2014届高三英语二轮专题训练：完形填空.docVIP

2014届高英语 （湖北省襄阳市四校2013届高三上学期期中联考） 阅读下列短文，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。 When middle-aged Alex quit his job and made up his mind to become a freelance writer (自由作家), no one could tell for sure whether he would succeed or not. He found a cold storage room in a building, set up a 　 31　 typewriter and settled down to work. After a year or so, however, Alex began to 　 32　 himself. He found it was difficult to earn his living by 　 33　 what he wrote. But Alex determined to put his dream to the test 　 34　 it meant living with uncertainty and fear of 　 35　 . This is the shadow land of hope, and 　 36　 with a dream must learn to live there. One day Alex got a(n) 　 37　 , “We need an assistant, and we’re paying $6,000 a year.” $6,000 was 　 38　 money in 1960. It would enable Alex to get a nice apartment, a second-hand car and more.　 39　 , he could write on the side. 　 40　 the dollars were dancing in Alex’s head, something 　 41　 his senses. He had dreamed of being a(n) 　 42　 — full time. “Thanks but no,” Alex said 　 43　 , “I’m going to stick it out and write.” After Alex got off the phone, he 　 44　 everything he had: two cans of vegetables and 18 cents. Alex put the cans and cents into a paper bag, saying to himself, “There’s everything you’ve made of yourself so far.” Finally his work was 　 45　 in 1970. Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that few writers 　 46　 experience. The shadows had turned into limelight (聚光灯). Then one day, Alex 　 47　 a box filled with things he had owned years before. 　 48　 was a paper bag with two cans and 18 cents. Suddenly he 　 49　 himself working in that cold storage room. It reminds Alex, and anyone with a dream, of the 　 50　 and persistence it takes to stay the course in the shadow land. 3??1. A. simpleB. wastedC. goodD. used 32. A. doubtB. checkC. teachD. hate 33. A. collectingB. sellingC. readingD. showing 34. A. in caseB. now thatC. even if D. as if 35. A. failureB. difficultyC. lossD. danger 36. A. someoneB. nobodyC. anyoneD.