问题详情：
In my early childhood, my parents and teachers taught me to be persistent (执着) in every task I devoted myself to. I was _41_ that persistence is the only way towards success. But a small incident made me change my mind.
One day my two-year-old son, _42_ at a dozen of “stood” color markerpens, cheered excitedly, “Mummy, look! I did it.” Afterwards, he collected some ballpens, _43_ to do the same. Hard though he tried, the ballpens just lay _44_. He turned to me for help. Noticing they had either sharp or round ends, I said _45_, “Mummy can’t help you.” To my _46_, he wouldn’t listen and continued trying. I was struck by his persistence.
My son’s behaviour reminded me of George who was always _47_ in his work and rarely talked to anyone. To him, _48_, there was no such thing called weekends or holidays. Our boss praised _49_ about him and _50_ us to look up to him as a role model.
One day I met George. “Gonna work late again tonight？”
“Probably can't leave till midnight,” he said.
“How many hours have you put in here each week, eighty or ninety?”
“_51_.”
“Don’t you have time to be with your family at all?”
He shook his head slowly and _52_ a sigh. “It’s not what I wanted. But I have worked on it for so long. It’s much too _53_ to even think about letting go.”
A year later I resigned. The _54_ thing I heard about him was that his wife divorced him. Since then I’ve never seen him. But occasionally his aged _55_ would come to my mind.
Until that day, _56_ knowing why the ballpens couldn’t stand up, the twoyearold had _57_ the impossibility after many failures. He put aside all the ballpens and kept only those water markers for his “game”. _58_, he already learned to let go of his previous _59_ attempts.
In our daily life, many headaches can be avoided if we know how to _60_ them and then let go of them immediately.
41. A. convinced | B. confident | C. conscious | D. consistent |
42. A. shouting | B. pointing | C. screaming | D. laughing |
43. A. intending | B. insisting | C. requiring | D. urging |
44. A. still | B. silent | C. quiet | D. flat |
45. A. deliberately | B. enthusiastically | C. casually | D. unintentionally |
46. A. content | B. disappointment | C. surprise | D. sorrow |
47. A. buried | B. interested | C. devoted | D. busy |
48. A. however | B. therefore | C. otherwise | D. though |
49. A. little | B. well | C. much | D. highly |
50. A. ordered | B. inspired | C. promised | D. appealed |
51. A. At random | B. At times | C. At most | D. At least |
52. A. let out | B. let off | C. sent off | D. sent out |
53. A. encouraging | B. comfortable | C. painful | D. ashamed |
54. A. later | B. last | C. latter | D. lately |
55. A. picture | B. figure | C. reflection | D. image |
56. A. for | B. with | C. without | D. besides |
57. A. accepted | B. received | C. refused | D. rejected |
58. A. Generally | B. Eventually | C. Additionally | D. Obviously |
59. A. hopeful | B. endless | C. meaningful | D. useless |
60. A. clarify | B. realize | C. identify | D. acknowledge |
【回答】
40—45 ABADC 46—50 CABDB 51—55 DACBD 56—60CADDC
知识点：教育类
题型：完型填空
