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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been ___36___ me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly ___37___. It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could __38__ my moves, because she __39__ to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I _40__ she had strict sleeping habits, __41___  I thought she ought to be able to _42__ some of this strictness. I said to her, “__43__, you can stay up late for once. We’re having ___44___.” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked __45__. Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it _46__, you’re going to play it slowly.” and so we_47_ for another ten minutes, until _48_ my daughter burst into tears, and 49_ that she was beaten.

Clearly I had made __50__. I had started the evening wanting to have a __51_ time with my daughter but had __52__ my desire to win to become more __53__than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win _54_ me well. As a parent, I _55_ that it got in my way. So I had to change.

36. A. guiding     B. training          C. asking        D. advising

37. A. allowed          B. expected         C. replied        D. accepted

38. A. hurry       B. repeat          C. pass          D. change

39. A. agreed     B. needed               C. begged       D. hated

40. A. guessed     B. learned            C. knew          D. heard

41. A. but              B. for              C. so          D. or

42. A. put up      B. give up          C. pick up       D. take up

43. A. As usual     B. Go ahead      C. Come on      D. By the way

44. A. Patience     B. luck          C. fun         D. success

45. A. Excited     B. proud               C. anxious       D. angry

46. A. well        B. again          C. fairly         D. regularly

47. A. Discussed    B. continued      C. counted      D. argued

48. A. Nervously    B. immediately    C. strangely           D. suddenly

49. A. promised     B. discovered     C. wondered       D. admitted

50. A. an attempt    B. a decision     C. an effort           D. a mistake

51. A. free          B. different       C. full          D. happy

52. A. managed    B. recognized           C. allowed     D. reduced

53. A. important    B. attractive      C. practical     D. interesting

54. A. offered      B. served          C. controlled     D. taught

55. A. imagined    B. apologized            C. realized        D. explained