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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The story I'm going to tell truly happened in my life.
The other day, I met a man outside the gym who  21  a movie star. He was handsome and smiling. His upper body was muscular and he  22  to be on top of the world.
"How are you?" I  23  with a smile. "I'm doing really well," he replied in a cheerful voice. His enthusiasm and big smile  24  the parking garage.   25  as he walked up, I  26  his long legs were thin and I saw he had a silver cane (手杖). "Why do you need that cane?" I couldn't  27 
thinking he had a minor injury. "I have MS," he answered in a  28  voice too, as his broad smile  29  left his face. Multiple Sclerosis is a very serious disease and often painful. I looked at him from my little red sports car and said, "You  30  it very well. You seem like a happy man  31
the MS. " Without losing a bit of his smile he replied, "I am a happy man," and then added, "I'd be even happier if I had that sports  32  . "
It was ironic (讽刺的). Just  33  we spoke, I'd been sitting in that little sports car, feeling sad about my painful shoulder over the last 11 months although ! was  34  after an operation. Here's a man with a  35  far tougher than mine, but his positive attitude made him feel no  36 
happiness. He went on with his enjoyment of life as usual, which moved me deeply.
It was also a wonderful reminder of that old  37  , "t cried because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet. "   38  your problems, just keep in  39  that none of us goes through life  40  and like the man with MS, make the most of what you have. Count your blessings.
21．A．stared at                 B．talked about            C．agreed with             D．looked like
22．A．conducted               B．appeared                 C．performed               D．pretended
23．A．questioned              B．advised                   C．complained             D．greeted
24．A．lit up                      B．put up                    C．held up                   D．kept up
25．A．So                         B．And                       C．But                        D．Though
26．A．diagnosed               B．noticed                   C．examined                D．checked
27．A．want                      B．set                          C．wait                       D．help
28．A．cheerful                  B．sad                         C．low                        D．painful
29．A．sometimes                 B．regularly                 C．never                      D．always
30．A．need                       B．handle                    C．demand                  D．deal
31．A．in spite of               B．in return for            C．thanks to                 D．but for
32．A．training                  B．coach                            C．coat                        D．car
33．A．when                      B．until                       C．before                    D．since
34．A．recovering                     B．suffering                 C．repairing                 D．benefiting
35．A．direction                 B．location                  C．situation                 D．position
36．A．fewer                            B．less                        C．further                    D．more
37．A．story                      B．news                      C．saying                    D．lesson
38．A．Whatever                B．However                 C．Whichever              D．Whenever
39．A．head                       B．brain                      C．heart                      D．mind
40．A．completely              B．easily                            C．hardly                    D．lightly

—What’s the matter with you, Sandy?
—I’m _____ a bad cold. I think I am dying.

 —What’s wrong with you, Darling?

—I’m _____a fever. I think I am dying.

—What’s the matter with you, Sandy?

—I’m _____ a bad cold. I think I am dying.

When I was a little girl, my father loved to play the game of “catch the ball” with me. I wasn’t good at it 21  he didn’t mind at all. He was always telling me to 22  my eyes on the ball; otherwise I would not be able to 23  it when he threw it to me.

As I got older, we didn’t play the game as 24  as before. If I had a   25  , I would go to my father and   26   his advice. He would try to make a joke and say, “Keep your eyes on the ball.” We would both laugh   27   that advice was not usually able to   28   the problem, but he would just try to make me   29  .

My father became   30   in 1995 when I was 23. There were not any more conversations, as he was   31   from a terrible disease. He couldn’t   32  ; he could only move his   33   without making a sound, which was sometimes   34   to understand. I seemed to be   35   good at reading his lips after a while, even better than the nurses that were   36   him.

During one of our last   37   I was telling him about a difficulty I was   38  . Once again, I could read his lips. “Keep your eyes on the ball,” he said. We both smiled. That was the last time I saw my father   39   he passed away.

Sometimes now, all those years later when I get into a   40   situation, I just tell myself, “Keep your eyes on the ball.”