Question

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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。
All the World Asks
On my first day in a college classroom, I felt like an overgrown child returning to civilization after having been lost in the forest for thirty years. There I sat,  21  enough to be a father to most of the students in the room,   22   unconfident enough to be their baby brother. We were crowded elbow (肘部) to elbow, listening to a  23  who looked even younger than the students. I felt uncomfortable and out of place as the professor carefully    24  what she expected us to learn. As I listened, I couldn't help but  25  of my own oldest daughter who was now beginning her first year in    26  , just like me. I remembered how hard I had tried to help build self-confidence in her and my other children. So why did I suddenly feel like a scared   27  myself'? When I walked out of that classroom, I had serious    28   about my ability to make it   29  college. Not until late that night did my thinking   30    .It was a long-distance  31   from my daughter, my fellow college freshman, that did the trick. She spoke on the phone about the doubts, worries and anxieties she was   32 . She was certain that she'd never   33  at college. How   34   her worries sounded! In my most confident parental   35  , I said, “Doing your best is all the world   36  .” The next day in class, those words still repeated in my head. When the professor raised a   37   for the class, nobody, including me,    38  to answer. When I looked around al the   39   and uncertainty on the young faces in that room, I knew   40  what I had to do: my best. That's all the world asks. So I raised my hand, and the professor called my name. I spoke.
21. A. big                      B. tall                   C. old                    D. strong
22. A. and               B. so               C. or             D. yet
23. A. professor                   B. teacher                C lecturer           D. instructor
24. A. showed                   B. explained              C. designed         D. offered
25. A. think                     B. speak                    C. talk               D. hear
26. A. school                    B. office                C. classroom         D. college
27. A. father                     B. parent                 C. child           D. son
28. A. fears                B. doubts                  C. opinions         D. ideas
29. A. over                     B. on                    C. with                   D. through
30. A. stop                      B. turn                  C. change                 D. continue
31. A. call                       B. talk                   C. report              D. discussion
32. A. obtaining                  B. gaining                C. experiencing   D. feeling
33. A. fail                      B. succeed                C. win            D. pass
34. A. common                   B. ordinary               C. regular                 D. familiar
35. A. sound                     B. whisper                C. word           D. voice
36. A. hopes                     B. asks                  C. wants              D. expects
37. A. request                    B. problem               C. question          D. demand
38. A. dared                     B. preferred               C. tried                   D. prepared
39. A. sorrow                   B. joy                   C. fear            D. anger
40. A. exactly                    B. roughly               C. gradually               D. Certainly

Answer 1

21-25 CDABA       26-30 DCBDC       31-35 ACBDD       36-40 BCACA

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