2023年大学生英语竞赛决赛培训完形填空练习.doc

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Directions: Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letters of the word.

(1) Think Positive Thoughts Every Day
If your life feels like it is lacking the power that you want and the 1）motivation that you need, sometimes all you have to do is to shift your point of view. By training your thoughts to 2）concentrate on the bright side of things, you are more likely to have the incentive to follow through on your goals. You are less likely to be held back by 3）negative ideas that might limit your performance. Your life can be enhanced, and your happiness enriched, when you choose to change your 4）perspective Don't leave your future to chance, or wait for things to get better mysteriously on their own. You must go in the direction of your hopes and aspirations. Begin to build your confidence, and work through problems rather than 5）erspective them. Remember that power is not necessarily control over situations, but the ability to deal with whatever comes your way. Always believe that good things are possible, and remember that mistakes can be lessons that lead to discoveries. Take your fear and transform it 6) into trust; learn to rise above 7）a_nxiety and doubt. Turn your “worry hours” into “8） productive(produce) hours”. Take the energy that you have wasted and direct it toward every worthwhile effort that you can be 9）_______(involve) in. You will see beautiful things happen when you allow yourself to experience the joys of life. You will find happiness when you 10）ado__ positive thinking into your daily routine and make it an important part of your world.

（2）Former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch Dies
Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Juan Antonio Samaranch has died at age 89 of a heart failure. Juan Antonio Samaranch was president of the IOC from 1980 until 2023. Canadian IOC member Richard Pound worked with him throughout those 21 years. "I think he will go down in history as one of the three great presidents certainly in the first 100 or so years of the IOC," said Pound.  "There was de Coubertin who 1) s_____ the whole thing, there was Avery Brundage who saved it during the cold war era, and Samaranch who got it, if you like, from the 19th century into the 21st century." Samaranch is considered the driving force behind turning the Olympic Games into a popular, commercial, and global event. When he came to power the IOC was in bad shape financially and politically.  The 1976 Games had left Montreal with a billion-dollar debt and the games were tarnished by Cold War boycotts of the 1980 Moscow and 1984 Los Angeles games. But Samaranch turned the IOC into a financially 2) ____(depend) organization with billions of dollars in commercial revenues - and an audience that reaches every corner of the world. Pound says the momentum was created in large part by Samaranch's 3) ______(lead). IOC president Jacques Rogge, who 4) su_______Samaranch, said: "I cannot find the words to express the 5) distress of the Olympic Family." He added: "I am 6) per______ deeply saddened by the death of the man who built up the Olympic Games of the modern 7) e___, a man who inspired me, and whose knowledge of sport was truly exceptional。8) T____ to his extraordinary vision and talent, Samaranch was the architect of a strong and unified Olympic Movement. I can only pay tribute to his 9) tre______ achievements and legacy, and praise his genuine devotion to the Olympic Movement and its values. We have lost a great man, a mentor and a friend who dedicated his long and fulfilled life to Olympism." The IOC said in the official website that it has expressed its deepest 10)sy_____ to Samaranch's family.

（3）Avatar

An idyllic(田园般旳) planet populated by blue aliens(外星人) is an 1) i____ setting for cinematic escapism. But the world of the sci-fi epic Avatar is so perfect that people have admitted being plagued by depression and suicidal thoughts at not being able to visit the planet. Set in the future when Earth's resources have been depleted(消耗殆尽), director James Cameron's film tells the story of a 2) co____ trying to mine a rare mineral. The humans 3) cl___ with the natives--- a peace-loving race of 7ft tall, blue-skinned creatures called the Na'vi, who exist in perfect 4) ______ with nature. Fans have flooded the internet with their 5) ____(confuse) feelings. On the site Avatar Forums, the topic “Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible” has more than 1,000 posts. In a similar forum, one user wrote: "When I woke up this morning after watching Avatar for the first time yesterday, the world seemed grey. It just seems so 6) ______(mean). I still don't really see any reason to keep doing things at all. I live in a dying world." On the Avatar site Naviblue, a fan calling himself Jorba has even asked others to join him in starting a real Na'vi tribe. Dr Stephan Quentzel, psychiatrist and Medical Director for the Louis Armstrong Centre for Music and Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Centre in New York told CNN: "Virtual life is not real life and it never will be, but this is the pinnacle of what we can build in a virtual 7) pres_____ so far. It has taken the best of our technology to create this virtual world and real life will never be as utopian as it seems onscreen. It makes real life seem more imperfect." But not everyone 8) ______(view) the film has been hit by the 'Avatar Blues', as a small but vocal group have alleged it contains racist themes --- the white hero once again saving the primitive natives. Since the film opened, hundreds of blog posts, newspaper articles, tweets and YouTube videos have said things such as the film is 'a fantasy about race told 9) ____the point of view of white people' and that it reinforces 'the white Messiah fable'." The film's writer and director, James Cameron, says the real 10) t____ is about respecting others' differences.

