第二节完型填空（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
In a class I teach for adults, I recently did the “unpardonable.” I gave the class homework!
The assignment (任务) was to “go to someone you love   36   the next week and tell them you love them. It   37  to be someone you have never   38   those words to before or at least haven’t shared those words with for a long time.” That doesn’t   39   like a very tough assignment,   40   you stop to realize that most of the men  were over 35 and were   41  in the generation of men that were taught that expressing emotions is not “macho (男子汉气概的).” Showing feelings or crying (heaven forbid!) was just not done   42  this was a very threatening assignment for some.
At the   43   of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to   44   what happened when they told someone they loved them. I fully expected one of the   45   to volunteer, as was usually the   46 , but on this evening one of the men raised his hand. He appeared quite moved and a bit   47  . As he unfolded out of his chair, he began by saying, “Dennis. I was quite   48   with you last week when you gave us the assignment. I didn’t feel that I had   49  to say those words to and   50 , who were you to tell me to do something that personal? But as I began driving home my conscience (良知) started talking to me. It was telling me that I   51   exactly who I needed to say I love you to. You see, five years ago, my father and I had a heated   52   and really never resolved it since that one. We   53  seeing each other unless we absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings. But   54   then, we hardly spoke to each other. So last. Tuesday   55  I got home, I had convinced myself. I was going to tell my father I loved him.”
36．A．after  B．before      C．for    D．within
37．A．has to       B．ought to    C．had better D．can
38．A．told   B．said   C．talked       D．spoken
39．A．look  B．hear  C．listen D．sound
40．A．when B．until  C．that   D．unless
41．A．born  B．grown      C．raised       D．risen
42．A．And  B．But   C．So     D．For
43．A．beginning B．end   C．middle      D．stating
44．A．announce  B．share C．answer      D．ask
45．A．men  B．adults       C．students    D．women
46．A．case  B．thing C．story D．experience
47．A．afraid       B．shaken      C．terrible     D．worried
48．A．happy       B．pleased     C．angry       D．satisfied
49．A．everybody       B．nobody     C．someone   D．anyone
50．A．else   B．except      C．beside       D．besides
51．A．thought    B．considered       C．knew D．guessed
52．A．disagreement    B．encouragement C．disappointment D．discouragement
53．A．imagined  B．risked       C．avoided    D．escaped
54．A．still   B．even  C．just   D．only
55．A．by the time      B．at the time       C．for the time      D．during the time

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