第二节：完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)
The Hand
Thanksgiving Day was near．The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment to draw a picture of ___36____ for which they were thankful．
Most of the class might be _37___ economically disadvantaged, but still many would __38___ the holidays with turkeys and other traditional goodies of the season．These, the teacher thought, would be the ___39___ of most of her students’ art．And they were．
But Douglas made a(n) __40___ kind of picture．Douglas was a different kind of boy．He was the teacher’s true child of misery,__41_____ and unhappy．As other children played at recess, Douglas was likely to stand close by her side．One could only guess the pain Douglas felt ___42___those sad eyes．
Yes, his picture was different．When__43____ to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a____44____．Nothing else．Just a empty hand．
His abstract image captured the _45_____ of his classmates, Whose hand could it be ? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers__46_____ turkeys．Another suggested a police officer, because the police protect and __47____ people．And so the discussion went ------ until the teacher ___48__ forgot the young artist himself．
__49____ the children had gone on to other assignments, she_50_____ at Douglas’ desk, bent down, and asked him whose hand it was．The little boy looked away and murmured, “It’s yours, teacher．”
She recalled the __51___ she had taken his hand and walked with him here and there, as she had other student．How _52_____ had she said, “Take your hand, Douglas, we’ll go outside．” Or, “Let me show you how to hold your pencil．” Or, “Let’s do this together．” Douglas was most ____53__ for his teacher’s hand．
Brushing aside a tear, she went on with her work．
In fact, people __54___ not always say “thanks”．But they will remember the hand that ____55___ ．
36．A．anything B．something C．nothing D．everything
37．A．suggested B．affected C．encouraged D．considered
38．A．celebrate B．share C．like D．avoid
39．A．purposes B．subjects C．motivations D．examples
40．A．good B．encouraging C．different D．exciting
41．A．merry B．naughty C．weak D．lively
42．A．behind B．beside C．before D．around
43．A．ordered B．asked C．forced D．persuaded
44．A．gift B．person C．hand D．wonder
45．A．thought B．description C．respect D．imagination
46．A．raise B．need C．buy D．sell
47．A．look at B．care for C．take away D．drive off
48．A．always B．almost C．usually D．therefore
49．A．Before B．Now that C．Since D．When
50．A．stared B．aimed C．paused D．glanced
51．A．chances B．forms C．ways D．times
52．A．seldom B．often C．soon D．much
53．A．thankful B．calm C．pleased D．comfortable
54．A．could B．must C．should D．might
55．A．move on B．stick above C．reaches out D．help out
35．The murderer was brought in, with his hands ___behind his back．
A．being tied B．having tied C．tied D．to be tied
34．-----I don’t know what I _____ without the suitcase you lent me．
-----Glad to have been of some help to you．
A．would have done B．would do
C．should have done D．should do
33．___ I feel pity on hurricane victims in Southeast Asia, I can’t really do very much to help them but contribute my pocket money．
A．As long as B．When C．While D．Even
32． Mrs．Green took up the story at the point ____the thief had just made off with the jewels．
A．where B．which C．as D．when
31．-----I heard that many westerners prefer vegetables to meat．
-----It is true．Americans eat ___ vegetables each person today as they did 20 years ago．
A．more than twice B．as twice as many
C．twice as many D．that twice as many
30．-----Hurry up! Alice and Sue are waiting for you at the school gate．
-----Oh! I thought they ____ without me．
A．went B．are going C．have gone D．had gone
29．If the present unemployment _____continue, the society would face a more difficult situation．
A．would B．should C．might D．could
28．She decided to resign from the party rather than ____herself to the new rules．
A．reduce B．add C．fail D．submit