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第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
We all see and hear about extraordinary people around us and wonder why we can’t be more like them? It’s not the big things that make someone extraordinary. Here are some small things that extraordinary people do every day:
●      36    Just because you’re the boss doesn’t mean you are right every time. Learn to back up your decisions with reason. Use logic to explain things, not authority. By doing this your decisions might invite criticism, but you will also get an opportunity to improve.
●They are generous with compliments（恭维）. Remember the time, when you worked really hard but got nothing in return. Not even a thank-you.    37    So every chance you get to praise someone, do it. A simple, “That was some great work, keep it up,” can go a long way in making the employees feel great about themselves.      38     
●They are helpful. Never hesitate to help someone. It’s fairly simple but it goes a long way. Don’t be non-committal（不负责的）and say something vague（含糊）like, “Can I help you?” , because they might just say, “No, I’m good.”      39     “I had the same problem with this coffee machine in the morning. I think I have figured a way to make it work.” Offer in a way that feels mutually beneficial（互利）.
●They’re in charge of their emotions. Sometimes it is very important to stay silent. Especially when you’re angry, you don’t want to end up saying things you didn’t really mean to. So they take their time to think back to what happened, and then come to a decision about how to deal with it.    40     Never be too casual with words or actions.
   A. They are sensitive to others.
   B. The key is to be specific.
   C. A compliment can have a positive impact on their lives.
   D. When you feel awkward receiving a compliment, give the person a smile.
   E. They are open to criticism.
   F. It hurts when your efforts are not recognized.
   G. Before you say anything, consider others’ feelings.    
 
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分0）
   阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
During the war, my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California. I went to live there in order to be   41   him. I hated the place. I had never   42    been so unhappy. My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty, and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone. The heat was   43    —almost 125 ⁰F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌).   44   a soul to talk to. The wind blew non-stop, and all the food I ate, and the very air I breathed, were   45   with sand, sand, sand!
I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was   46  and coming back home. I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. I   47   be in prison! My father answered my   48   with just two lines—two lines that will always sing in my   49   — two lines that completely changed my life :
Two men looked out from prison bars
One saw the mud, the other saw the stars
I read those two lines   50   I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present    51   ; I would look for the stars.
I made friends with the natives, and their   52   amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had   53   to sell to tourists. I studied the delightful forms of the cactus. I watched for the desert sunsets, and   54   for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean   55   .
What brought about this   56   change in me ? The desert hadn’t changed,   57   I had. I had changed my   58   . And by doing so, I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing  59   of my life. I was excited by this new world that I had discovered I had looked out of my self-created prison and  60      the stars.           高考英语模拟试题库  http://www.17xuexiba.com/yy/