【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 exciting. B. There are many advantages to do so. C. Socialize with the local people. D. Speaking with homeless people is improving my French. E. Find other English speakers to make friends with. F. I’ve tried things that I’ve never tried before. G. I’ve also had the opportunity to meet my housemate’s friends 第二部分 完形填空（共 40小題；每小題 ，滿分 60分） 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給 的四個選項（ A、 B、 C 和 D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 A On the morning of May 18, 2020, Enzo Piscopo’s alarm clock went off, signaling the start of another workday. Moments later, unbearable pain shot through his back. “I 21 so loud that I probably woke up the whole neighborhood,”he says. He became paralyzed(癱瘓的 ) from the waist down. Doctors said he’d likely never 22 again. The last three years have been a challenging, but equally 23 , journey for Enzo, a CocaCola employee since 1996. He has gone through great pain, relearned everyday tasks and got used to life in a 24 . “These lessons have made me the happiest I’ve ever been,”Enzo says. Nearly every day, someone asks Enzo how he can be so 25 after such a lifechanging 26 . It is a question, he admits。 he’ s asked himself more than a few times. One particular 27 changed Enzo. A few weeks after his injury, he was talking to his wife in his hospital room, 28 focusing on what he had, he fixed his attention on what he thought he’d 29 . His wife told him the things that mattered most to them were 30 intact(完好無損的 ), and that they would continue to follow their dreams and do everything they 31 to do, including traveling. “That conversation 32 me that I have the most wonderful wife and four beautiful and healthy kids,” he says. Enzo, who returned to work three months after his injury, 33 that happiness is a choice. “You can find millions of 34 to either be happy or unhappy. The choice is yours. Many people who seemingly have everything are 35 , while some of the 36 people in the world are deeply happy. The 37 is focusing on the things that really matter. Today I made an effort to 38 all the ‘little things’ that make me happy. I still want to 39 and grow as a person in all aspects of my life, 40 I’m now enjoying the abundance( 豐富 ) of things I already have much more.” . screamed B. asked C. talked D. laughed . speak B. read C. walk D. work . fortable B. dangerous C. boring D. rewarding . hospital B. vehicle C. house D. wheelchair . optimistic B. energetic C. sweet D. smart . chance B. journey C. injury D. success . conversation B. operation C. colleague D. friend . Instead of B. In case of C. As for D. Except for . created B. lost C. got D. explained . never B. still C. also D. even . need B. pretend C. agree D. love . reminded B. warned C. promised D. advised . doubts B. remembers C. hopes D. insists . results B. truths C. reasons D. questions . excited B. pitiful C. careful D. tired . wisest B. poorest C. prettiest D. busiest . skill B. gift C. key D. fact . change B. show C. enjoy D. ignore . relax B. refuse C. fet D. improve . but B. or C. though D. Unless B Once upon a time a horse and a buffalo(水牛 ) lived in a meadow(草地 ), which had 41 of grass and water. But one year, there was no rain. Soon they found themselves 42 over grass and water. One day, the buffalo hurt the horse with her sharp horns violently. The badlyinjured horse started planning his revenge(復仇 ). He decided to approach a man and ask for his 43 . On hearing the horse’s story, the man said,”You fought with each other, and you lost. Why should I 44 this? 45 , the buffalo has sharp horns. If she can 46 you, she will certainly kill me.” The horse then added, “I will help you catch th e buffalo. And then you can 47 her.” The man laughed and said,” 48 will I do with a buffalo? It is of no 49 to me.” The horse then told the man about the buffalo’s sweet milk. “It tastes very good.” The man seemed impressed. But the buffalo’s horns s till 50 him. “What you 51 ,” the horse said, “is a big stick. Just climb onto my back and every time I run 52 the buffalo, you hit her with the stick. She cannot run as fast as me, so she will not be able to catch us.” The plan sounded good, so they 53 . The plan 54 . After a few hard 55 , the buffalo fell onto the ground. The man caught the buffalo and tied her to a tree. The horse was really 56 . He thanked the man and was about to leave when he found that he was 57 tied to the tree. The horse said, “Dear friend, our work is over, let me go.” The man said, “My dear friend, you have not only taught me how to catch a buffalo but also taught me how to 58 a horse. Now that I know how 59 the two of you are, how can I 60 let either of you go?” 41. A. plenty B. short C. proud D. typical 42. A. watching B. talking C. fighting D. thinking 43. A. advice B. permission C. consideration D. help 44. A. get into B. deal with C. suffer from D. go over 45. A. However B. Besides C. Instead D. Therefore 46. A. ignore B. avoid C. attack D. hurt 47. A. sell B. feed C. keep D. eat 48. A. When B. How C. What D. Why 49. A. interest B. use