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对口升学英语高考复习模拟试题（含答案）：完形填空

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。

Weoftentalkaboutourselvesasifwehavepermanentgeneticdefects(缺陷)thatcannever

them.Maybeyou’veusedthemtodescribe11.

These12maycomefromstoriesaboutusthathavebeen13foryears—often

fromasfarbackaschildhood.Thesestoriesmayhaveno14infact.Buttheycansetlow

andyouwill15haveanymechanicalskillsfortherestofyourlife.”Howdidthese

expectations16mydevelopment?Iwasnever17toworkoncarsorbe

18tools.WhenIwas18,ItooktheUSArmy’sMechanicalAptitudeTest.Myscoreswerein

thebottomfortheentirenation!

Sixyearslater,19,IwasatCaliforniaUniversity,workingonmydoctor’sdegree.One

ofmyprofessors,Dr.BobTannbaum,askedmetowritedownthingsIdidwellandthingsI

couldn’tdo.Onthepositiveside,I20down,“research,writing,analysis,andspeaking.”On

the21side,Iwrote,“Ihavenomechanicalskills.”

Bob22mehowIknewIhadnomechanicalskills.Iexplainedmylife23and

toldhimaboutmypoor24ontheArmytest.Bobthenasked,“25isitthatyoucan

solvecomplexmathematicalproblems,butyoucan’tsolve26mechanicalproblems?”

SuddenlyIrealizedthatIwasn’t27fromsomesortofgeneticdefects.Iwasjustliving

outexpectationsthatIhadchosento28.Atthatpoint,itwasn’tjustmyfamilyandfriends

whohadbeen29mybeliefthatIwasmechanicallyhopeless.Anditwasn’tjusttheArmy

keptsayingthat,itwasgoingtoremaintrue.30,ifwed