Passage 2  (江苏省南京十三中2009届高三第三次模拟考试)  完形填空

In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He got into a life boat, but his supplies were   36  . His chances of surviving were small.   37   when three fishermen found him 76 days later, he was alive—much   38   than he was when he started, but alive.

His   39   of how he survived is fascinating. His cleverness — how he   40   to catch fish, how he evaporated（蒸发）sea water to   41   fresh water — is very interesting.

But the thing that   42   my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, and there seemed no   43   in continuing the struggle. He was starved and   44   worn-out. Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice.

When people   45   these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in   46   desperate circumstances   47   in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on   48   difficulties.

“I tell myself I can   49   it,” wrote Callahan in his book. “Compared to what others have been through, I’m fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over,   50   up courage…”

I wrote that down after I read it. It   51   me as something important. And I’ve told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed   52   off or when my problems seemed too terrible. And every time I’ve said it, I have always come back to my   53  .

The truth is, our circumstances are only bad   54   to something better. But others have been through the much worse, that is, in comparison with what others have been through, you’re fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you   55   through the rough situations with a little more courage.

36. A. little B. rich C. few D. enough

37. A. And B. Yet C. Still D. Thus

38. A. thinner B. stronger C. worse D. healthier

39. A. attitude B. assumption C. instruction D. account

40. A. assisted B. tended C. managed D. intended

41. A. make B. absorb C. select  D. replace

42. A. attacked B. caught C. froze D. cheated

43. A. need   B. taste C. message D. point

44. A. firmly B. completely C. hardly D. generally

45. A. deal B. defend C. survive D. observe

46. A. similarly B. differently C. gradually D. commonly

47. A. pull B. take C. break D. give

48. A. for the lack of B. in the face of C. in exchange for D. as a result of

49. A. handle B. carry C. follow D. inspect

50. A. rolling B. using C. building D. making

51. A. defeated B. recommended C. introduced D. struck

52. A. far B. long C. ever D. even

53. A. supplies B. senses C. ideas D. influences

54. A. related B. measured C. contributed D. compared

55. A. see B. cut C. get D. think

答案  36.C   37.B  38.A  39.D  40.C  41.A  42.B  43.D  44.B  45.C  46.A  47.D  48.B  49.A  50.C  51.D  52.A  53.B  54.D  55.C