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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
It was in New York City to advise large banks on the secret to success in business. Once I started a  36  with my taxi driver, Tony. He had studied be an oceanic biologist, but couldn't get a  37  job in that field. “I like driving a taxi,” he said. “38  I hope to do much better than just get by.”
Like many people, Tony thought that being self-reliant meant  39  asking for help. But we need to develop relationship in order to  40  our goals.
Tony liked chatting with his customers, yet he didn’t want  41  to them. I advised him to give it a  42  . And he did. Not only did his customers take his taxi more often, but they  43  him to their friends. Soon he had a long list of regulars and  44  buy his own car, then a second. He had to  45  a friend to help with the overflow.
We each contain  46  Of greatness. Life is all about finding that seed and nurturing it to its  47  growth. And I know it’s  48  , because I am living proof.
I’m the son of a steelworker. My dad would come home, his hands  49  and dirty, and say, “I don’t want this for you, Keith. You need a great  50  .”
And bravely, he went to the CEO（总裁）of his company to ask for his advise. The CEO admired his  51  and helped get me a scholarship at one of the best schools in the country. I  52  to Yale University and Harvard Business School. 53  I was the youngest chief marketing officer in the Fortune 500. I learned  54  a young age that the secret to success  55  the power of relationship.
36．A．report              B．conversation            C．suggestion           D．speech
37．A．hard                B．correct                    C．suitable                   D．dull
38．A．And                B．Since                  C．Because                  D．Though
39．A．never                 B．always                    C．ever                       D．sometimes
40．A．find                B．fail                         C．miss                       D．achieve
41．A．please              B．excite                     C．bother                    D．worry
42．A．try                  B．drive                  C．talk                        D．hand
43．A．suggested     B．recommended          C．mentioned           D．told
44．A．was able to      B．could                  C．ought to                  D．might
45．A．make               B．let                          C．hire                        D．order
46．A．plants              B．seeds                  C．origins                    D．members
47．A．empty             B．full                        C．huge                       D．tiny
48．A．enough            B．necessary            C．strange                   D．possible
49．A．scratched     B．wounded                 C．injured                   D．fixed
50．A．work               B．career                     C．education            D．university
51．A．honesty           B．feeling                    C．expression           D．courage
52．A．went on           B．got off                    C．set out                    D．kept up
53．A．So                  B．Meanwhile              C．Soon                      D．Once
54．A．of                   B．in                           C．under                        D．at
55．A．leads to           B．lies in                     C．relies on             D．sticks to