第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

One evening after dinner，Mr．and Mrs．Bond called a family meeting．“We’ve had to make a  36  decision，” Mr．Bond announced．“You see，your mother has been offered a post as co-director of a TV station in Chicago． 37 ，the station is not here．After  38  long and hard about it，we’ve  39  that the right decision is to move to Chicago．”

Marc looked  40 ，while his sister Rachel breathlessly started asking when they’d be moving．“It’s surprising but exciting!” she said．Marc simply said，“I can’t leave my  41 ． I’d rather stay here and live with Tommy Lyons !”

The Bonds hoped that by the time they moved to Chicago in August，Marc would grow more  42  the idea of leaving．However，he showed no  43  of accepting the decision，refusing to  44  his belongings．

45  the morning of their move，Marc was nowhere to be found．His parents called Tommy Lyons’ house，but Mrs．Lyons said she hadn’t seen Marc．Mrs．Bond became increasingly  46  while her husband felt angry with their son for behaving so  47 ．

What they didn’t know was that Marc had started to walk over to Tommy’s house with a faint idea of  48  in Lyons’ attic (阁楼) for a few days．But as he walked along，all the  49  landscape of his neighbourhood  50  him of the things he and his family had done together : the green fence he and his mother had painted；the trees he and his sister used to  51  while playing hide-and-seek；the park  52  he and his father often took walks together．How much would these  53  without his family，who made them special in the first place ? Marc didn’t take the  54  to answer that question but instead，he hurried back to his house， 55  if the were any boxes the right size to hold his record collection．

36．A．different      B．quick           C．wise                D．final

37．A．Besides            B．However          C．Therefore     D．Even though

38．A．thinking          B．quarrelling       C．complaining     D．arguing

39．A．known             B．recognized       C．concluded     D．insisted

40．A．shocked           B．puzzled            C．disappointed     D．excited

41．A．classmates     B．friends             C．neighbours       D．parents

42．A．delighted at      B．pleased with     C．used to            D．worried about

43．A．ways               B．signs           C．interests       D．hopes

44．A．pack                B．collect             C．tie                   D．pile

45．A．Before             B．In                   C．On                  D．During

46．A．anxious           B．angry                 C．frightened     D．miserable

47．A．rudely             B．irregularly          C．irresponsibly   D．naughtily

48．A．hiding             B．staying            C．sleeping           D．living

49．A．beautiful      B．familiar           C．splendid       D．modern

50．A．recalled           B．remembered     C．warned            D．reminded

51．A．plant           B．water           C．climb                 D．hide

52．A．which              B．where              C．that                 D．what

53．A．cost                 B．value           C．mean               D．measure

54．A．time                B．courage           C．strength           D．patience

55．A．looking           B．wondering              C．asking             D．expecting