第三部分 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Dear Lee,
Thank you for your note．I like your _26_ between death and failure．I had not thought of these two in the same way __27__ you describe．I thank you for bringing this to my _28__．
Your insights are very deep．As you say, “death is only a（n） _29_ but failure can change someone’s whole life．” Yes, death is final．Failure is _30__．Death leaves us with _31__ ．But failure can leave us with lessons which will _32_ our lives．
I hope that your failure to pass that _33__ English test will help you _34__ it will hurt you．Please remember that it is not being _35_ down that is important．It is the inability to get up that is __36__ ．You will have to learn to get up, and to get going．Failure is the “staying down．” It is not the “falling down．”
From reading your letter, I __37__ your English to be very good．You write better than __38___ of my American friends．I do not know the reason for __39__ your English test．Maybe you were distracted that day．It is __40__ that persons are judged on the basis of a single test．
You write well, you __41__ your feelings with excellence, and you think __42__ ．These characteristics should __43__ you move toward a bright career．Just don’t let yourself “stay down．” Get up and __44__ them all know that you are talented and you are __45__ to succeed．I think you will．
With best wishes for a fine career．
Yours,
Frank
26．A．idea B．comparison C．thought D．reason
27．A．which B．where C．what D．that
28．A．attention B．heart C．head D．home
29．A．end B．result C．fact D．thing
30．A．forever B．continuous C．contemporary D．temporary
31．A．something B．nothing C．anything D．thinking
32．A．increase B．better C．honor D．treasure
33．A．easy B．terrific C．terrible D．ordinary
34．A．as good as B．more than C．as well as D．much than
35．A．fallen B．stayed C．knocked D．felt
36．A．impossible B．possible C．necessary D．important
37．A．judge B．accept C．prefer D．expect
38．A．all B．any C．one D．some
39．A．succeeding B．passing C．finishing D．failing
40．A．likely B．reasonable C．a shame D．fair
41．A．find B．express C．speak D．tell
42．A．deeply B．thoroughly C．carefully D．widely
43．A．leave B．drive C．help D．start
44．A．get B．ask C．show D．make
45．A．devoted B．determined C．engaged D．supposed