三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所

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三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。

A famous scientist was asked why he was able to be so much more   36  than the average person. What set him so far apart from others?

He  37  that it all came from a (n)  38   that occurred when he was three. He was trying to  39  a bottle of milk from refrigerator when he lost told of the bottle. spilling its  40   all over the kitchen floor.

Instead of   41   at him, his mother said,“       Robert, what a wonderful  42  you have made! I have  43  seen such a huge puddle (水坑) of milk, Since the  44  is done, would you like to get down and play in the milk for a while  45 cleaning it up?”

Indeed, he did. “Robert, 46    you make a mess like this, 47  you have to clean it up and restore everything to its 48   order,” And then together they cleaned up the spilled milk. His mother then said.” Robert, that is a   49   experiment in how to  50   carry a big milk bottle. Let’s go out to the yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can  51   a way to carry a bottle of water without dropping it.

The scientist remarked he learned from that moment that mistakes were just 52  for learning something new, which is  53    scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn’t work”, we usually learn something  54   from it.

Wouldn’t it be great if all  55    would respond like Robert’s mother?

36.  A．hard-working     B. creative             C. popular             D. outstanding

37.  A. responded           B. acknowledged    C. assumed            D. declared

38.  A. experiment                B. coincidence          C. experience     D. conflict

39.  A. deliver                    B. return           C. move                D. remove

40.  A. mixture                   B. water            C. liquid            D. contents

41.  A. yelling                    B. coming             C. nodding            D. laughing

42.  A. mistake                   B. mess                 C. trick            D. treasure

43.  A. always                    B. often             C. rarely            D. ever

44.  A. damage                   B. business            C. favor            D. harm

45.  A. before                        B. after             C. with                  D. without

46.  A. whatever             B. however            C. wherever           D. whenever

47.  A. especially            B. eventually     C. respectively          D.immediately

48.  A. opposite              B. particular      C. proper           D. natural

49.  A. failed                  B. forbidden      C. demanded          D. deserved

50.  A. absolutely           B. comfortably       C. confidentially    D. effectively

51.  A. develop                   B. grasp            C. invent           D. discover

52.  A. choices                   B. opportunities   C. qualities        D. procedures

53.  A. that                    B. where           C. what                 D. which

54.  A. right                   B. valuable            C. practical        D. accessible

55.  A. managers            B. directors        C. parents              D. Relatives