第二节：完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分)
Reginald Andrews had been out of work for more than a year．This 36 father of five children had deeply known his 37 of family heartaches．A few years earlier, his sister Kedra had been shot in the 38 by a young man who robbed the place where she was working．The young man was caught, but Kedra 39 her sight．As a result of his sister’s 40 , Mr．Andrews cared about blind people.
On December 20, 2001, Mr．Andrews was waiting for a train in New York City．The train pulled into the station and stopped．Andrews was getting ready to get 41 the train when something 42 happened．An old blind man, who had 43 the space between two carriages for a door while 44 his way with a stick, suddenly fell 45 the train．Seeing this, Andrews quickly jumped down to the tracks and 46 the blind man to safety．He 47 all the people on the spot with his courage．The news rapidly 48 all over the country．Messages began to pour in．Some people 49 sent money and food to Andrews.
Andrews had been at the station 50 he was returning from a job talk．He probably would have been hired, and the public praise made it a 51 thing.
Andrews, however, received 52 attention from the public after about a week of newspaper stories and active 53 to his family．Although most people supposed that the story had come to a happy end, it didn’t quite happen that way．Andrews 54 start his new job, but the factory moved to New Jersey．Andrews didn’t have any way to get to work, so he had to leave．It wasn’t long before he was 55 to job hunting again．Few newspapers, however, would tell their readers what happened to Mr．Andrews after he became a hero.
36．A．homeless B．careless C．friendless D．jobless
37．A．truth B．share C．danger D．delay
38．A．arm B．leg C．face D．stomach
39．A．lost B．hurt C．kept D．destroyed
40．A．age B．death C．problems D．shortcoming
41．A．on B．to C．off D．up
42．A．disappointed B．important C．funny D．unexpected
43．A．chosen B．reached C．mistaken D．forgotten
44．A．forcing B．feeling C．leading D．touching
45．A．into B．from C．under D．off
46．A．threw B．pushed C．drove D．pulled
47．A．shocked B．frightened C．impressed D．left
48．A．grew B．brought C．carried D．spread
49．A．yet B．even C．still D．ever
50．A．though B．before C．because D．till
51．A．sure B．correct C．popular D．necessary
52．A．close B．little C．much D．enough
53．A．help B．ideas C．reading D．reports
54．A．might B．could C．would D．did
55．A．ready B．about C．back D．worried
35．______, he is a fairly good businessman.
A．All things are considered B．All things considering
C．All things considered D．As all things considered
34．He kept a little notebook, in which _____ the names and addresses of his friends.
A．wrote B．was writing C．was written D．were written
33．The way he did it was different ____ we were used to.
A．in which B．in what C．from what D．from which
32．Earth is a rocky planet _____ liquid water, which is necessary for life, can exist.
31．The park as well as its surrounding hills they once spent so much time _____ on a new look as
lately as last years.
A．on has taken B．on have taken
C．has taken D．on having taken
30．----- You look so pale, what troubles you?
----- I _____ my dead mother.
A．thought about B．was thinking about
C．have thought about D．am thinking about
29．The suggestion ______ polluted water ______ into the river without being cleaned came up at
the meeting．
A．that; can’t be poured B．that; not be poured
C．which; mustn’t be poured D．which; not be poured
28．I really don’t know _____ I had my money stolen.
A．when was it that B．that it was when
C．where it was that D．it was where that