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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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If you think you’re not especially smart or capable（有能力的）, or that failure is bound no matter how hard you try, you’re right.   36   You can do it by using these five tips to start appearing as confident on the outside as you will soon feel on the inside.
* Buy clothes that fit. Clothes never make the person, but it’s hard to feel confident inside when your outside sends signals of uncertainty.   37  
    * Keep laughing. Laughter releases （释放）some of the tension that builds in your body each day.   38   You don’t have to overdo it, but a bit of humor goes a long way toward elevating your level of confidence.
    *   39   It helps to break things down into achievable pieces, and start to accomplish them, easy ones first, thus you will develop a mindset of success. This, in turn, makes it easier to feel confident. Whatever your goals may be, find something you truly desire, make a promise to see it through to the end, and then feel the confidence of success.
* Realize you know more than you think you do.   40   Admitting you don’t have the answer is the first step toward finding it, and the right answers pave the road to confidence.
* Be enthusiastic. Be happy and excited, and allow the world to see it. Your joy and confidence will be infectious.
Start with any of the five items on this list, and start feeling better inside out today!
    A. Set reasonable goals.
    B. But confidence is like any other skill you develop.
    C. Wait until you have a good shape to start to dress well.
    D. Love what you’re wearing and the world is likely to love it too.
    E. Surround yourself with people who deserve your love and dignity.
    F. If you don’t know something, there’s no shame in asking for the answer.
    G. Include your routine with the people or media that make you really happy.
第三部分 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。
I can still remember one day five years ago when I was invited to attend a presentation at the Kentucky School. That evening I found gratitude（感激之情）had amazing   41   to change our attitude and our life.
The young musician, Mr. Patrick, was   42   onto the stage in his wheelchair and began to play the piano. His fingers danced across the keys as he   43   beautiful music. He then began to sing as he played, and it was wonderful. But what shocked me most was his unusual   44  .
    Patrick was born with no eyes and an illness in the legs, which   45   him lame for life. However, as a child, he was   46   with artificial eyes and placed in a wheelchair. Before his first   __47  , he discovered the piano.   48   his mom hit any note on the piano, and within one or two   49  , he would get it. By his second birthday, he was playing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”. His father was   50  . “We might not play baseball, but we can play music together.”
    When Patrick was at the University of Louisville, his father   51   classes with him. He was also a part of the 214-member marching band! He was a blind, wheelchair-bound trumpet player, so he did it together with his father. His father   52   the night shift （夜班）in order to accompany his daytime band practice. Patrick says, “My dad is my   53  .”
But even more than his   54    musical talent, it was Patrick’s attitude of gratitude that   __55   my soul. On stage, between songs, he talked to the audience about his life and about how  __56   he was to have a great father. When his performance was over, Patrick and his father were on the stage together. The crowd rose to their feet and   57   for a long time.
    We all face misfortune in our lives. However, it’s not the   58   but how we react to it that will determine the joy and happiness in our lives. During   59   times, do we spend too much time feeling   60   for ourselves, or do we, with gratitude, learn how to dance in the rain?
41. A. power B. quality C. wisdom D. knowledge
42. A. held B. dragged C. rolled D. allowed
43. A. provided B. read C. wrote D. played
44. A. trick B. experience C. moment D. attitude
45. A. led B. sent C. forced D. left
46. A. filled B. fitted       C. connected D. associated
47. A. place B. attempt C. birthday D. performance
48. A. Since B. Until       C. Unless D. When
49. A. tries B. notes       C. words D. memories
50. A. disappointed    B. delighted C. confused D. interested
51. A. organized      B. observed C. attended D. arranged
52. A. worked B. changed C. refused D. cancelled
53. A. music B. dream C. teacher D. hero
54. A. unconditional   B. unreasonable C. uncertain D. unbelievable
55. A. saved B. touched C. calmed D. inspired
56. A. fortunate B. excited C. useful D. focused
57. A. shouted B. jumped C. cheered D. appreciated
58. A. failure B. chance C. success D. hardship
59. A. happy B. tough       C. usual        D. modem
60. A. easy B. responsible C. sorry        D. shameful
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