第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Recent studies show that only one out of three people have strong and healthy self-confidence. That 36 two out of every three people simply don’t know the 37 they already have to be successful when it’s 38 there in their hands! 39 if you want others to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first. Remember: “No one can make you feel inferior(差的) unless you 40 them.” A successful businessman says, “You can’t push anyone up a ladder 41 he knows he can climb himself.”
Many of us have an image 42 , and the image we have is of ourselves. 43 one guy put it: “You can’t win a horse race if you think you look 44 on a horse.” To succeed, the first person you have to 45 is yourself! So stop believing your own lies about yourself. Just 46 your mind and you’ll change your life.
One of the most harmful weapons that can kill your success in life are the two little words: “ 47 ”. You know that people used to 48 that if human beings traveled faster than 30 miles an hour it would 49 our circulation of blood and kill us. Thank goodness. A few people didn’t believe that 50 thinking, or we wouldn’t be riding in cars, buses, and flying in airplanes today. You’ll never know until you 51 .
Roger Bannister was the first human being to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. But 52 he did it, most people in the world didn’t think it was even 53 . Yet only weeks after Bannister did it, suddenly 54 all over the world began running a mile in less than 4 minutes! If we believe something can be done, we’ll 55 do it.
A. means B. reflects C. reads D. explains
A. chance B. strength C. ability D. reason
A. immediately B. properly C. accurately D. right
A. Because B. But C. What D. While
A. let B. challenge C. admit D. get
A. if B. except C. until D. unless
A. quiz B. question C. problem D. mystery
A. When B. As C. While D. Since
A. curious B. good-looking C. serious D. funny
A. beat B. knock C. strike D. win
A. settle B. bend C. change D. fix
A. I failed B. Not me C. Can I D. I can’t
A. imagine B. think C. expect D. doubt
A. start B. help C. stop D. quit
A. silly B. empty C. reasonable D. terrible
A. try B. realize C. understand D. judge
A. after B. before C. since D. because
A. likely B. unbelievable C. possible D. impossible
A. workers B. runners C. competitors D. players
55. A. simply B. seldom C. never D. usually