完形填空(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—35各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel. Life seemed ___21___. The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their ____22___ for granted, just as he used to himself. Now, however, he felt ____23____ —and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his ___24___.
Seeking more personally satisfying ___25___, he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate（命运）played a cruel ___26__ on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was __27___ to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to ___28____ the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only __29___. Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated（带插图的）books.
According to Jimmy, you are what you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world sometimes seems unfair, your choice can change your life.
This idea can be __30___ in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel before making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy’s drawings, however, is ___31___.
Though the world may make us feel small, we must be __32___. Everything will be all right for us—as it is for the “small people” in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are __33___ for us.
In spite of his new ___34___ and wealth, Jimmy prefers working __35__ 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 offer.
| 小题1: | | A．unhappy | B．unusual | C．unfair | D．uneasy |
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| 小题2: | | A．health | B．wealth | C．happiness | D．illnesses |
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| 小题3: | | A．ashamed | B．disappointed | C．helpless | D．endless |
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| 小题4: | | A．crying | B．painting | C．imagination | D．consideration |
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| 小题5: | | A．home | B．condition | C．situation | D．work |
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| 小题6: | | A．game | B．trick | C．role | D．part |
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| 小题7: | | A．unable | B．impossible | C．uncomfortable | D．difficult |
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| 小题8: | | A．understand | B．face | C．refuse | D．recognize |
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| 小题9: | | A．failures | B．efforts | C．choices | D．interests |
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| 小题10: | | A．found | B．drawn | C．written | D．accepted |
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| 小题11: | | A．powerful | B．hopeful | C．useful | D．successful |
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| 小题12: | | A．great | B．strong | C．brave | D．equal |
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| 小题13: | | A．scientific | B．basic | C．right | D．simple |
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| 小题14: | | A．product | B．fame | C．name | D．job |
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| 小题15: | | A．rapidly | B．separately | C．slowly | D．quietly |
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