第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。
I stood there listening to dad’s severe（严厉的） words. He gathered us into our yard and had the look on his face that told us one of us did something   36  .
We stared down at the floor containing the art of a child’s   37   in chalk. I suppose that was a no-no（不可接受的行为） for us, though I can’t say I quite   38   the result when I was committing the crime. All the others denied. I stood there,   39   inside. The only words that came from my mouth were, “Not me, dad.” I couldn’t find the   40   to tell the truth. Lying was not    41   for me. But the look on dad’s face scared me.
Without saying a word, dad   42   for only a few minutes and came back with paper and a pencil. He was so   43   to find the truth! “I want each of you to write   44   what you see on the floor.” I was not a     45    kid, though and when my turn came, I wrote the words   46  . So when my dad compared the handwriting, he still   47   tell the truth.
“ I will give you one more chance to confess (承认) ”, he said. Not   48  , no one spoke up.
Should I say something? I guess he’ll be   49  ! So again, I held my   50  . “Well, if someone came forward, there would be   51   punishment.” he added. Oh, no! I’ve lost my last chance!
He took us into the house. “  52   none of you confessed, then you all get a spanking (打屁股).” 
“I did it,” someone said. I looked around to see my sister come   53  . My sister was going to get spanked. And I let it   54  .
I didn’t tell the truth until years later. When I think back to that day, I know I learned the   55  of family, of a sister who would do anything for me. And I would do the same for her now.
36. A. special                             B. funny                      C. wrong                     D. useless
37. A. handwriting               B. map                   C. calculation     D. playing
38. A. understood                 B. remembered             C. forgot                 D. expected
39. A. cheering                   B. imagining              C. trembling         D. wondering
40. A. courage                    B. time                   C. way                D. chance
41. A. unusual                    B. unfit            C. normal                    D. difficult
42. A. walked                     B. disappeared              C. hid              D. escaped
43. A. afraid                    B. determined     C. surprised         D. proud
44. A. similarly                 B. carefully           C. particularly    D. exactly
45. A. smart                     B. stupid           C. naughty                D. lovely
46. A. differently               B. strangely       C. quickly                D. quietly
47. A. would not                 B. might not               C. could not              D. need not
48. A. excitingly        B. disappointingly  C. interestingly      D. surprisingly
49. A. mad                           B. curious           C. delighted      D. amused
50. A. breath                     B. face                  C. hand                   D. tongue
51. A. heavy                         B. much                  C. new                      D. no
52. A. Since                          B. Although               C. Unless           D. While
53. A. out                          B. forward                   C. in               D. round
54. A. remain                   B. exist             C. happen                D. do
55. A. knowledge                B. use                      C. sense                  D. value

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