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It has often been said that a person’s life is the sum total of their experience. That seems like a simple    41  , but if one accepts this, then why do so many of us engage in practices and activities which are negative and actually  42       us?

  43  the family of four who decided to each clean a different area. They each took a sponge (海绵), did the   44   , and then placed them back in the kitchen.

A visitor came along who was   45  to what was cleaned in the home, but couldn’t tell by   46   since the sponges all looked the same. So ,in order to 47  his curiosity, he decided to squeeze each sponge to see what came out.

When the first sponge was squeezed, some cola came out, so the visitor  48  someone cleaned the kitchen with that one. Upon squeezing the second, he found motor oil, so  49  , someone was cleaning the garage. In the third, baby powder came out when it was squeezed,

which  50   that the baby’s nursery was done. And   51 ,in the last one was wax(蜡), which was  52  on the floor.

As the visitor laid the last sponge down, he again remarked on their similarity. They all looked the same  53  they were squeezed.

The 54   we learned here is that as individuals we are not different from a sponge. We can only squeeze out what is    55 . As babies, we are born into this world  56  . We are like a new sponge. As we go through  57 , our “sponge” is filled with things we  58 through experiences.

If we look for the good in others and    59  to keep a positive attitude around, then as life squeezes us we will have a better chance of copying. If we are constantly finding  60 with others and look for excuses for our behavior, when life squeezes us we may not like what comes out.

41. A. example             B. statement                C. task                        D. explanation

42. A. deny                  B. punish                     C. hurt                         D. cheat

43. A. Consider            B. Start                        C. Support                   D. Believe

44. A. ordering             B. cleaning                  C. cooking                   D. cutting

45. A. sensitive             B. familiar                    C. curious                    D. nervous

46. A. feeling                B. drying                      C. smelling                  D. looking

47. A. arouse               B. inspire                     C. satisfy                     D. protect

48. A. declared            B. proved                    C. imagined                 D. judged

49. A. obviously           B. fortunately               C. simply                     D. generally

50. A. reported             B. meant                      C. allowed                   D. supposed

51. A. finally                 B. suddenly                 C. quickly                    D. frequently

52. A. drawn                 B. used                       C. examined                D. discovered

53. A. if                        B. though                    C. since                       D. until

54. A. evidence            B. project                     C. lesson                     D. excuse

55. A. put away            B. handed out             C. taken back              D. put in

56. A. hungry               B. confident                 C. pure                        D. alive

57. A. life                      B. danger                    C. materials                 D. plans

58. A. find                    B. absorb                    C. understand             D. afford

59. A. try                      B. help                        C. agree                      D. pretend

60. A. mistakes            B. disease                   C. friendship                D. fault

【回答】

41-45 BCABC        46-50 DCDAB        51-55 ABDCD          56-60 CABAD

知识点：日常生活类

题型：完型填空