第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分,满分20分)

Once there was a woman whose only son had died. In her sorrow she went to ask a wise man whether there was a way to bring her son back to 36 . "Bring me a mustard seed (芥菜籽) from a home that has never known 37 . I will use it to help you," he said to her, 38 sending her away or trying to persuade her that there was hope. At once she 39 to look for that mustard seed. The first 40 she came to was a huge building. Knocking on the door, she said, "I’m 41 a house that has never known suffering. Is this the place? It’s very 42 to me." "You have come to the 43 place," they told her, and began to 44 out all the sad things that had happened to 45 ."Who is better able to 46 the misfortune (不幸) these poor people have suffered than I, who have 47 sadness?" she thought. 48 she stayed there and comforted them 49 setting off again to look for a house that had never known sorrow. The woman went on, full of 50 , and came across a51 on the road. She asked the farmer the same question, but 52 he too said no. Wherever she went, from huts (茅屋) to palaces, there was no one without tales of 53 and misfortune. She came to be so 54 listening to other people’s sad stories that she 55 about looking for the mustard seed. Listening to the sorrow of others had driven the sorrow from her own heart.

36. A. attention         B. truth                 C. health           D. life

37. A. happiness    B. sorrow                 C. value                D. wealth

38. A. for fear of   B. because of     C. in spite of      D. instead of

39. A. set off         B. took off            C. put off                 D. went off

40. A. expression   B. memory            C. place                 D. chance

41. A. caring for    B. looking for     C. paying for     D. leaving for

42. A. important    B. strange              C. fair                   D. common

43. A. different         B. right                 C. wrong               D. certain

44. A. turn                   B. pour                 C. carry                 D. work

45. A. it                B. them                 C. him                  D. her

46. A. preserve             B. describe            C. share                 D. accept

47. A. experienced B. treated                 C. controlled      D. connected

48. A. However            B. While               C. Though             D. So

49. A. unless         B. after                 C. before           D. until

50. A. hope           B. pleasure            C. regret            D. fear

51. A. factory        B. palace           C. sign                  D. hut

52. A. hopefully       B. strangely           C. originally      D. Unfortunately

53. A. happiness       B. endings             C. sadness              D. promises

54. A. disappointed  B. busy                 C. happy               D. Free

55. A. forgot          B. cared                C. worried             D. found