并 在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In life, once on a path, we tend to follow it, for better or worse. What's sad is that even if it's the latter, we often 36 it anyway because we are so accustomed to the way things are that we don't even recognize that they could be 37 .
The inability to think in new ways 38 people in every comer of society. The theorist Hannah Arendt coined the phrase frozen thoughts to describe deeply held ideas that we no longer question but 39 people
blind to ideas that didn't fit their worldview, 41 when there was ample evidence for them. If you land in the hospital, it's 42 to want to be treated by the most experienced physicians. But according to a 2014 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), you'd be 43 being treated by the relative beginners. The study found that the death rate among high-risk patients was a third lower when the top doctors were 44 . Most errors made by doctors are 45 to a tendency to form opinions quickly, based on 46 . In
unusual cases, the expert doctors may 47 important aspects of the problem that are not 48 their initial analysis. However, junior doctors can be more 49 although they may be slower and less confident in treating 50 cases.
Fortunately, psychologists have found that anyone can 51 his or her thinking. Here are some techniques that could help you think outside the box.
1. Being open to 52 opinions. Talking to people who disagree with you can broaden your thinking in countless ways.
2. Change environments. A(n) 53 in your everyday life may provide the force needed to change the direction of your thinking.
3. Approach even 54 situations as if you were meeting them for the first time. “Beginner's mind',allows you to remain open to new experiences 55 any skills you may have.
36. A. reject 37. A. different 38. A. ruins 39. A. would 40. A. reflection 41. A. mainly 42. A. natural 43. A. worse off 44. A. around 45. A. connected 46. A. symptoms 47. A. spot 48. A. centered around
. In Arendt's eyes, the 40 on such accepted “truths”,also made
B. deny B. unusual B. concerns B. should B. impression B.just B. impractical B. more often B. away B. restricted B. experience B. study B. essential to C. accept C. complicated C. transforms C. could C. judgment C. even C. ridiculous .C. better off C. available C. attached C. observation C. notice C. consistent with D. improve D. specific D. affects D. might D. reliance D. mostly D. helpful D. less often D. active D. exposed D. inquiries D. miss D. responsible 49. A. open-minded 50. A. rare 51. A. form 52. A. conflicting 53. A. assistance 54 A. unexpected 55. A. unlike B. outgoing B. exceptional B. unfreeze B. personal B. disturbance B. strange B. alongside C. enthusiastic C. extreme C. shape C. minority C. occurrence C.oroutine C. despite D. quick-witted D. common D. clarify D. informed D. balance D. unlikely D. through
第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
In 1970, a cyclone(旋风)hit the southern coast of Bangladesh(孟加拉国). So severe and deadly were its effects that it’s 36 listed as the world’s worst-ever reported natural disaster. The 37 had a big impact on two Swedish men from Mission Aviation Fellowship(MAF). They traveled 38 to Bangladesh for the purpose of seeing what they could do to 39 . They journeyed south by boat for several days, throughout the country’s vast 40 network to reach the worst-affected area and began to envision(预想)MAF using an aircraft that would 41 direct access to large areas of the country that were almost out of 42 . Throughout the 1980s, MAF Australia, along with other MAF groups, sent staff to 43 assistance and their patience and dedication 44 since they built trust in the countries that had been 45 . In 1997, MAF could 46 start a flight program within Bangladesh. At that time, besides transporting doctors to hospitals located in 47 parts of the country, MAF also 48 an on-call emergency medevac(前线急救直升机)service in Bangladesh.
On November 15, 2007, Cyclone Sidr hit southern Bangladesh. MAF’s 49 response and emergency procedures were seriously 50 as the office received over 200 phone calls in one day from aid agency personnel in urgent need of 51 to and from the disaster zone. For the next two months, MAF 52 solidly, seven days a week. The float plane became known by 53 locals as “The Sea Angel(天使)”---the only aircraft in the country of its type having such a(n) 54 .
