专题03 完形填空（第02期）-2019届高三英语百所名校好题速递分项解析汇编 Word版含解析.docVIP

【浙江省“五校联考”2019届高三上学期第一次考试】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，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。 During the early 1980s, I was a sales manager for a large training company. One of my ___16___ was to train people on how to sell. I taught people that lack of time and opportunity were only excuses for not producing ___17___. My mother is a Greek immigrant with ___18___ formal education. Her high point of each week was Sunday when she ___19___ take an hour-long bus ride to church, where she and her friends would ___20___ and exchange gossip and stories of their families. When the committee members decided to ___21___ money for a new Greek church, my mother jumped at the chance to ___22___. Her plan was simple: talk to as many people as possible about buying tickets and make them feel ___23___ if they didn’t. That was ___24___ I came into the picture. She said I was a big shot and gave me ten booklets of ten tickets, each one worth one dollar, ___25___ up to a total of $100. A week later, I showed up with the ___26___ half. “I simply didn’t have the time.” I ___27___ to my mother. “You either do something or you have all the ___28___ why not,” my mother shot back and started to cry. I was ___29___ and quickly agreed to buy the rest of my tickets myself. She stopped crying ___30___ and said, “When you want something, then you do ___31___ it takes to get the job done, even cry.” With a ___32___ she said, “I knew that crying would work with you, and for being so sad with your excuses, here are ten more books.” As a sales manager, I paled by ___33___. It ___34___ that my mother sold 7,000 tickets, 200 ahead of the second. I learned a new level of distinction between ___35___ and results. Soon afterwards, I quit my job and started my own business, training people in time management. 16. A. majors B. professions C. responsibilities D. careers 17. A. results B. changes C. chances D. effects 18. A. much B. little C. adequate D. improper 19. A. would