第二节 完型填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

A friend once told me a beautiful story of how ordinary people found a simple way to help others. My friend was 36 the beautiful view on the top of Casper Mountain, a 37 place for visitors to overlook (俯视) Casper, Wyoming. Even in the summer it was 38 on top of the mountain, and on this day he 39 a young woman who clearly had no coat. She 40 as she wrapped (用……缠绕) her arms around herself.

Then he saw an older man 41 up to the young woman, take off his sweater and place it on her 42 . The man said, “Here, keep the sweater. The 43 is even better when you’re warm.” She smiled her 44 and wrapped the warm sweater 45 her shoulders as the man went away.

Before the woman left, she found a middle-aged woman who was also 46 cold and she handed her the sweater. “47 it,” she said. “The view is even better when you’re warm.”

My friend was 48 in that, so he kept his eyes on the sweater. He noticed that before the current (现在的) 49 of the sweater left, she came near to a trembling (颤抖的) man, 50 it to him and said, “Here ... keep the sweater. The view is 51 better when you’re warm.”

“That happened a couple of years ago,” my friend said. “And as far as I know, that 52 is still on top of Casper Mountain, going from one person to another.”

Ordinary people can find a way to 53 others. Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones 54 us daily. Like somebody else likes to say: Nobody can help everybody, 55 everybody can help somebody!

36. A. getting      B. enjoying       C. taking              D. making

37. A. dirty      B. terrible         C. favorite        D. cold

38. A. hot             B. sunny          C. cool                    D. warm

39. A. liked           B. knew           C. touched        D. noticed

40. A. laughed           B. cried          C. feared          D. shook

41. A. walk           B. rush             C. jump             D. swim

42. A. shoulders     B. hands          C. arms                D. legs

43. A. health      B. picture         C. result               D. view

44. A. thanks         B. apologies      C. dissatisfaction   D. greetings

45. A. on           B. by               C. with                    D. around

46. A. silently     B. clearly         C. especially       D. finally

47. A. Throw            B. Buy          C. Keep               D. Mend

48. A. surprised     B. interested            C. shocked            D. frightened

49. A. helper      B. giver          C. owner             D. seller

50. A. gave           B. sold          C. showed         D. bought

51. A. quite        B. never               C. ever              D. much

52. A. man            B. woman        C. mountain       D. sweater

53. A. compete           B. help             C. fight                    D. forgive

54. A. catch           B. miss             C. surround (包围)  D. welcome

55. A. if              B. unless           C. so                    D. But