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第二节完形填空(共20小题，每题1.5分，共30分)
阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On the first day of my school life in the USA, I showed a great interest in my marketing class. My teacher, Mrs Tolman, suggested I  16    a national marketing club called DECA attracting many students with talent and interest in  17   . So I did.
The first  18    was to raise money for marketing competitions later in the year by selling candles. Mrs Tolman said the money was due in a week and that 40 percent of the   19    would go into my personal account.
At the beginning, I tried to sell some candles to my host mom. She said that if I could show
20    and do a wonderful sales presentation, she would certainly buy some. I started my  21    with a firm handshake. Then I introduced all the different kinds of candles and the special sales I could offer and  22    her that our candles were the best choice for gifts and home decorations. Finally she bought three candles.
Greatly   23   I decided to sell my candles around the neighborhood.
On Saturday morning, with great courage, I knocked at the door of my first potential   24   . “I’m a student at Skyline High School and we are  25    money for DECA, I’m trying to sell…”
“Not today, sorry,” the man   26    me and shut the door.
Embarrassed, I walked away and encouraged myself the   27   thing that might happen was being refused like that again. I couldn’t even count how many times I was   28    with reasons like “Not today”, “I don’t have any   29    money right now” or “I just bought some”.   30  , I had to continue with the day.  31  , a woman kindly bought nearly $60 worth of candles. I couldn’t even hide my   32    and said, “Thank you very much” to her with a bow.
After a   33  hard work, I turned in $408 worth of sales of candles, which gave me $163 in my own account. I was   34    to find out I was the second highest seller in all classes.
It was my first time working as a sales person. This experience let me know that  35    difficulties was only wasting time and a barrier in my way to success.
16. A. hold                   B. join                         C. build                        D. set
17. A. business              B. English                    C. math                D. sports
18. A. chance                B. way                        C. challenge             D. choice
19. A. income               B. candles                    C. business              D. expense
20. A. ability                B. confidence               C. aim                 D. expectation
21. A. presentation        B. business                   C. deal                 D. interest
22. A. told                    B. convinced            C. explained             D. requested
23. A. puzzled                     B. delighted                   C. shocked              D. encouraged
24. A. buyer                 B. seller                    C. businessman          D. shop keeper
25. A. lending               B. raising                   C. returning             D. borrowing
26. A. greeted               B. bothered                C. hurt                 D. interrupted
27. A. worst                 B. uneasy                     C. unluckiest             D. unhappiest
28. A. allowed                     B. permitted                   C. refused              D. demanded
29. A. more          B. extra                       C. little                 D. left
30. A. However            B. So                     C. Therefore            D. But
31. A. And           B. Secondly                   C. Firstly                D. Finally
32. A. anger                 B. embarrassment         C. happiness              D. sadness
33. A. week’s               B. hour’s                  C. year’s                D. month’s
34. A. lucky                 B. surprised              C. calm                 D. confused
35. A. overcoming        B. dealing with           C. accepting              D. worrying about