第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mr. Dawson was an old bad-tempered man, and everyone in town knew it. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick apples, because old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his gun.
One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was walking out with her friend Amy. They had to  36  Daw-
son’s house, but as they got  37  , Janet saw him sitting on his front porch and suggested they cross over the street. Like most, she was  38  of the old man.
Amy said, “Don’t  39  .” When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his  40  
frown (皱眉), but when he saw it was Amy, he gave a broad  41  .
Amy smiled back and told him that they were going to listen to music. Dawson told them that sounded  42  , and gave them each a(an)  43  .
Later, Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says he’s the  44  man in town.   45  he was so nice to us? ” she pretended he was wearing a(an)  48  smile, so she always smiled. It really took some time  49  he one day half-smiled back.
After a while, he started smiling a real smile and then  50  to her. She said he always  51 
Her an apple now, and was always very kind.
In our everyday life we are always very busy doing a lot of things and trying to accomplish so much. It’s so  52  to forget that we can bring  53  to ourselves and others. Giving a smile takes so little  54  , but few people are aware of that. Please do remember after a while most people can’t  55  our sunniness at all.
36．A．drop into                B．look at                    C．move into               D．go by
37．A．inside                     B．close                      C．outdoors                 D．away
38．A．scared                    B．ashamed                 C．proud                     D．fond
39．A．cry                         B．follow                    C．worry                     D．run
40．A．tired                       B．rare                        C．usual                      D．ugly
41．A．smile                      B．hug                        C．surprise                  D．greeting
42．A．strange                   B．special                    C．boring                    D．fun
43．A．ticket                            B．lesson                     C．apple                      D．address
44．A．meanest                  B．worst                      C．strongest                 D．loneliest
45．A．What if                  B．How come              C．What for                 D．How about
46．A．finally                    B．last                         C．sometimes               D．first
47．A．friendly                  B．cold                       C．violent                    D．charming
48．A．unbelievable           B．invisible                 C．false                       D．kind
49．A．until                       B．after                       C．before                    D．when
50．A．suggested                B．talked                     C．came                      D．explained
51．A．sold                       B．showed                   C．offered                   D．saved
52．A．challenging             B．easy                       C．useful                     D．reasonable
53．A．gifts                       B．memories                C．cheers                     D．rewards
54．A．interest                   B．bravery                   C．space                      D．effort
55．A．resist                      B．forget                     C．accept                     D．dislike

It isstory ________ I’ll never forget it．

1. A.
   so good a; that
2. B.
   such good a; that
3. C.
   so a good; that
4. D.
   such a good; as

—I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have shouted at you the other day.
—______. I was a bit out of control myself.

He never believed that true love existed.
His parents divorcedwhen he was young and he didn’t think that true love was able to survive in today’s world.
He was   36  wrong.
His grandparents were always supportive to the kids and tried to help them when their parents   37 . He knew they loved each other, he just wasn’t sure it was true love. He had   38  heard them say, “I love you” or they hadn’t shown any affection   39  hugging. They had been married for over fifty years and he thought that their true love was gone.
But again he was wrong. His grandfather, Ralph, was struck ill in his junior year of college and he didn’t know how serious it was until he fell and hurt his hip (臀). While in the hospital, the doctors   40    a tumor (瘤) in his lungs. They told him that he had lung cancer and due to previous illnesses, they could not operate and he was too   41  for chemotherapy (化疗).
It was around Thanksgiving and by Christmas his condition worsened. The cancer spread and in late January his sister away at college too, called him crying and said she was on her way home because the doctors told their family that their   42  had only a week to live, that by the weekend he would   43   be with them. Their family came in from around the country and stayed next to his side.
It was not until then that he   44  that true love did exist and would survive beyond death. Every night as his grandfather grew more fragile, he would   45  sweet words to grandmother, Madge. The night before he died grandmother was walking out of his room and he said to her “I love you Madgie baby”.
The next morning he received a phone call at work that grandfather had passed during the night. Throughout his short battle   46  cancer, he realized how much two people can love each other and he realized how much it means to be loved and give love. It is the greatest   47  on earth and it lasts beyond life because you never forget your one true love.