三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）Myclassmatescalledme“thealien”,andtheyavoidedmeliketheplague（瘟疫）.Asayoungboy,I36fromaseriousskindisease,whichfilledmyarmswithscars.

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三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
My classmates called me “the alien”, and they avoided me like the plague（瘟疫）. As a young boy, I  36  from a serious skin disease, which filled my arms with scars. The true  37  of my condition, however, was social: I lived a life of loneliness.
Doctors predicted that I would never fully recover, but my parents encouraged me to hope for the future, teaching me that any difficulty could be  38_. I therefore took an active role in fighting against my disease, and my health  39  greatly before I graduated. I realized that my personal  40_ had led to this improvement. I regained self-confidence and made many friends at school.
Years later,  41  my personal battle against disease, I learned a great deal about  42  by overcoming difficulties.
I joined the Culture Club as a Special Event Director. I  43  a group of six students in organizing various activities. I was the most advanced student among the group, so I considered myself the most capable. But I quickly learned my  44 . While preparing for our first presentation, I was  45  with my team members and often rejected their  46 . I performed most of their tasks myself, allowing them to   47  me only with small details. As a result, the presentation was not very successful. The setback  48  me, and I mentioned it to the club’s director. She _49  that she     trusted my ability to succeed in the future. This comment filled me with  50 , for I realized that I had never trusted my own team members.
Although they were  51  in English, they had many valuable talents. I immediately  52  my policy. For our program, we had many meetings, which gave  53  to many good ideas. Most  54_ , the atmosphere among us improved dramatically. We were crazy and eager to devote time to the program, _55  I learned what true leadership is.
My experiences undoubtedly improved my ability to handle challenging situations.
36．A．judged      B．separated  C．prevented  D．suffered
37．A．pain  B．sign   C．value D．meaning

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38．A．overlooked      B．overcome        C．overdone  D．overestimated  

39．A．developed B．removed   C．increased  D．improved
40．A．joy    B．goal  C．will   D．life
41．A．like   B．over  C．for    D．in
42．A．ability      B．quality      C．leadership D．friendship
43．A．taught      B．managed
C．found       D．followed  
44．A．method     B．mistake     C．effort       D．right
45．A．strict B．familiar    C．patient      D．satisfied
46．A．desires      B．ideas C．tasks  D．talents
47．A．help  B．guide C．show D．remind
48．A．encouraged      B．disturbed  C．discouraged      D．educated
49．A．found       B．thought     C．repeated    D．responded
50．A．pride B．hope  C．surprise    D．delight
51．A．slow  B．strong       C．rich   D．weak
52．A．deleted     B．changed    C．regretted   D．considered
53．A．rise   B．hand  C．gift   D．birth
54．A．importantly      B．honestly    C．necessarily       D．respectably
55．A．and   B．but    C．or     D．for

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