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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各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

      There was a woman in Detroit,  36  had two sons. She was worried  37  them, especially 38  younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class  39  jokes on him because he seemed so  40 . The mother  41  that she would herself get her sons to do  42  in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to  43  a book a week and do a book report for her.

One day, in Ben’s  44,  the teacher held up a rock(岩石)and asked if anyone  45  it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him  46.  “Why did Ben raise his hand?” all of his  47  whispered (低声耳语) and wondered. “He  48  said anything. What could he possibly want to say?”

  Well, Ben not only  49  the rock, but also said a lot about it. He  50  other rocks in its groups and even knew  51  the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were  52  .Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 53.

  Ben later went on to the  54  of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and  55  became one of the best doctors in the United States.

36.            A. which                     B. who                    C. that                    D. whom

37.            A. on                          B. with                    C. about                  D. in

38.            A. the                         B. an                       C. a                        D. /

39.            A. played                    B. spoke                  C. got                     D. showed

40.            A. clever                     B. hard                    C. slow                   D. quick

41.            A. seemed                   B. decided               C. answered             D. told

42.            A. well                      B. bad                     C. right                   D. good

43.            A. see                         B. find                    C. read                    D. buy

44.            A. class                       B. room                  C. office                  D. lab

45.            A. told                        B. knew                  C. wrote                  D. said

46.            A. think                      B. leave                   C. ask                     D. answer

47.            A. classmates               B. students               C. teacher                D. mother

48.            A. always                    B. ever                    C. sometimes           D. never

49.            A. found                     B. played                 C. knew                  D. heard

50.            A. said                        B. told                    C. called                 D. named

51.            A. whether                  B. what                   C. where                 D. why

52.            A. afraid                     B. surprised             C. worried               D. unhappy

53.            A. pictures                  B. exercises             C. shops                  D. reports

54.            A. top                         B. end                     C. back                   D. front

55.            A. at first                    B. at the end            C. at last            D. now