（4）Cherry Blossoms in Japan
Spring has begun, and so has Japan's obsession with cherry blossoms. The pale pink blossoms or "sakura" are in full bloom, 1) _____(signal) that it's time to flock to parks across the country for 2) p___ under the cherry trees. At Tokyo's Yoyogi Park, people waited for hours to 3) re____ the best spots to view the picturesque(优美旳)trees. "I really enjoy sitting down here with my friends eating and joking around," said 17-year-old student Megumi Kohara. These flower-viewing parties called "hanami," or "flower viewing" in Japanese, are spring 4) tr____ held among families, friends, or co-workers. Parties beneath the cherry trees can go on all day and night, especially during the weekends. The cherry blossoms are also associated 5) ____ new beginnings as the country's business and school years start on April 1. As the blossoms --- a national obsession found in paintings, poetry and literature 6) ____(date) back centuries --- appear only briefly, throngs rush to catch a 7) gli_____ of them before spring rains sweep their fragile petals(娇嫩旳花瓣) to the ground. Some Japanese say that the cherry blossoms' ephemeral nature serves 8) ___ a reminder of how life itself is fleeting. Unlike in many countries, it is not illegal in Japan to drink in public spaces and the hanami get-togethers 9) inv____ plentiful beer and sake(日本清酒). "Cherry blossoms 10) b____ for such a short period of time and then they fall off in a dramatic way and I like to enjoy them while drinking." Tsuneo Ikuhara, 65, said.

（5）Hua Mulan in Two Films
　　If the Hua Mulan characters in Disney's 1998 cartoon and those in Jingle Ma's (马楚成) new film could sit down and talk over a pot of tea, they might be surprised to learn how little they have in common。True, they were born of the same 1) le____. And yes they do share some biographical details: for 2) ____, they both take their father's place on the battlefield, but that's where many of the similarities end. The characters in the two films swing their swords for very different reasons。It would, of course, be unfair to expect the two Mulan characters to be 3) id_____ twins. After all, we're comparing apples and oranges: a warm, American-made cartoon full of indestructible characters and a dreary live-action film full of bloody violence. If one watches the two films back-to-back, the two Mulan characters can appear surprisingly 4) dis____from each other。
　　Disney's Mulan, it turns out, fights as much for herself as she does for her family name and her country. "Maybe I didn't go for my father," Mulan reflects on a snowy bank, late in the cartoon movie. "Maybe what I really wanted was to prove that I could do things right. So when I looked in the mirror I'd see someone worthwhile." American films generally love to 5) h_____ individualism. This is most apparent near the end of the Disney feature, when the emperor presents Mulan with his seal in the middle of the royal palace. Everyone present, including the emperor, bows to Mulan。While Mulan's individual journey may also be highlighted in Ma's film, the Chinese director still gives far more weight to her role as a leader and 6) rep______ of her country。"Your general, I, Hua Mulan, am afraid of war," this Mulan declares to her army, in shame, near the end of the movie. Because of my fear and hiding, I've lost many people who mean so much to me, but hiding will not stop the war. Fear only brings us more defeat. I am Hua Mulan! And I will never 7) b____ my country!"This scene is one of many in Ma's film that 8) re____ a deep weakness in the heart and mind of Mulan. While the Disney Mulan prances around the screen with barely any inner turmoil, this Mulan carries not only heavy armor, but also a deeply fearful and lovesick heart。In the end, both characters carry out their 9) m_____ and achieve victory–but only one comes away looking like a god, which is exactly how the director Ma planned it。"The animated movie tells you that Mulan is cheerful," Ma told the Associated Press. "She's a little godlike in that she can use her wits to solve many of her problems. But the cartoon doesn't discuss her deepest emotions." That's where Ma found his 10) _____(inspire): "Most people think Hua Mulan is a god. I think Hua Mulan is a woman."

