第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were 小题1: .The rivers were long gone back into the 小题2: .If we didn’t see some rain soon, we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true 小题3: of sharing and 小题4: the only miracle I had seen with my own eyes.
I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. Minutes after he 小题5: into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.
I went back to make sandwiches, 小题6: that what he had been doing was completed. Moments later, 小题7: ,he was once again toward the woods. This 小题8: went on for an hour—walked 小题9: to the woods, and ran back to the house.
小题10: I couldn’t take it any longer, so I went out of the house quietly and 小题11: him on his journey. As I leaned into spy on him. I saw the most 小题12: sight. Several large deer were in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. And I saw a tiny young deer lying on the ground 小题13: suffering from dehydrateion (脱水) and heat exhaustion, lifting its head with 小题14: effort to drink up the water in my beautiful boy’s 小题15: .
When the water was 小题16: ,Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to a tap that we had 小题17: .Billy opened it all the way up and a small trickle(细流) began to creep out. When he stood up and began to 小题18: ,I was there in front of him. His little eyes were just filled with tears.
“I’m not 小题19: ,”was all he said.
As the tears that rolled down his face began to hit the ground,they were suddenly 小题20: by other drops…more drops…and more.
All I can say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm, just like one little boy saved deer.
小题21:.
A．dying
B．producing
C．harvesting
D．drying小题22:.
A．sea
B．gas
C．earth
D．land小题23:.
A．skill
B．lesson
C．impression
D．opinion小题24:.
A．found
B．expected
C．noticed
D．witnessed小题25:.
A．disappeared
B．broke
C．turned
D．looked小题26:.
A．admiring
B．thinking
C．imagining
D．desiring小题27:.
A．consequently
B．eventually
C．however
D．therefore小题28:.
A．experience
B．activity
C．exercise
D．arrangement小题29:.
A．hurriedly
B．secretly
C．worriedly
D．carefully小题30:.
A．Immediately
B．Finally
C．Fortunately
D．Unexpectedly小题31:.
A．stopped
B．caught
C．followed
D．urged小题32:.
A．amusing
B．interesting
C．appealing
D．amazing小题33:.
A．anxiously
B．disappointedly
C．naturally
D．obviously小题34:.
A．no
B．brave
C．great
D．poor小题35:.
A．hands
B．face
C．eyes
D．legs小题36:.
A．gone
B．cool
C．running
D．faded小题37:.
A．put out
B．taken away
C．shut off
D．set up小题38:.
A．stop
B．leave
C．smile
D．run小题39:.
A．washing
B．drinking
C．throwing
D．polluting小题40:.
A．melt
B．added
C．attached
D．joined
