45答案：C 远离比赛就能让我精神集中，就不会让我的“感情”左右我。

46答案：B 我“为什么”还没离开篮球界。

47答案：D have a passion for...“对 有热情”。

48答案：C 什么也比不上打球时的“感动”。

49答案：B 每场比赛后，即使身上的淤伤也是令人“骄傲的”。

50答案：D 我们的球队是“粘”在一起的一家人。

51答案：A 我为了她们待在那儿，“因为”她们也是为了我(而在等待)。

52答案：C with great passion“以极大的热情”。

53答案：D 我是离开还是继续做冷板凳这个“决定”不难做出。

54答案：B 当我想到作为球队的一分子能给我“带来的”快乐时，这一决定很容易就可以做出。bring“带来”；cheat“欺骗”；urge“督促”；control“控制”。

55答案：C 我对做冷板凳的“看法”就不那么糟糕了。view“看法，观点”；request“请求”；intention“意愿”；ambition“野心，雄心”。

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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel, Life seemed 36 . The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their 37

for granted, just as he 38 himself. Now, however, he felt 39 —and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his 40 .

Seeking more personally satisfying 41 , he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate（命运）played a cruel 42 on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was 43 to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to 44 the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only 45 . Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated（带插图的）books.

According to Jimmy, you are 46 you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world 47 seems unfair, your choice can change your life.

This idea can be 48 in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel 49 making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy’s drawings, however, is 50 .

Though the world may make us feel small, we must be 51 . Everything will be all right for us—as it is for the“small people”in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are 52 for us.

In spite of his new 53 and wealth, Jimmy prefers working 54 at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could 55 .

36．A．unhappy B．unusual C．unfair D．uneasy

37．A．health B．wealth C．happiness D．illnesses