第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

       My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives. Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this 36.

       One day, I entered Donna’s classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and 37. All the students were working on a task. The student next to me was 38 her page with “I Can’ts.” “I can’t kick the soccer ball.” “I can’t get Debbie to like me.” Her page was already half 39 and she showed no signs of stopping. I walked down the row and found 40 was writing sentences, describing things they couldn’t do.

       By this time the activity aroused my 41, so I decided to check with the teacher to see what was going on but I noticed she too was 42 writing. “I can’t get John’s mother to come for a parents’ meeting.” ------ I felt it best not to 43 her.

       After another ten minutes, the students were 44 to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front. They placed their “I Can’t” statements into an empty shoe box. Then Donna added hers. She put the lid on the box, tucked it under her arm and headed out of the door. Students followed the teacher. I 45 the students. Halfway down the hallway Donna got a shovel from the tool house, and then marched the students to the farthest corner of the playground. There they began to 46. The box of “I Can’ts ” was placed at the 47 of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt. At this point Donna announced,“ Boys and girls, please join hands and drop your heads.” They 48 formed a circle around the grave.

       Donna delivered the eulogy（悼辞）. “Friends, we are 49 here today to honor the memory of ‘I Can’t.’ He is 50 by his brothers and sisters ‘I Can’ and ‘I Will’. May ‘I Can’t’ rest in 51. Amen!”

       She turned the students around and marched them 52 into the classroom. They celebrated the passing away of “53”. Donna cut a large tombstone from paper. She wrote the words “I Can’t” at the top and the date at the bottom, then hung it in the classroom. On those rare occasions when a student forgot and said, “I Can’t,” Donna 54 pointed to the paper tombstone. The student then remembered that “I Can’t” was 55 and chose other statement. 

   36. A. job           B. project          C. observation        D. course

   37. A. checked       B. noticed          C. watched          D. waited

   38. A. filling         B. covering         C. spreading         D. folding

   39. A. empty         B. dirty            C. clean            D. full

   40. A. nobody        B. somebody        C. everyone         D. anyone

   41. A. curiosity       B. suspicion         C. sympathy        D. worry

   42. A. capable of      B. careful with       C. busy in          D. addicted to

   43. A. catch          B. interrupt          C. trouble          D. wake

   44. A. made          B. desired           C. forced           D. instructed

   45. A. followed       B. inspected          C. seated           D. observed

   46. A. cry            B. pray             C. dig              D. play

   47. A. back           B. bottom           C. top             D. edge

   48. A. quickly         B. slowly           C. happily          D. fortunately

   49. A. away           B. out              C. off              D. together

   50. A. remembered      B. exchanged        C. removed         D. replaced

   51. A. silence          B. heart             C. peace            D. memory

   52. A. down           B. up               C. off              D. back

   53. A. I Can            B. I Can’t           C. I Will            D. I Won’t

   54. A. simply           B. finally            C. coldly           D. angrily

   55. A. dead             B. alive             C. friendly          D. terrible