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，从短文后所给各题的第四个选项（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涂黑。

One very cool day in the spring of the year, my father, who was a farmer, was ploughing, and I, nine years old, was   36   the horse．I didn't do the   37   very well as it was rather cold．It was a little  38   than I could do to manage the task．

"Dad," said I, "how long   39   I stay in field?"

"About an hour，" he answered．

An hour   40   a great while and I said, "I   41   I could go home now-my   42   aches."

"I am very sorry," said my father, "but can't you   43   till it is time to go home for dinner?"

"I think not－my headache is getting to be pretty   44  ."

"Well," said he,   45   me off the horse, doubting my disease was rather in my heart than my head, "you may go home．I don't want you to work   46   you are sick．Go straight home, and tell your mother that I say you must take a large bowl of rhubarb(大黄)．Tell her that I think it will   47   you much!"

There was no choice．I went home, of course, and I had to offer the   48   to my mother．I told her,   49  , that I thought my head was better,   50   not to take the terrible   51 ．But it was of no use and it was too late．She understood my case as   52   as my father did．She knew well enough my   53   was laziness．So she prepared a large bowl of rhubarb and I had to swallow all of it．Dear me! How bitter it was! I am sure I would rather ride the horse all day than to be doctored in that way．Since then I never told another   54  .

Honesty is the best policy．  55   it, though there is another and a better reason．

36．A feeding       B．riding      C．handling   D．controlling

37．A adventure   B．situation   C．career       D．task

38．A less     B．better       C．more D．rather

39．A must   B．can   C．should      D．would

40．A seemed       B．kept C．waited     D．equaled

41．A think   B．wish        C．believe     D．plan

42．A hand   B．leg   C．head        D．heart

43．A argue B．develop    C．work D．stay

44．A serious       B．normal     C．simple     D．pleasant

45．A putting       B．taking      C．falling     D．seeing

46．A because      B．if     C．before      D．unless

47．A make   B．protect     C．devote     D．benefit

48．A news   B．excitement       C．match       D．message

49．A but      B．and   C．however   D．then

50．A hoping       B．deciding   C．considering      D．expressing

51．A drink   B．medicine C．juice  D．soup

52．A soon    B．long        C．well D．total

53．A opinion      B．similarity        C．difficulty        D．disease

54．A lie       B．speech     C．story D．joke

55．A Bring in     B．Watch out C．Depend on       D．Get away from