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第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
You often find somebody who works around you complaining all the time, don’t you?
36 About 70% of Americans say being around nonstop complainers sometimes has a bad influence on them. Luckily, here are 4 tips to help form positive patterns.
1. Self-awareness
When a negative thought pops into your mind, immediately correct it. Instead of telling yourself “That’s a nice shirt, but I can’t afford it,” change the message to “That will look great with my black pants when I can afford it.” 37
Of course, everyone complains sometimes. But the less frequently you complain, the better you will feel.
2. Distance yourself
38 Excuse yourself and go somewhere quiet, somewhere outdoors in the fresh air. Think of something pleasant before returning. You have to take this seriously because negative people can and will pull you into the quicksand（困境）.
3. Don’t try to change complainers
If you find yourself trapped in a group of complainers in a meeting or at a social event, simply choose silence. Let their words bounce off you while you think of something else. Attempting to stop the complaining can make you a target. 39 If someone says, “I hate Mondays, weekends are too short,” try to think, “I’m glad I rested up over the weekend, so I’m ready to make some improvement on that big project.”
4. 40
When someone is shouting at you angrily, throw the responsibility back at them by asking, “So what do you intend to do about it?” In most cases, complainers don’t really want a solution. They just want to speak them out. If you make them aware that they themselves have to find the solutions, they will leave you alone and find someone else to complain to. If so, you will be happy.
A. Find solutions
B. Change responsibility
C. You have got a lot of company.
D. By doing this, it will lead to positive behaviors.
E. But you can redirect the discussion in your own mind.
F. Whenever possible, escape from negative conversations.
G. You will never know what they are going to talk about.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Don’t let Aurora’s small stature（身材）fool you—her spirit is strong. She is one of 140 chickens 41 from a farm. When we saved her, she was tiny and sick and it seemed 42 that she would survive. Having never got the right 43 , many of the chickens were sick and some 44 died.
At a young age, Aurora and her sisters and brothers were 45 by their mom. Luckily, another mother 46 their care. Aurora seemed the last to 47 food and attention. She grew at a much slower 48 than her brothers and sisters. Everything seemed 49 her.
At the young age of seven months, Aurora had lost two moms and was 50 to find a place with the other chickens.
Aurora 51 found comfort with an old chicken named Margaret, staying under her wings during the cold nights, 52 Margaret was so old that a few months later she died. Aurora, in her own way, thinks of Margaret. Every evening, you will find her in the 53 spot where she kept Margaret company. 54 when the other chickens try to 55 her away, Aurora comes back.
As Aurora grew, we became 56 at her love to simply live. Nothing 57 her.
So remember, when life seems so 58 that you can’t take it, think of Aurora. She has lost two moms, watched her sisters and brothers die, and 59 from serious illnesses. Yet she enjoys the small, sweet 60 life has offered—safety, food, warmth and good friendships.
41. A. raised B. purchased C. rescued D. collected
42. A. hopeful B. proper C. possible D. unlikely
43. A. touch B. care C. gift D. partner
44. A. sadly B. angrily C. coldly D. calmly
45. A. punished B. refused C. abandoned D. scolded
46. A. took on B. put forward C. looked after D. brought about
47. A. get B. eat C. draw D. offer
48. A. cost B. rate C. standard D. value
49. A. for B. around C. about D. against
50. A. arranging B. choosing C. struggling D. affording
51. A. lately B. eventually C. constantly D. frequently
52. A. unless B. so C. because D. but
53. A. same B. relevant C. similar D. normal
54. A. Still B. Thus C. Even D. Yet
55. A. clear B. put C. turn D. push
56. A. nervous B. amazed C. excited D. disappointed
57. A. helped B. attracted C. impressed D. stopped
58. A. tough B. different C. smooth D. boring
59. A. waked B. made C. recovered D. learned
60. A. chances B. pleasures C. dreams D. services
