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第二节完型填空（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers，I often want to cut and keep it．But just as I am about to do so，I find the article on the 31 side is as much interesting．It may be a discussion of the way to 32 in good health，or advice about how to behave and 33 yourself in society．If I cut the front articles，the opposite one is likely to suffer 34 ，leaving one half of it or keeping the text 35 the title．Therefore，the scissors would stay before they start， 36 the cutting would be halfway done when I find out the 37 result．
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time，both worth your 39 ．You can only take up one of them；the other has to wait or be 39 up．But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not 40 you to do what is left behind．Thus you are 41 in a difficult position and feel sad．How come nice 42 and clever ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 43 greatly on your preference of your one choice to the other．
In fact that is what 44 is like；we are often 45 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both 46 like a newspaper cutting．It often occurs that our attention is 47 to the thing only after we get into another．The former may be more important than the latter and this 48 a divided mind．I still remember a philosopher’s 49 ：“When one door shuts，another opens in life．”So a casual（不经意的） 50 may not be a bad one．
31．A．same B．opposite C．either D．front
32．A．get B．bring C．1ead D．keep
33．A．enjoy B．help C．conduct D．dress
34．A．damage B．destroy C．hurt D．injury
35．A．on B．for C．without D．off
36．A．or B．but C．so D．for
37．A．satisfying B．regrettable C．surprising D．impossible
38．A．courage B．patience C．strength D．attention
39．A．given B．picked C．held D．made
40．A．persuade B．agree C．allow D．tell
41．A．filled B．struck C．caught D．attracted
42．A．chances B．conditions C．wishes D．ways
43．A．progresses B．goes C．changes D．improves
44．A．study B．1ife C．society D．nature
45．A．supplied B．connected C．fixed D．faced
46．A．available B．desirable C．considerable D．enjoyable
47．A．turned B．transferred C．paid D．drawn
48．A．gives way to B．gives rise to C．gets through to D．gets close to
49．A．remarks B．sayings C．slogans D．comments
50．A．behavior B．action C．choice D．attitude
