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.
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题1:根据上一句话可知，Jimmy Liao这位著名的画家哭泣的原因是他得了癌症，生命似乎对他不公平。
小题2:此处是拿平常人对待健康的态度与 Jimmy Liao现在的情况形成对比。take …for granted认为……是理所当然的。
小题3:根据后面的一句解释可知答案
小题4:下文提到 Jimmy Liao 为一画家，画家只能通过的自己绘画来表达自己的思想
小题5:work著作，作品
小题6:play a trick on somebody捉弄， 戏弄某人。
小题7:根据句意可知，Jimmy Liao 这时得了癌症，不能继续工作。
小题8:本句为一个同位语从句，结合前面一句可知，Jimmy得了癌症，但他在宾馆里哭泣的那一刻也明白了人生并没有命运，而是看你如何做出选择。空格上如果填face或refuse，fact引导的同位语从句应改为他得病这个事实。
小题9:下文提到虽然生命对你不公，但你的选择可以改变你的生活。因此，人生没有命运，只看你如何选择。
小题10:根据Jimmy在书中所表达的观点可知他的这种看法可以在他的书中找到。
小题11:Jimmy对待癌症，选择了继续工作来充实自己。因此，他对生命充满了希望，这一点在他的绘画中也可表现出来。
小题12:尽管世界让我们感到自己很渺小，但我们也应该勇敢，坚强。Jimmy在面对疾病时所表现出的正是这个特征。great伟大的；strong 强壮的；equal平等的。
小题13:上文提到在面对疾病时，可以放弃也可以继续工作，关键看你选择什么。本句是回答这个问题：只要你做出正确的选择，生命就会充满希望。
小题14:Jimmy 原本是一名成功的画家，得病之后又继续工作，又赢得了新的名誉和财富。
小题15:根据Jimmy所患疾病可排除A项，slowly 只强调动作，不符语意；separately与下文with his wife and daughter矛盾。