第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分)

When I was a kid, my dad worked in a shop. Sometimes, I went to the shop with him. I would spend the day just 　36　 , doing nothing and not paying much 　37　 　to all the people around me. One day, as my dad and I were 　38　 　to the shop, I looked out of the car window and saw an old man at the street corner. Our 　39　 　met and held for about twenty seconds. There was　 40 fearful about this man but it was a significant encounter(意外的相遇)for me. 　41　 that point, I had given no　 42　 　to anyone I saw on the street. My life was my family and friends. I had no interest in anyone else.　 43　 for the first time I had an interest in what that person was all about.

Over the years I had long 　44　 　that man, but he came to my mind recently and I remembered the twenty　 45　 　that I looked into the eyes of a stranger and 　46　 what he was all about.

It seems that we are all 　47　 　these days. There are so many things to look after that we 　48　 　have time for sincere interest in others. Great thinkers 　49　 　us to “stop and smell the roses”. But it has taken me decades to really appreciate the 　50　 　of these words. When I have the opportunity to　 51　 a young person, I do my best to convey this message. But 　52　 , young people are too busy to 　53　 　the advice. I would tell young people to stop what they are doing and　 54　 . I would tell them to try as 　55　 as they could to understand what is in their line of sight and what is in the range of their hearing.

36-40　 ACDAB　　 41-45 DACBB　　 46-50 CABDA　 51-55 CBDAB

35. - Hello, could I speak to Bill, please?

- _____, he is in the kitchen.　

　A. Hold on a minute　 B. Don’t worry　 C. It doesn’t matter　 D. You could.

34. The kind of tiger, once so numerous in South Asia, has now almost______.

　 A. died of　　　　　　　 B. died from　　　　 C. died out　　　　 D. died down

33. The boy hurried home ______ the room had been stolen and everything valuable was gone.

32. It was dark. But ______ the light of the moon , I saw a man ____ in the street corner.

31. The central government has ____ a working party to looking into the mine disaster in Tongchuan, Shanxi Province.

30. Travelling on the bad mountain roads is a ____ experience and I will never risk my life like that from now on.

29. The meat is so rotten and ______. You must have forgotten to put it in fridge.

28. People are warned _____ in that city because there is some virus going around the city.

27. The boy asked me curiously whether I could tell him ____ be like in the future.

A. what life would　 B. what will life　 C. how life would　　 D. how will life