第二节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
Nearly thirty years ago, I went rock climbing for the first time with a group in New Mexico. It sounded exciting and 31 ! Anyone who has ever climbed knows that you can easily 32 where there is no place to go, or so. It seems you’re stuck. But 33 is not an option. You cannot just stand there and feel 34 for yourself. You cannot go back down, so you are 35 to become solution minded.
I held on for dear life that day, on my first climb, 36 about three quarters of the way to the top. It seemed that there was no place to go, and 37 to put my hands or feet so that I could 38 upward. But after a few minutes had passed I realized that I had to do 39 . I began to look again for a(n) 40 . I then noticed a 41 sticking out, which I might be able to grab with my hands and 42 myself up to where I could have a small foothold. I called to the instructor at the top and asked him if that rock would hold my 43 if I pulled myself up. I can 44 remember his answer, “I don’t know. Why don’t you try it and see?”
In life we many times feel “stuck”. We wonder how we got into the 45 that we are presently in. It is in those times that we need to be careful about how we define(定义)it. Have we failed, 46 is it just a setback?
Setbacks, adversity(逆境), or being stuck is never an indication that you are a 47 unless you decide that those things define your life as a failure. For people looking for a(n) 48 to be a failure, there are always plenty to choose from. But if you want your life to be successful, setbacks, adversity and being stuck are 49 stepping-stones to your success. Success minded people 50 those kinds of things for what they really are. They know that for them, they are only temporary.
31. A. amusing B. challenging C. boring D. surprising
32. A. put away B. take up C. end up D. lead to
33. A. searching B. regretting C. refusing D. quitting
34. A. sorry B. free C. amazed D. surprised
35. A. unlikely B. forced C. asked D. bound
36. A. shocked B. stuck C. suffered D. struck
37. A. nowhere B. somewhere C. anywhere D. wherever
38. A. continue B. improve C. promote D. enjoy
39. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
40. A. attention B. appreciation C. solution D. expectation
41. A. track B. sign C. tree D. rock
42. A. turn B. push C. pull D. build
43. A. quantity B. feet C. weight D. burden
44. A. still B. never C. hardly D. ever
45. A. destination B. situation C. location D. occasion
46. A. however B. otherwise C. or D. yet
47. A. learner B. failure C. thinker D. winner
48. A. signal B. excuse C. comment D. imagine
49. A. easily B. hardly C. simply D. nearly
50. A. develop B. deserve C. promise D. accept
