7. 【2011·江蘇金沙中學(xué)模擬】?完形填空

Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it ? 36 ? lets you know, because you keep it ? 37 ? thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many ? 38 ? not-so-worthy things. So it silently begins to focus on your needs and never let ? 39 ? grow. When mind loses its ? 40 ? to grow, creativity gets a full stop.?

Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied ? 41 ? plenty of reading. Now ? 42 ? reading and not watching TV? ? 43 ? reading has been the most educative tool ? 44 ? by us right from the childhood. Just like that, to ? 45 ? other aspects of our life, we have to take help of reading. You have countless books in this world which ? 46 ? answer all your questions. Once you read a book, not only do you ? 47 ? your eyes through the lines, but your mind decodes (譯解) it and ? 48 ? it to you. The interesting part of the book is ? 49 ? in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ? 50 ?. The same seed if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, ? 51 ? which you would have never thought in your wildest dreams! This is ? 52 ? but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will ? 53 ? like never before. Also this improves your speaking skills greatly and ? 54 ? your vocabulary largely. Within no ? 55 ?, you start speaking English or any language fluently with your friends or other people and you never seem to run out of the right words at the right time.?

36. A. always B. never C. not D. sometimes

37. A. easy B. noisy ? C. busy D. ready

38. A. a B. these C. those D. such

39. A. it B. itself ? C. you D. yourself

40. A. power B. force C. right D. freedom

41. A. with B. for C. through D. at

42. A. why B. what C. how D. when

43. A. That B. Because C. For D. As

44. A. produced B. bought C. used D. learned

45. A. think B. develop C. solve D. deal

46. A. need B. should C. would D. will

47. A. run B. fix C. place D. plant

48. A. gives B. reads C. offers D. explains

49. A. found B. stored C. shown D. covered

50. A. inventions B. discoveries C. ideas D. dreams

51. A. of B. in C. over D. at

52. A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything

53. A. give up B. set up C. sit up D. open up

54. A. adds to B. adds up C. adds up to D. adds in

55. A. limit B. help C. distance D. time?

36—40 BCDBD ?41—45 CABCB ?46—50 DADBC ? 51—55 ABDAD ??