第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项．

A while ago，I didn’t think I had a passion．1 would sit in front of the TV all day and not think about anything except the next  36   ．At that time，I didn’t know how   37   it was to have a passion in our life．

The first   38   I thought about this was in the seventh grade when 1 went to school with my mom．As we stopped at a red light，someone   39   my eyes．It was a man dressed in old   40  standing on the other side of the    41   ．This homeless man was not sitting down with a sad and hopeless   42  ．He was standing，waving his hands and dancing．He looked happy and held a radio as if it was the most   43   thing he had．

Seeing all this   44    me．“Morn，why does that man have a radio even though he’s homeless？”I asked．

“He bought it，”she replied．1 was still   45   ．

“But if he’s homeless，why doesn’t he use his money to buy clothes？He  46  his money on something he doesn’t need．He should buy food．”

“Well，Sarah，sometimes food isn’t the most important thing．   47   can be food for the

48   ．Food and clothes aren’t the only things we need．People need happiness to stay  49   ，too．”

I wasn’t sure whether I  50  my mother’s words．Maybe my mom was right．If one lives in sadness，there’s  51   to keep him moving from day to day．

Now I  52   that I’ve had passions all along，but never recognized their importance in my life．They were invisible（无形的）hopes that I   53   without knowing them．What’s often forgotten is that we all need a  54   ，a light on a   55   day．We all need a passion．

36．A．display                   B．show                      C．exhibition        D．show off

37．A．efficient                 B．effective                 C．important         D．valuable

38．A．moment                  B．period                    C．date                        D．time

39．A．caught                    B．seized                     C．held                       D．held on to

40．A．cloths                     B．clothes                    C．clothing                  D．coat

41．A．way                       B．passage                   C．road                       D．express way

42．A．expression              B．looks                      C．face                        D．eyes

43．A．invaluable        B．expensive                C．precious                  D．worthless

44．A．shocked                  B．astounded        C．astonishing              D．surprised

45．A．puzzled                  B．wondered                C．confused                 D．amazed

46．A．spent               B．wasted                    C．took                       D．cost

47．A．Passion                 B．Music                     C．Love                      D．Happiness

48．A．soul                       B．mind                      C．heart               D．brain

49．A．1ive                       B．living                        C．alive                       D．1ively

50．A．understood             B．agreed                    C．see                         D．have gotten

5 1．A．none                     B．nothing                   C．no one                    D．anything

52．A．find out                  B．know about             C．come true        D．realize

53．A．depended         B．relied on                 C．relied                     D．1ay in

54．A．pleasure                 B．fun                         C．joy                         D．enjoy

55．A．darkness                 B．dusk                       C．dim                        D．dark