阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    Kevin was eagerly waiting for his holiday. His mother kept on saying there would be a big   36  for him during the holiday. The exams were just over and summer vacation just started. Now Kevin was   37   like a bird.

       Suddenly the   38   rang. It was his cousin, Max. “Hi!” screamed Max as he jumped on to Kevin’s bed   39   his crayons (蜡笔) during the process. “I’ve come to stay here for the holidays.”

       Kevin never expected his mother’s surprise to be so   40  . After breakfast Kevin   41   to do some painting.   42   Max was not around. When he was doing the finishing touches, Max entered and spilled some juice all over the painting,   43   ruining it.

       The next day was even   44   for him.

       It all   45   when Max put the dirty clothes in the washing machine. After some time Kevin heard some   46   sounds from the machine and he found that Max had put his shoes into the machine. One day, a piece of   47   caught Kevin’s attention. “The world famous collector Dick Brown’s stamps have been   48  .”

       Kevin had a stamp collection and it was with his friend Allan. So, Kevin gave Max the   49   and sent him to get his album back. Max soon came back with the album and Kevin found it was not his album --- it   50   valuable stamps. Actually Max had gone to another   51   whose door was unlocked by mistake and found an album which resembled Kevin’s and brought it back. Kevin   52   that it might be the album belonging to Dick Brown. Kevin called the   53   and told them he had found a valuable album. A week had passed since that incident, and Kevin and Max were   54   for finding Dick Brown’s album.

       “I’ll never be   55   with Max,” Kevin thought.

36. A. challenge            B. surprise            C. chance                  D. worry

37. A. anxious               B. puzzled             C. free               D. curious

38. A. mobile phone      B. doorbell            C. clock                   D. landline

39. A. breaking              B. seeking             C. removing           D. taking

40. A. hard                   B. small                C. late                  D. bad

41. A. asked                  B. stopped            C. recommended   D. decided

42. A. Simply                B. Frankly             C. Luckily             D. Strangely

43. A. roughly              B. totally               C. gradually          D. eventually

44. A. better                  B. happier              C. longer               D. worse

45. A. started                B. mattered            C. worked            D. changed

46. A. familiar              B. strange             C. lovely               D. worse

47. A. research             B. advice              C. news               D. advertisement

48. A. sold                   B. stolen               C. exchanged               D. exhibited

49. A. address               B. number             C. photo                      D. name

50. A. offered               B. showed            C. mentioned         D. contained

51. A. store                  B. office                      C. house               D. club

52. A. expected            B. suspected         C. imagined           D. believed

53. A. owner                B. friend               C. cousin              D. police

54. A. rewarded            B. punished           C. found               D. scolded

55. A. strict                  B. angry                      C. honest              D. happy

— I really think our teacher’s work is as great as that of those famous educators.

— ______. He has developed his own style of teaching.

A. You can say that again　　　　　　 　 　　　　 B. That’s not the point　　　　　　　

C. That’s great D. It counts or nothing

As is often the case, the fact that something is cheap doesn’t ______ mean it’s of low quality.

      A. usually             B. necessarily      C. certainly       D. mostly

 Lucy decided that ______ she might face, she would make any effort to finish the task.

A. however a serious challenge                   B. what a serious challenge               

C. however serious a challenge                     D. what serious a challenge

It is common that many employees can't get the pay as they ______.

A. have been promised                            B. are promising                

C. have promised                                  D. are promised

 ______ seven or eight countries would come together to determine the direction of global markets.

       A. Gone are away the days                         B. Away went the days which

       C. Gone are the days when                         D. Went are the days that

— Haven’t you completed the building to be used as a library?

— Yes. We ______ on it for more than a year.

A. are working　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. have worked　　

C. worked D. will have worked

— Tonight’s talk ______ to be a difficult one.

— I can’t agree more. Both sides are stubborn and will fight for their own benefits.

A. intends B. sounds

C. promises　　　　　 　 　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. prepares

She surprised us all when she resigned so suddenly, ______ she had worked here for more than 20 years.

　 A. concerning B. supposing

C. regarding D. considering

We must work hard, and ______ we must believe in ourselves.

A. in all                        B. above all                 C. after all                    D. at all