（2020·全国I卷）
Since our twins began learning to walk, my wife and I have kept telling them that our sliding glass door is just a window. The   41  is obvious. If we   42  it is a door, they’ll want to go outside   43  . It will drive us crazy. The kids apparently know the   44  . But our insisting it’s   45  a window has kept them from   46  millions of requests to open the door.
I hate lying to the kids. One day they’ll   47  and discover that everything they’ve always known about windows is a   48  . I wonder if   49  should always tell the truth no matter the   5
0  . I have a very strong  51  that the lie we’re telling is doing   52  damage to our children. Windows and doors have   53  metaphorical(比喻) meanings. I’m telling them they can’t open what they absolutely know is a door. What if later in   54  they come to a metaphorical door, like an opportunity(机会) of some sort, and   55  opening the door and taking the opportunity, they just   56  it and wonder, “What if it isn’t a door?” That is, “What if it isn’t a   57  opportunity?”
Maybe it’s an unreasonable fear. But the   58  is that I shouldn’t lie to my kids. I should just   59  repeatedly having to say, “No. We can’t go outside now.” Then when they come to other doors in life, be they real or metaphorical, they won’t   60  to open them and walk through.
41. A. relief                B. target                C. reason                D. case
42. A. admit                B. believe            C. mean                D. realize
43. A. gradually            B. constantly            C. temporarily            D. casually
44. A. result                B. danger                C. method            D. truth
45. A. merely                B. slightly            C. hardly                D. partly
46. A. reviewing            B. approving            C. receiving            D. attempting
47. A. win out                B. give up            C. wake up            D. stand out
48. A. dream                B. lie                C. fantasy            D. fact
49. A. parents                B. twins                C. colleagues            D. teachers
50. A. restrictions            B. explanations        C. differences            D. consequences
51. A. demand                B. fear                C. desire                D. doubt
52. A. physical                B. biological            C. spiritual            D. behavioral
53. A traditional            B. important            C. double                D. original
54. A. life                    B. time                C. reply                D. history
55. A. by comparison with    B. in addition to        C. regardless of        D. instead of
56. A. get hold of            B. stare at            C. knock on            D. make use of
57. A. real                B. typical                C. similar                D. limited
58. A. safety rule            B. comfort zone        C. bottom line            D. top secret
59. A. delay                B. regret                C. enjoy                D. accept
60. A. hurry                B. decide                C. hesitate            D. intend
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（2020·江苏卷）
Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough. Success   36  fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the   37  in our lives.
When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931, he had no   38  of knowing that his life was to change   39  . The class experiment that day
was to   40  how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling(冒泡) to the surface.   41  , the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat   42  held something more volatile(易挥发的) than water. When Wilson heated it, the container   43  , leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes.
When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later, his parents   44  to find a way to deal with the catastrophe that had   45  their lives. But Wilson did not regard the accident as   46  . He learned braille(盲文) quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind. There, he not only did well as a student but also became a(n)   47  public speaker.
Later, he worked in Africa, where many people suffered from   48  for lack of proper treatment. For him, it was one thing to   49  his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue   50  it could be fixed so easily. This moved him to action. And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the  51  Wilson made to preventing the   52  .
Wilson received several international   53  for his great contributions. He lost his sight but found a  54  . He proved that it’s not what happens to us that   55  our lives — it’s what we make of what happens.
36. A. depends                B. holds                C. keeps                D. reflects
37. A. dilemmas            B. accidents            C. events                D. steps
38. A. way                B. hope                C. plan                D. measure
39. A. continually            B. gradually            C. gracefully            D. completely
40. A. direct                B. show                C. advocate            D. declare
41. A. Anyway            B. Moreover            C. Somehow            D. Thus
42. A. mistakenly            B. casually            C. amazingly            D. clumsily
43. A. erupted                B. exploded            C. emptied            D. exposed
44. A. deserved            B. attempted            C. cared                D. agreed
45. A. submitted to            B. catered for            C. impressed on        D. happened to
46. A. fantastic            B. extraordinary        C. impressive            D. catastrophic
47. A. accomplished        B. crucial                C. specific            D. innocent
48. A. deafness            B. depression            C. blindness            D. speechlessness
49. A. decide                B. abandon            C. control                D. accept
50. A. until                B. when                C. unless                D. before
51. A. opposition            B. adjustments            C. commitment        D. limitations
52. A. preventable            B. potential            C. spreadable            D. influential

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