第一節(jié)完形填空(共10小題;每小題2分,滿分20分)
閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從21~30各題所給的A、B、C和D項中,選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
There is a popular saying, “All of us have a Guardian Angel, guiding us”.
Some of the greatest success stories of history have followed a word of 21 or an act of confidence by a loved one or a 22 friend. Had it not been for a confident wife, Sophia, we might not have listed Nathaniel Hawthorne among the great 23 of literature. When Nathaniel, a 24 man, went home to tell his wife that he was a failure and had been fired from his job in the customs, she surprised him with a cry of joy.
"Now," she said 25 , "you can write your book!"
"Yes," replied the man, with little confidence, "and what shall we 26 while I am writing it?"
To his 27 , she opened a drawer and pulled out a sum of money.
"Where on earth did you get that?" he asked.
"I have always known you were a man of genius," she told him. "I knew that someday you would write a great novel. So every week, out of the money you gave me for housekeeping, I
28 a little bit. So here is enough to 29 us for one whole year."
From her trust and 30 came one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter.
21. A. enjoyment B. encouragement C. kindness D. delight
22. A. trusting B. merciful C. cautious D. intelligent
23. A. books B. novels C. names D. nicknames
24. A. successful B. courageous C. sorrowful D. heartbroken
25. A. sadly B. willingly C. proudly D. deliberately
26. A. stick to B. try out C. take up D. live on
27. A. amazement B. satisfaction C. expectation D. disappointment
28. A. spent B. saved C. consumed D. contributed
29. A. lead B. hold C. last D. leave
30. A. confidence B. experience C. competence D. guidance