In 2009, “The Sea Angel” was sent again for rapid assistance 55 Cyclone Alla struck. Today, in Bangladesh, MAF makes over 750 flights and transports around 2,500 passengers annually. 36. A. just 37. A. history 39. A. help 40. A. air
41. A. reduce 42. A. focus 43. A. seek 44. A. ran out 45. A. noticed 47. A. secure 48. A. request 49. A. rapid
B. still
C. soon
D. often D. event D. fortunately D. avoid D. rail D. enable D. reach D. receive D. kept on D. traveled D. finally D. coastal D. continue D. unexpected D. established D. encouragement D. searched D. respectable D. reputation D. until
B. failure B. limit B. bus
C. burden C. research C. river C. order
C. change C. promise C. paid off C. assisted C. suddenly C. remote C. restore C. appropriate C. forecasted C. funding C. appealed C. outgoing C. decoration C. when
38. A. separately B. occasionally C. immediately
B. prevent B. danger B. provide B. came back B. untied
B. secretly B. crowded B. began B. tested B. flew
B. natural B. message B. grateful B. application B. if
46. A. properly
50. A. followed 51. A. transport 52. A. accelerated 53. A. reasonable 54. A. destination 55. A. once
完形填空:BDCAC DDBCC DCBAB ABBDC
第二节完形填空(共15题;每小题1分,满分15分)
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Attitude is what has changed Oregon State University’s women’s soccer team. It’s the first time the team has __51 the opening two games of a season since 1995. So what has led to this newfound success? The answer is simple if you talk with team captains Leila Kaady and Whitney Horn. “It’s 52 attitude.” Commented Kaady. “This season we are a lot more confident and a lot 53 in decision making and more confident in the players on the team.”
Several factors can result in the 54 of attitude in this season’s team, but motivation and team unity seem to __55 above the rest. “I think having a season when we weren’t 56 and then being able to 57 things around have kept us motivated,” said Kaady. The players knew
something needed changing to be competitive and 58 the disappointing results of the past. “Our fitness level as well as our attitude has been 59 .” commented Horn.
“Coaches will always push the players as far as they can and we’ve always done that, but this group of players have made the decision to 60 themselves further than other groups have,” said Horn. “A big 61 of that is the leadership that we’ve had from some of the senior players and obviously a good group of youngsters coming in. The leadership that was started last spring made a difference and set the 62 when the freshmen came in.” With soccer __63 to start over a month before the beginning of next competition season, the players have spent most of their time together. Many are roommates and all that having a 64 team helps a lot with success. Now that’s the kind of 65 that makes a difference. 51. A. lost
B. achieved B. single B. earlier B. display
C. won C. simple C. stronger C. set out C. twist C. rid C. push C. reason C. scene C. spirit C. new
D. held D. pure D. wiser D. appearance D. figure out D. helpful D. turn D. cancel D. taken up D. train D. factor D. limit D. team D. athletic D. attitude
52. A. casual 53. A. harder 54. A. change 55. A. pick up 56. A. cheerful 57. A. get
58. A. neglect 60. A. improve 61. A. result 62. A. rule
63. A. practice 64. A. close 65. A. success
第二节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
Number sense is not the ability to count. It is the ability to recognize a 51 in number. Human beings are born with this ability. 52 ,experiments show that many animals are, too. For example, many birds have good number sense. If a nest has four eggs and you remove one, the bird will not 53 . However, if you remove two, the bird 54 leaves. This means that the bird knows the 55 between two and three. Another interesting experiment showed a bird's 56 number sense. A man was trying to take a photo of a crow(乌鸦)that had a nest in a tower, but the crow always left when she saw him coming. The bird did not 57 until the man left the tower. The man had an 58 .He took another man with him to the tower. One man left and the other stayed, but they did not 59 the
C. existence C. successful
B. stand out B. stressful B. change B. erase
59. A. stepped up B. added up
B. motivate B. impact B. tone B. project B. young B. player
C. caught up
C. competition
51-55CDCAB 56-60CDBAC 61-65DBAAD
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