.A.address B.policy C.order D.plan

49.A.note B.example C.instructions D.expressions

50.A.look B.change C.wait D.long

51.A.counter B.desk C.part D.section

52.A.quickly B.slowly C.completely D.beautifully

53.A.added B.applied C.supplied D.passed

54.A.prove B.help C.count D.seem

55. A.possible B.curious C.proper D.likely