(　　)34. Forty years after China started its reform and opening­up, more than 18 million rural residents have ________ poverty in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

　　A. shaken off B. taken off C. paid off D. kicked off

　　(　　)35. If the boss is angry when he comes in, don't tell him about the customer's complaints. You'll just be ________．

　　A. killing the fatted calf B. seeing the handwriting on the wall

　　C. hitting your own feet of clay D. adding fuel to the fire

　　第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

　　请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　After suffering severe burns to her back and other parts of her body at the age of three, Sylvia, 49, had spent her life covering up her scars. Her confidence was destroyed by years of __36__ comments. At her lowest she had considered __37__ her own life.

　　"I didn't really know what __38__ was. I didn't realize my mental health was being affected-I __39__ thought this was a __40__ thing."

　　The accident that left her __41__ happened during a __42__ game of hide and seek with her sister. Afterward, a life of __43__ herself up and hiding from attention followed, until a turning point in July last year.

　　Sylvia was on holiday with her mother when she __44__ a man's camera phone following her around the hotel pool. She and her mother left for the beach, but she was struck by the __45__ the encounter had on her mother.

　　"I could see her __46__ at my scars. She just looked so sad，" Sylvia recalled.

　　So she started to __47__， calling out to her mum to make her smile.

　　"I had been in such a bad place before. I was so __48__. I was in such a horrible place for so many years. I looked back and felt like I'd destroyed my family's lives and I thought, now is the time for me to stop."

　　Sylvia felt it was time not just to make a __49__ for herself, but to help others with disfigurements(外形的损毁) and to raise awareness.

She __50__ a Facebook group, Love Disfigure, and now runs swimming sessions at Highbury pool in Islinton, north London, with the aim of helping increase the __51__ of people