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完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
When I was 14, I was hired for an after-school job selling subscriptions （征订） to my hometown paper, the  Houston Post . I was sent to some of the city ’ s worst neighborhoods to  “ beg ”  door to door. Even though I was often moving around with difficulty after dark in bad areas   36   for garage apartments, I was   37   for the work.
 It was a   38   because people didn ’ t like a stranger knocking on their door,    39   a  kid trying to get them to buy something. Once a man shut his door heavily in my face and   40  ,  “ I don ’ t want your damn paper! ”  I   41   myself to knock again and was able to tell him how   42   the paper was. I ended up selling him a subscription. I was soon among the   43  subscription sellers and, like other successful   44  , was given the chance to train newcomers.
   45   this time I started playing the harmonica （口琴） and guitar. Before long I was playing in a  46   at barbecues and other events. When I   47   18, I fixed my   48   on becoming a professional musician. I never lost   49   of this dream. I ’ m sure my determination came from what I   50   knocking on strangers ’  doors.
 That   51   helped me in many ways. Early in my music life I was    52   in  a legal disagreement with a former manager. He   53   me to back off, but I refused.
 Having all those doors shut in my face as a kid gave me the   54   to stand up to this frightening figure. Except this time there was one   55  : I was the one saying no. And I won.
36. A. leaving     B. searching   C. caring     D. reaching
37. A. sorry   B. ready   C. doubtful   D. thankful
38. A. challenge   B. puzzle   C. surprise   D. failure
39. A. certainly   B. obviously   C. especially   D. usually
40. A. screamed   B. agreed   C. begged   D. announced
41. A. allowed   B. forced   C. wished   D. reminded
42. A. expensive   B. worthless   C. soft   D. great
43. A. rich   B. large   C. fast   D. top
44. A. reporters   B. managers   C. salesmen   D. secretaries
45. A. For   B. Since   C. Around   D. Until
46. A. kitchen   B. band   C. concert   D. press
47. A. seemed   B. grew   C. appeared   D. turned
48. A. attention   B. attraction   C. service   D. trust
49. A. sight     B. use   C. ability   D. fortune
50. A. accepted     B. decided   C. expected   D. learned
51. A. experience   B. accident   C. problem   D. introduction
52. A. sentenced     B. treated   C. locked   D. reasoned
53. A. invited   B. pressed   C. excused   D. charged
54. A. pain   B. right   C. strength   D. imagination
55. A. conclusion   B. difference   C. chance   D. decision
36-40 BDACA 41-45BDDCC 46-50 BDAAD 51-55 ACBCB
 

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