10.Some people say that Mars should be protected as a wildlife reserve where we do everything possible to avoid pollution，on the that life could exist on it.

A.assumption B.arrangement

C.assistance D.appointment

答案　A

解析　assumption假定；arrangement安排；assistance帮助；appointment委派。句意为：假设火星有生命存在的话，一些人说火星应该被保护起来成为一个野生动物保护区，在这个地方做我们所能做的一切来避免污染。on the assumption that在(......)的情况下，符合句意。

Ⅱ.完形填空

(2017·苏北四市摸底考试)

　　I wrote my first novel when I was 22.It was a 11 .I didn't know how to properly format dialogue or 12 a plot.Those were all 13 I planned to work out later.I gave the book to my father to read，and within a day he left me a voice mail saying that it was 14 and that I was going to sell it for 300,000.

　　 15 ，and rather quickly，the book was 16 by every publisher in New York.If there were a literary prize for Most Rejections，I would have won it.I was 17 ，of course，but I knew better than to 18 -writing wasn't an easy job，and if this book wasn't my 19 in，maybe the next one would be.I got back to work.

　　　　 But this scenario(剧情) happened again：I wrote books...and then they wouldn't 20 .Still，my father's faith in me never wavered(摇摆)，even 21 I worked a host of other jobs.Some of the jobs，like being a bookseller，were great and 22 to my writing life.Some，like selling overpriced jeans to 12-year-olds，were only good insofar as they were material for future 23 .And they were-because it finally 24 .I sold a book！I was going to make it big!

　　 I completely agree with motivational speaker and author John Maxwell's words："Successful and unsuccessful people do not 25 greatly in their abilities but in their 26 to reach their potential." Life's not 27 .It never was，it isn't now，it won't ever be.But do not fall into the entitlement trap of feeling you are a 28 ，you are not.Get over it and 29 with it.And yes，most things are more 30 when you break a sweat to get them.

语篇解读　本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过叙述自己写书、售书的过程，体会到任何事情的成功都不是那么容易的，它需要人们的付出，因为只要付出了，就会得到回报。

11.A.mess B.mix

C.confusion D.puzzle

答案　A