第二节完型填空（共20小题，小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

I will never forget the summer back in 1969．Funds were  36  because my parents were building a new house．The last few days before payday were the  37   There just wasn't enough food to go around．I can remember  38   we waited for payday as if it were a holiday．My father would stop at the  39   on the way home from work so that my mother could goshopping when he got home．We enjoyed going to the grocery store with her．We would dream about  40   the whole store home．When we returned home, my sisters and I were like a pack of wolves _41_ through the bags．On payday we would  42  until we were ready to burst,knowing that as the week progressed,  43  would become less available．We never had any lunch money． 44   did we have the proper school supplies or nice clothes to wear．The other children often made  45  of us．

One day my father told us he  46   where there were some wild blueberries growing．We had permission to go and   47   them and we were so excited．

I can remember being out there in the hot sun all day picking blueberries．When we got 48_, my mother decided to make a blueberry pie．She spent half the day working on it．We couldn't wait．The   49   of it baking in the oven was driving us crazy．We all waited in the 50  and my mother got angry．She put the pie on the top shelf to  51  while we ate our dinner．

After dinner we raced to the kitchen．I was the  52  one to get to the shelf．I  53  forthe pie and started climbing down．Then it happened! I lost my  54   and let go of the pie．Allthe hard work we had done that day had been  55

36．A．enough           B．helpful            C．tight               D．available                                        

37．A．shortest           B．worst              C．busiest        D．best                                                          

38．A．how                   B．why             C．where         D．what                                                               

39．A．bank               B．store               C．school         D．park                                                               

40．A．fetching          B．borrowing         C．bringing      D．keeping                     

41．A．biting             B．tearing            C．looking     D．breaking                  

42．A．eat                B．wait              C．fight         D．play                       

43．A．storage             B．time              C．supply       D．food            

44．A．Nor               B．So                C．Either        D．Also                    

45．A．use               B．light              C．sense        D．fun                          

46．A．recognized         B．realized           C．knew          D．wondered                  

47．A．plant              B．water             C．sell          D．pick                       

48．A．up                B．back              C．down          D．off                 

49．A．smell             B．skill              C．act         D．taste           

50．A．bedroom          B．kitchen            C．house             D．queue                       

51．A．prepare            B．bake              C．warm         D．cool                   

52．A．first               B．last               C．former      D．latter                    

53．A．shouted            B．hunted            C．cared         D．reached                    

54．A．temper            B．weight            C．balance        D．way                      

55．A．enjoyed           B．destroyed          C．stopped        D．Lost