完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
When I was 14, I was hired for an after-school job selling subscriptions (征订，订阅) to my hometown paper,
the Houston Post. I was sent to some of the city’s worst neighborhoods to “beg” door-to-door. Even though I was often moving around after dark in bad areas __
36__ for garage apartments, I was __
37__ for the work.
It was a __
38__ because people didn’t like a stranger knocking on their door, __
39__ a kid trying to get them to buy something. On one ___
40__, a man shut his door heavily in my face and __
41__, “I don’t want your damn paper.” I __
42__ myself to knock again and was able to tell him how great the paper was. I __
43__ selling him a subscription. I was soon among the __
44__ subscription sellers and, like other successful __
45__, was given responsibility for training newcomers.
__
46__ this time I started playing the harmonica and guitar. Before long I was playing in a __
47__ at barbecues and other events. When I __
48__ 18, I focused my __
49__ on becoming a professional musician. I never lost ___
50___ of this dream. I’m sure my determination came from what I __
51___ knocking on strangers’ doors.
That ___
52___ helped me in many ways. Early in my music career I was locked in a legal disagreement with a former manager. He ___
53__ me to back off, but I
refused.
Having all those doors shut in my face as a kid gave me the ___
54___to stand up to this frightening figure. Except this time there was one ___
55___: I was the one sayin
g no. And I won.
| 小题1: | | A．leaving | B．searching | C．reaching | D．asking |
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| 小题2: | | A．sorry | B．ready | C．doubtful | D．thankful |
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| 小题3: | | A．challenge | B．puzzle | C．surprise | D．failure |
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| 小题4: | | A．certainly | B．obviously | C．especially | D．usually |
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| 小题5: | | A．time | B．occasion | C．day | D．place |
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| 小题6: | | A．screamed | B．whispered | C．begged | D．announced |
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| 小题7: | | A．allowed | B．forced | C．wished | D．reminded |
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| 小题8: | | A．ended up | B．gave up | C．picked up | D．kept up |
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| 小题10: | | A．reporters | B．managers | C．salesmen | D．secretaries |
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| 小题11: | | A．For | B．Since | C．Around | D．Until |
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| 小题12: | | A．concert | B．band | C．kitchen | D．party |
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| 小题13: | | A．seemed | B．grew | C．appeared | D．turned |
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| 小题14: | | A．attention | B．attraction | C．service | D．trust |
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| 小题15: | | A．sight | B．use | C．ability | D．fortune |
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| 小题16: | | A．accepted | B．decided | C．expected | D．learned |
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| 小题17: | | A．experience | B．problem | C．story | D．introduction |
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| 小题18: | | A．invited | B．pressured | C．excused | D．charged |
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| 小题19: | | A．pain | B．right | C．strength | D．imagination |
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| 小题20: | | A．conclusion | B．difference | C．chance | D．decision |
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