Integrating Test 综合检测题（四）

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

John Johnson says, “Failure is a word I don’t accept.” With this concept in  36 , he managed to  37  many difficulties and became one of the  38  businessmen in the United States.

In 1942, Johnson, who  39  an office boy in a company, had an idea to publish a  40  with stories about blacks, which was to be  41  to that of Reader’s Digest.

However, breaking into the  42  business was not easy for him. He had not enough money to  43  his business. He had to sell his mother’s furniture  44  $500. The money was used to send out inquiries（问卷调查） to 20,000 blacks to  45  how many people would like to read a black magazine. Those interested were asked to pay $2  46 . Some 3,000 people replied, and Johnson received $6,000, which was enough for him to start his business.

The next question Johnson had to  47  was to sell it. He went to a company for help, but the owner, Levy, said no one would buy a black magazine and Negro Digest would be a（n）  48 .

To make Levy feel that Negro Digest was  49 , Johnson got his friends to ask for it, soon there were enough calls from newsdealers（报刊经售人） to make Levy  50  that many people liked to read Negro Digest. Johnson gave money to friends  51  they could buy all the magazines. Within a year Negro Digest sold 50,000  52  a month.

From the  53 , Johnson used his magazines to project a positive  54  of the blacks in America. His success had perhaps been his greatest contribution to the  55 .

36. A. mind        B. dream         C. ideal       D. spirit

37. A. meet         B. defeat     C. stop          D. overcome

38. A. happiest    B. richest    C. poorest      D. prettiest

39. A. grew up           B. lived with  C. worked as   D. fed up

40. A. program    B. book           C. newspaper  D. magazine

41. A. private　   B. similar          C. special       D. same

42. A. educating   B. amusing    C. publishing  D. service

43. A. start         B. improve    C. remain       D. play

44. A. with         B. of            C. for            D. to

45. A. practise     B. correct      C. recover      D. determine

46. A. in advance B. in full      C. with cash    D. in all

47. A. look for                      B. depend on

C. deal with                    D. agree with

48. A. success     B. failure      C. degree       D. injury

49. A. popular     B. general     C. true          D. difficult

50. A. refuse       B. advise      C. believe      D. receive

51. A. in case      B. if            C. because      D. so that

52. A. books       B. copies      C. pieces        D. favorites

53. A. beginning  B. dealing     C. publishing   D. design

54. A. plan       B. word        C. image     D. body

55. A. desert             B. company   C. country            D. cause

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