的员工将会成功，而那些害怕改变的员工可能会走向失业的边缘那么，我们如何才能让这种正常的改变尽可能地积极有益呢? 所以小题1在本段中起到承上启下的作用。故E选项“虽然有些员工害怕改变，但改变是正常的”符合句意。故E选项切题。
【17题详解】
由“The main reason is fear”可知，主要原因是害怕。所以小题2应是一个特殊疑问句，后一句是对它的回答。故G选项“那么，既然知道了这一点，为什么会有那么多人抗拒它呢?”符合句意。故G选项切题。 【18题详解】
由“This is why communication is so vital in many cases. Lack of communication will cause problems in personal relationships. Unfortunately, fear prevents them from expressing their ideas and opinions.”可知，这就是为什么沟通在很多情况下是如此重要。缺乏沟通会导致人际关系出现问题。不幸的是，恐惧阻碍了他们表达自己的想法和观点。所以本段主要在说明沟通是关键也就是小题3本段的标题所要表达的内容。故A选项“沟通是关键”符合句意。故A选项切题。 【19题详解】
由“The positive side of change以及One of the most positive aspects of change is that it is never boring”可知，改变的一个最积极的方面是它从不令人厌烦。所以小题4要说明如果你现在的工作很无聊，该怎么办。然后在接着说，改变所取得的效果。故F选项“如果你说你现在的工作很无聊，那就改变它。”故F选项切题。
【20题详解】
由“Comfort and high position?”可知，舒适的生活和高职位。所以小题5要说明想想你真正想要的，然后在进行反问。故B选项“想想你真正想要的”符合句意。故B选项切题。
第三部分 语言知识运用（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。
You never know how far a kind act can go. You don’t know who it can ____21____, either. When Gloria Porter and Jeff Reick began ____22____,they had no idea how much it would ____23____ others to shower (大量给予) people with kindness.
89-year-old Gloria Porter was lying in hospital. She couldn’t leave her ward. So to ____24____ boredom, she would often stare outside her window to watch construction workers building the new front entrance to the hospital. She wasn’t expecting one of the ____25____ to wave to her. She couldn’t help but wave back at the kind ____26____. This was only the start of a special ____27____ between the two.
Jeff Reick knew Porter was ____28____,so he decided to send a kind ____29____ to her by finding some chalk and writing “Get Well” on one of the beams (梁) facing her ____30____. “I just thought that was ____31____,” Porter said. “So I should do something to ____32____ that.”
When Porter saw construction workers working high above the ground one cold, windy day, she grew ____33____. She wrote “Stay safe” on a piece of paper, which she then ____34____ on the window for the workers to see. “When I saw 4 Stay safe’ on a piece of paper, I ____35____ and said to my coworkers, ‘Did you see that?’” Reick said.
The hospital staff took photos of that and ____36____ them on social media. The simple acts of kindness ____37____ and many people were employed in similar acts, including one woman who delivered ____38____ pizza to the construction workers.
“I just try to lead by example and never expect so much ____39____,”
Reick said. “If everybody ____40____ does things like that, the world will be a better place.” 21. A. disturb
B. employ
22. A. communicating B. singing explaining 23. A. require B. warn
encourage 24. A. make for B. put off from
25. A. workers B. nurses 26. A. job B. inspiration 27. A. business B. connection 28. A. lonely B. upset 29. A. 1etter B. message 30. A. window B. entrance 31. A. impolite B. necessary 32. A. record B. return 33. A. puzzled B. worried 34. A. knocked B. installed 35. A. came down B. broke down around 36. A. shared B. found 37. A. happened B. succeeded 38. A. expensive
B. free 39. A. participation B. satisfaction introduction 40. A. merely
B. apparently
C. affect C. arguing
C. force C. figure out C. doctors C. gesture C. difference C. ill C. note C. wall C. familiar C. recover C. thrilled C. placed C. showed up
C. mentioned C. spread C. ordinary C. solution
C. especially D. describe D.
D.
D. escape
D. patients D. favor D. trouble D. poor D. warning D. door D. precious D. remember D. annoyed D. drew D.
turned
D. deleted D. formed D. cheap D.
D.
willingly
【答案】21. C 22. A 23. D 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. A 31. D 32. B 33. B 34. C 35. D 36. A 37. C 38. B 39. A 40. D 【解析】
这是一篇记叙文，短文讲述了一位老人和建筑工人之间通过简单的文字互相关怀的温暖故事。最终两人互相关爱的故事也感染了其他人。作者借此告诉我们，人与人之间的温情是可以传递下去，最终影响着我们的社会。 【21题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. disturb打扰；B. employ雇佣；C. affect影响；D. describe描述。句意：你也不知道它会影响谁。由下文“ many people were employed in similar acts”可知，很多人也做相似的善举。所以善意的行为影响了其他人。故C选项切题。 【22题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. communicating交流；B. singing唱歌；C. arguing争论；D. explaining解释。句意：当Gloria Porter和Jeff Reick开始交流的时候，他们不知道他们的交流会鼓励人们给予其他人善意。由下文“wave to her , writing “Get Well”，wrote “Stay safe”可知，两个人的交流方式是通过肢体语言和文字的形式。故A选项切题。 【23题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. require要求；B. warn警告；C. force强迫；D. encourage鼓励。句意：当Gloria Porter和Jeff Reick开始交流的时候，他们不知道他们的交流会鼓励人们给予其他人善意。由下文可知，他们两个人的善意的行为，影响了其他人，鼓励了他们给予其他人善意。故D选项切题。 【24题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。A. make for走向；B. put off延期；C. figure out弄清；D. escape from从......逃跑。句意：因此，为了打发无聊，她常常盯着窗外，看