feel poor. Some seek __14__, while others wait for it to knock. The __15__ fact is that we find far more people who are confined by their __16__."
What the article was describing is so true. Many of us are __17__ inside a prison by negative thinking. And yet all we have to do to set ourselves free is to renew our mind. By doing this, you __18__ your habit of thought and you renew your life at the same time.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got. Don't __19__ yourself to remain trapped inside a prison with no locks. __20__ today.
1.A.enemies B.criminals
C.patients D.soldiers
解析:选B 联系上文的 Alcatraz Prison 以及下文中的criminals可知,亚卡拉监狱建在岛屿上,里面关押着一些惯犯。hardened criminal"惯犯"。
2.A.understood B.asked
C.explained D.doubted
解析:选C 根据空后的"how many men had tried to escape, but only one was known to have succeeded"可知,做这个节目的人解释了有多少人尝试着从亚卡拉监狱逃脱。
3.A.article B.truth
C.puzzle D.idea
解析:选A 联系下文中的"The article __10__ the habit of thought in the following way"可知,这个节目很像("我"读过的)一篇关于其他监狱的文章。
4.A.frequently B.equally
C.simply D.chiefly
解析:选B 根据空后的confined及But的转折可知, 在限制人的自由方面,这两座监狱是相同的。
5.A.always B.nearly
C.never D.sometimes
解析:选C 根据空后的"escape is not only encouraged"可知,那座监狱的门从来不上锁,故选C。
6.A.rare B.possible
C.natural D.painful
解析:选B 此处与上文中的Alcatraz Prison 构成对比,在这座监狱中,逃脱是受鼓励的并且实际上是有"可能的(possible)"。
7.A.between B.from
C.before D.above