The __9__ of his research was amazing. In the first chapter, he __10__ the reasons behind the crash of Korean Air Flight 801 in 1997, which __11__ more than 220 lives. The disaster took place partly because the co­pilot didn?t __12__ mistakes that the pilot was making. In South Korea, it?s __13__ to contradict higher­ups even if they are doing something wrong.

　　Gladwell explained why a(n)__14__ number of Canadian hockey players are born in the first part of the year. The __15__ date for youth hockey leagues is December 31, and since hockey players born in the beginning of the year seem older, larger and more __16__ than younger players, they are more to be given more attention in training and become __17__ hockey players as adults, he wrote. Perhaps most interesting of all, Gladwell explained why Asians are so good at __18__. He said Asians get a head start when we learn how to count because our language has fewer syllables and makes numbers easier to remember.

　　Gladwell is mostly interested in answering my favorite question, “Why？”. And that’s exactly why I love his work. After reading Outliers: The Story of Success and other books like it, I found myself __19__ my commonly­accepted beliefs much more often. After all, why should we take anything __20__？

　　Thank God I came across Gladwell！1.A.skills

　　B．examples

　　C．theories

　　D．credits

【2016届高考英语二轮复习专项训练：专题限时检测（10）完形填空之记叙文体（1）】相关文章：

★ 湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (70)

★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ题型重组训练：第10组（含解析）

★ 安徽省淮南市2014高考英语一轮单项选择及文章训练（20）及答案

★ 2015-2016高考英语二轮复习常见的七大误区

★ 安徽省淮南市2014高考英语一轮单项选择及文章训练（14）及答案

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习必修1参考答案（外研版）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习大题冲关秘籍完形填空之记叙文：创新押题（含解析）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习大题冲关秘籍语法填空：创新押题（含解析）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习书面表达限时测验：1（含解析）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习课时训练：17（含解析）