(6)Water Shortages Continue to Threaten the World's Growing Population
The lack of clean drinking water is a 1) m____ problem worldwide.  The World Health Organization says more than one billion people live in areas where renewable water resources are not available. The problem is especially serious in Asia and the Pacific. A United Nations report says water 2) ______(available) in that area is the second lowest in the world, after Africa. Nearly seven hundred thousand people in Asia and the Pacific lack safe drinking water. The U.N. report notes that the world's poorest countries are also the ones that use the most water for agriculture. Agriculture uses about eighty percent of the water in the Asia-Pacific area.  There has also been an increase in water used for 3) i____. China and India more than tripled their industrial water use between nineteen ninety-two and two thousand two. The lack of clean drinking water around the world forces millions of people to drink 4) _____(safe) water. This leads to an increase in diseases like diarrhea, the second leading cause of death in children under five. Floods, droughts, 5) p______ and climate change have created even more problems. The Millennium Development Goals for two thousand fifteen call for a fifty percent decrease in the number of people without safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Scientists, governments and aid organizations around the world are increasing their 6) ef_____ to meet these goals. Still the U.N. says there is much work to be done. During its yearly World Water Day observance last month it called on the international community to work together to solve the water 7) cri____. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are doing just that. The American and South Korean researchers are investigating a new technology for turning sea water into drinking water. The new technology is called ion concentration polarization. The process uses 8) ele_____ to help separate electrically charged salt particles from water to make it drinkable. The researchers tested their desalination process on a computer chip the size of a postage stamp. The chip removed ninety-nine percent of the salt and other harmful substances 9) _____water samples. So far the method purifies only small amounts of water. 10) ____ the researchers say it may someday be available as a personal water purification product.

（7）Are You the Next Lala？
Du Lala is not any more beautiful than her colleagues. She is not smarter than her peers. However, during eight years of working, she has gotten 1) con_____ promotions and finally became the HR executive of her company. Du Lala's story is based on the real experiences of author, Li Ke, who has been working ten years in the China office of a big multi-national company. She wrote the book with the hope of sharing her ideas to help those with big career dreams succeed under heavy work pressure.
Some people say that for Chinese youth, Du Lala's story is even more meaningful than the story of Bill Gates, as it shows the 2) r_____of many young Chinese office workers. After the movie "Go Lala Go" was released last week, it attracted tens of thousands of audiences to the theatre to watch the story of the successful career woman. "I have read the book; it is about a girl 3) ______(strive) for her dream. I like the story very much and I would like to see what the movie will be like." "I came here because my friend once asked me to read the story of Lala's promotion, she said the story was really worth reading." The success of the book "Du Lala's Promotion" is partly 4) _____ to the increasing pressure on young Chinese office employees, especially those in multi-national companies. Lala is just one successful example, and her story has started a heated discussion of how to get a promotion at one's workplace. Different people have different opinions. Zhang Qingqing, an employee at Focus Holdings Limited of Hong Kong, who has just gotten a promotion, says the most important thing is the work attitude. No matter what kind of job you are doing, you should take it as a precious 5) o_______. You must take full responsibility for your duties so you won't add any heavy pressure to your company. The second thing you can do is to create your own 6) v_____ in your working company. So, first, do not make any trouble. Second, make something that only you can do. " Gao Chaosheng, CEO of Schroder Investment in China, says he never judges an employee from what he has said, but what he has done and his career 7) po_____. As for getting