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Ⅰ. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1 ~ 15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 A business manager was deep in debt and could see no way out. He sat on the park bench, wondering if anything could save his 1 . Suddenly, an old man appeared before him. 揑 can see that something is 2 you,?he said. After listening to the 3 , the old man said, 揑 believe I can help you.?The old man asked the man his name, wrote a 4 , and pushed it into his hand, saying, 揟ake this money. Meet me here 5 one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time.?Then he turned and disappeared as 6 as he had come. The business manager saw in his hand a check for $500,000, 7 by John D. Rockefeller, one of the richest men in the world! “It can make my 8 disappear in an instant!” he realized. But instead, the manager 9 to put the check in his safe (保险箱). It might give him the strength to work out a way to save his business, he thought. With new 10 mood, he closed several big sales. Within a few months, he was completely out of debt and making money once again. Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the 11 check. The old man appeared at the same time. But just as the manager was about to hand back the check and share his 12 story, a nurse ran to them and grabbed the old man. 揑抦 so glad I caught him!?she cried. 揑 hope he hasn抰 been bothering you. He抯 always 13 from the rest home and telling people he抯 John D. Rockefeller.?And she led the old man away by the arm. The 14 manager just stood there, opening his mouth. Suddenly, he realized that it wasn抰 the money that had turned his life around. It was his newfound 15 that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after. 1. A. company B. reputation C. marriage D. body 2. A. encouraging B. troubling C. pleasing D. confusing 3. A. nurse B. worker C. manager D. clerk 4. A. letter B. note C