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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和D)中，选出最佳选项。

     This is a true story. Rex White lived in a  36  some distance from the coast, so he   37   to drive to Lytham and leave his car in a car park beside the river. Then he  38  row out to the pilot boat, and wait for the  39   ship that it was his duty to guide.

     Early one morning, Mr. White   40   to Lytham from a night on duty, only to   41 he couldn't start his car. He had driven from his village the evening before and left his car in the car park   42  . Now with his work finished; how he   43   to drive home to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate and a warm bed!   44  , no matter what he did, he could not get the engine to start.

     It was a cold and windy night; there was no garage   45   to which he could turn for help. He was just about to   46 , and spend the rest of the night in his car,  when a bright idea 47   him.  He pushed his car round so that it was facing in the   48   of the wind, opened ail four doors,   49   it along a short way, and then jumped in. The doors acted like 50, and in no time the wind had taken him  51   out of the car park and away down the beach road. When he   52  the starter-switch once more,  the engine roared to   53  immediately.  All he had to do then was to stop the car and shut the   54  .

     He went to bed later than usual,   55   he did not go without his cup of hot chocolate. Mr. White was not a seaman for nothing.

36. A. city                     B. town                C. village                          D. family

37. A. decided                 B. had                 C. managed                      D. asked

38. A. could                     B. should                C. would                          D. might

39. A. old                      B. foreign               C. big                            D. particular

40. A. returned                 B. got                  C. went                         D. walked

41. A. accept                  B.  tell               C. find                            D. remember

42. A. once more         B. as usual            C. at last                  D. as well

43. A. prepared                 B. supposed             C. hurried                   D. desired

44. A. Sadly        B. Surprisingly        C. Naturally               D. Finally

45. A. inside                    B. around               C. away                          D. ahead

46. A. shout at                  B. break down      C. give out               D. give up

47. A. knocked          B. beat            C. kicked                          D. struck

48. A. position                  B. direction              C. speed                         D. strength

49. A. pulled                   B. rode                 C. pushed                        D. followed

50. A. brakes                  B. engines              C. energies                       D. batteries

51. A. nearly                   B. right                  C. almost                         D. hardly

52. A. opened                  B. checked              C. tried                          D. provided

53. A. effect                    B. way                  C. use                           D. life

54. A. windows                 B. doors                C. lights                          D. systems

55. A. but                           B. or                   C. and                           D. so