第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）   

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

More good things come from small things

About a year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me.

I never heard any  36 from the children, but the parents were always shouting at the kids.

We  37 often in the hallways when we were coming or going. I  38 spoke, but the only   39 I ever got was a hello from the four – year – old girl.

I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I  40 they were just coming from their apartment and the little girl was holding the door   41 for the others. I  42 in the car doing unnecessary things because I didn’t like to be snubbed（冷落）. The parents were   43 her to hurry and get in the car, I looked up and saw the little girl was   44 holding the door open,  45 for me.

I hurried as much as I could and   46 her. She was smiling from ear to ear. That afternoon I saw a white toy bear, I   47 the little girl and said to myself, “I   48 she would like that” so I bought it. I wrote a note   49 how much her act of kindness had touched a soft spot in an old man’s   50 .

The next day there was a   51 on the door and   52 was the little girl and her father. She was so proud of her bear and thanked me. Then I   53 her mother and the other children were there in the hall too. The mother and father both thanked me.

Now when we meet in the hall we all speak, and in a   54 manner, I might add.  55 time

passes, I don’t hear that shouting as often. In fact, hardly at all. 

36．A．sound                 B．noise                   C．conversation        D．crying

37．A．met                    B．saw                     C．visited                 D．gathered

38．A．never                  B．sometimes           C．seldom                D．always

39．A．reward                B．action                 C．answer                D．prize

40．A．moved                B．returned              C．started                 D．drove

41．A．open                   B．closed                 C．fit                       D．active

42．A．stopped               B．kept                    C．worked               D．remained

43．A．suggesting           B．telling                 C．forcing                D．making

44．A．ever                    B．even                   C．still                     D．yet

45．A．waiting               B．calling                C．leaving                D．asking

46．A． replaced             B．encouraged          C．ignored               D．thanked

47．A．thought about      B．thought of           C．thought over        D．thought out

48．A．decide                 B．am lucky             C．am sure               D．doubt

49．A．saying                 B．stating                C．reporting             D．writing

50．A．mind                  B．body                   C．thought               D．heart

51．A．hit                      B．knock                 C．drop                   D．beat

52．A．she                     B．it                        C．they                    D．he

53．A．noticed               B．watched              C．recognized           D．felt

54．A．kindly                 B．politely               C．coldly                 D．friendly

55．A．When                 B．Since                  C．As                      D．While