第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。
Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since childhood, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we’ve both always looked forward to the few   36   a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up   37   into the night, talking about the people she was   38  . She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was   39   other self-destructive behavior. I was blown away! She told me   40   she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even   41   out to see the guy. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved   42  , she didn’t believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have   43  .
I tried to   44   her that she was ruining her future and heading for big   45  , but she thought it acceptable to have such a boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and   46  by the experience. It had been so frustrating, I had come   47   to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just   48   too far apart to continue our friendship—but I didn’t. I put the   49   of friendship to the final test. We’d been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she   50   me enough to know that I was trying to save her from   __51   herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer   52  .
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our   __53  , and then she told she had broken up with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of   54   running down my face. It was one of the truly   55   moments in my life.
36. A. instants          B. times                C. weeks               D. scenes
37. A. straight               B. ahead                C. late                   D. long
38. A. hanging with              B. dealing with      C. trading with      D. comparing with
39. A. of                      B. above                C. through             D. into
40. A. how                   B. why                  C. when                D. where
41. A. coming               B. stealing             C. hurrying            D. driving
42. A. worse                 B. higher               C. better                D. poorer
43. A. improved            B. changed            C. strengthened      D. disappeared
44. A. recommend         B. advise               C. convince           D. introduce
45. A. chance                B. trouble                     C. destination        D.ambition
46. A. exhausted           B. satisfied            C. encouraged        D. accustomed
47. A. almost                B. forward            C. close                 D. nearby
48. A. kept                   B. moved                    C. settled               D. grown
49. A. power                 B. difference         C. quality                     D. wisdom
50. A. praised               B. blamed              C. valued               D. followed   
51. A. hurting               B. cheating           C. criticizing         D. concerning
52. A. everybody           B. nobody             C. something         D. anything
53. A. friendship           B. conversation      C. relationship              D. decision
54. A. surprise                     B. sorrow                     C. joy                   D. disappointment
55. A. regretful             B. rewarding          C. vital                  D. urgent

科目 英语   题型 完型填空   难度 较易

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