专题03 完形填空（第02期）-2019届高三英语百所名校好题速递分项解析汇编

【浙江省“五校联考”2019届高三上学期第一次考试】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 During the early 1980s, I was a sales manager for a large training company. One of my ___16___ was to train people on how to sell. I taught people that lack of time and opportunity were only excuses for not producing ___17___. My mother is a Greek immigrant with ___18___ formal education. Her high point of each week was Sunday when she ___19___ take an hour-long bus ride to church, where she and her friends would ___20___ and exchange gossip and stories of their families. When the committee members decided to ___21___ money for a new Greek church, my mother jumped at the chance to ___22___. Her plan was simple: talk to as many people as possible about buying tickets and make them feel ___23___ if they didn’t. That was ___24___ I came into the picture. She said I was a big shot and gave me ten booklets of ten tickets, each one worth one dollar, ___25___ up to a total of $100. A week later, I showed up