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，从短文

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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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was told just now in the hospital that I was having a Bell's palsy attack, a condition in which the face muscles tighten because of stress. During the long car ride home, all I could think about was my coming interview. But now I could not even    31  myself in the mirror and my lips was unable to open normally, surely all the other applicants would have the    32  , I concluded.

However, I wouldn’t let my own self-consciousness    33  me. Not now, not when I had   34    so hard for so long to be given this opportunity. This was the kind of position I'd dreamed of for all these years.  “Mom,    35  me off on Jacob Street. I'm going to the    36  .”

“Honey, I don't think you should. You look...  37  ,” she said, ever so gently.

I knew she was   38  . But if I didn't, I'd always   39  if I could have gotten my dream job.

"No, Mom, take me there.”

40  , she took me where I wanted to go.

"Hello,” a gray-haired man sitting behind the large desk   41  me. “Miss Jenkins?”

“Yes. Please excuse me. I'm having a Bell's palsy attack. My doctor explained to me that it would last a few days. I came right from the   42  .”

“You're very    43  to come when you're in such a state,” he   44  , after a pause.

He spent a few minutes looking through my   45  . “Is everything on here   46  ?” he asked.

“Yes, but I    47  to mention I type seventy-five words per minute.”

“Well, you have an impressive background with related experience, you are    48  qualified. When are you    49  ?” he asked. 

I took a deep breath and asked, “You're hiring me?”

“Not only have you got the skills I'm looking for, you also have the   50  .” He gave me a big smile.

31.   A．forgive                    B．recognize               C．believe                    D．control

32.   A．chance                    B．advantage                C．courage                  D．sympathy

33.   A．pardon                     B．stop                        C．help                        D．transform

34.   A．driven                   B．turned                     C．prepared                 D．worked

35.   A．take                     B．pull                         C．drop                   D．send

36.   A．supermarket             B．interview                 C．doctor                    D．office

37.   A．weak                    B．annoying              C．angry                            D．strange

38.   A．right                        B．kind                        C．wrong                    D．sensitive

39.   A．regret                     B．believe                    C．wonder                   D．quit

40.   A．Hopefully                 B．Unwillingly              C．Fortunately             D．Unexpectedly

41.   A．doubted                   B．greeted                   C．examined                D．discouraged

42.   A．hospital                    B．home                   C．office                       D．work

43.   A．determined               B．crazy                      C．disrespectful           D．funny

44.   A．stressed                   B．interrupted              C．commented             D．complained

45.   A．face                        B．health                     C．application              D．situation

46.   A．correct                    B．normal                    C．incredible                D．contradictory

47.   A．pretended                 B．demanded               C．focused                 D．failed

48.   A．narrowly                  B．possibly                  C．impossibly              D．certainly

49.   A．accessible                      B．convenient              C．energetic                 D．available

50.   A．qualification             B．appearance              C．character                      D．disadvantage