2012年高考语完型填充与阅读理解限时综合练习31.docVIP

江苏省淮海中学高三英语完型填充与阅读理解定时训练（31） 一部分完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分) For most people, graduation is an exciting day, but my graduation day was not. I remember that weekend two years ago. Family and friends had flown in from across the country to ??36? ?the celebration. But just like everyone else in my class, I had watched the ??37 ??turn from bad to worse in my senior year. Almost all of us graduates had degrees, but very ??uncertain ??38? . The weeks ahead weren’t ??39? . I knew my small university town couldn’t offer me any opportunities, ??40? ?I packed up my car and drove to Southern California to find work. But what I thought would take a ??41? ?dragged into two, and then four, and 100 job applications later, I found myself in the exact same ??42? ?as I was before. You know that feeling when you wake up in ??43? ? That feeling became a constant in my life. Days felt like weeks, weeks like months, and those many months felt like everlasting ??44? . And the most annoying part was no matter how much I tried, I just couldn’t seem to make any ??45? . So what did I do to keep my good sense? I decided to ??46? . Something about putting words on a page made everything seem a little clearer — a little brighter. Something about writing gave me ??47? . And if you want something badly enough, sometimes a little hope is all you ??48? ! I put my ??49? ?into a children’s book. Beyond the River was the story of an unlikely hero, a little fish, who ??50? ?to give up his dream.And then one day, without any sort of writing degree or contacts in the writing world — just a lot of hard work and determination — I was offered a ??51? ?contract (合同) for my first book! After that, things slowly began to fall into ??52? . I was offered a second book deal. Then, a few months later, I got an interview with the Walt Disney Company and was ??53? ?shortly after. Don’t give up. Even if things look ??54? ?now, don’t give up. If you work hard, things will always get better. Often times our dreams lie in w