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，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
As a saying goes, every bean has its black. It is impossible to make no mistakes all one’s life. My grandpa Nybakken, a carpenter, is no 36 . Several decades ago, he made a mistake — a(n) 37 mistake, though.
On a cold Saturday, Grandpa was building some wooden cases for the clothes his 38 was sending to an orphanage (孤儿院) in Congo. On his way home, he 39 into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. So he drove back to the church. His search proved 40 . When he 41 replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the cases. His brand new glasses, having 42 him ＄20 that very morning, were heading for Congo! He had to drive home 43 .
Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report on Sunday night at my grandfather’s church, 44 Grandpa and his family also attended.
“But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the 45 you sent last year. You see, the bandits(土匪) had just swept through the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses. I was desperate.”
“ 46 I had the money, there was simply no way of 47 those glasses. 48 not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day. Then your cases arrived. When my staff 49 the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top.”
Then, still gripped (吸引注意) with the 50 , he continued: “Folks, when I tried 51 the glasses, it was as thought they had been custom-made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!”
The people listened, 52 for the miraculous glasses. But the director surely must have 53 their church with another, they thought. There were no glasses on their 54 of items to be sent overseas. But an ordinary carpenter was sitting 55 in the back, with tears streaming down his face.
36. A. expectation B. success C. luck D. exception
37. A. perfect B. foolish C. avoidable D. common
38. A. factory B. church C. family D. country
39. A. turned B. reached C. filled D. put
40. A. proper B. reasonable C. fruitless D. unnecessary
41. A. mentally B. physically C. anxiously D. directly
42. A. charged B. spent C. paid D. cost
43. A. disappointed B. pleased C. nonstop D. quick
44. A. which B. what C. where D. when
45. A. cases B. clothes C. glasses D. wishes
46. A. Unless B. As long as C. Until D. Even though
47. A. replacing B. finding C. wearing D. changing
48. A. Except B. Along with C. Rather than D. As for
49. A. opened B. burnt C. removed D. took
50. A. preparation B. pleasure C. satisfaction D. wonder
51. A. out B. over C. for D. on
52. A. pity B. happy C. curious D. eager
53. A. confused B. associated C. combined D. compared
54. A. cases B. order C. list D. orphanage
55. A. happily B. quietly C. sadly D. excitedly
---Why are they taking all the equipment away?
---- The job ________, they are packing up to leave.
A. having done B. being done C. to be done D. done
--- What about Mr. Brown’s lecture?
---- I understood most of what he said, but not ________ word.
A. any B. each C. every D. one
It was announced that only when the fire was under control ________ to return to their homes.
A. the residents would be permitted B. had the residents been permitted
C. would the residents be permitted D. the residents had been permitted
---- Did you come to the museum by bike yesterday?
---- No. Two meters of snow fell during the night. As a result, several main roads __ .
A. would be blocked B. had been blocked C. has been blocked D. were blocked
----Jack, can you make a sentence to ________ the meaning of the new phrase?
----Well…
A. show off B. turn out C. bring out D. take in
