Question

完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填人空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Always Changing

Jack is leaving, and I’m feeling kind of sad.

You probably don’t know Jack, but you might be lucky enough to_________ someone just like him. He’s been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of years combining _________ professional skills with a sweet and gentle nature.

And now he’s moving on to an exciting new professional _________ . It sounds like it could be the chance of a lifetime, and we’re_________ for him. But that doesn’t make it any easier to say goodbye to him.

Life has a way of throwing these curve(曲線) balls _________ us. Just when we start to get comfortable with a person, a place or a situation, something comes along to _________ the recipe.

Our ability to cope with change _________ to a great degree, our peace, happiness and contentment in life.

But how do we do that? A friend of mine is fond of reminding us that “survivability depends upon _________ .” And then there’s Chris the California surf-rat, who once told me that the answer to life’s problems can be _________ in four words: “Go with the flow.”

I'm not exactly sure, but I think Chris was saying that life is a series of _________ —both good and bad. No matter how excellent your skill, there will always be life-influencing factors over which you have no _________ . The truly successful person expects the unexpected, and is prepared to_________ adjustments if the need should arise—as it almost _________ does.

That doesn’t mean you don’t keep trying to make all your _________ come true. It just means that when things come up that aren’t _________ in your plan, you work around them—and then you move on.

“Change, indeed, is painful, _________ ever needful,” said philosopher Thomas Carlyle. “And if memory has its force and worth, so also has _________ .”

We’re going to miss Jack. But rather than stay on the _________ of our parting, we’ll focus on our hopes for a brighter future—for him, and for us. And then we’ll go out and _________ everything we can to make that future happen. _________ our plans change—again.

1.A. know B. greet C. imagine D. recognize

2.A. good B. extra C. correct D. precise

3.A. agreement B. destination C. opportunity D. experience

4.A. pity B. pleased C. anxious D. curious

5.A. in B. at C. on D. with

6.A. try B. use C. provide D. change

7.A. protect B. produce C. preserve D. determine

8.A. habit B. belief C. adaptability D. communication

9.A. summed up B. put up C. made up D. held up

10.A. events B. records C. accidents D. problems

11.A. power B. trouble C. control D. difference

12.A. get B. make C. take D. have

13.A. never B. already C. seldom D. always

14.A. dreams B. promises C. decisions D. solutions

15.A. eventually B. immediately C. surprisingly D. exactly

16.A. and B. yet C. also D. even

17.A. future B. parting C. hope D. attempt

18.A. complaint B. sadness C. attention D. sympathy

19.A. do B. face C. seize D. demand

20.A. If B. After C. Until D. Before

Answer 1