II．完形填空：（30分满分，每小题1.5分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41到60各题所给的四个选项选出最佳答案。
I had applied for the nuclear submarine program, and Admiral Rickover interviewed me for the job. It was the first time I met Admiral Rickover, and we sat in a large room 41 ourselves for more than two hours, and he let me 42 any subjects I wished to 43 . Very carefully, I chose those about which I knew most at the time – current events, seamanship, music, literature, naval tactics, electronics, gunnery – and he began to ask me a series of questions of increasing 44 . In each instance, he soon 45 that I knew relatively 46 about the subjects I had chosen.
He always 
looked right 47 my eyes，and he never smiled. I was wet with cold 48 .
Finally, he asked me a question and I thought I could regain 49 . He said, “How did you 50 in your class at Georgia Tech before 51 our Annapolis as a plebe (军校新生) ?” I had done very well, and I swelled my chest with pride and answered, “Sir, I stood fifty-ninth in a class of 820!” I sat back to wait for the 52 --- which never came. 53 , the question: “Did you do your best?” I started to say, “Yes, Sir,” but I remembered who this was, and 54 several of my times at the academy 55 I could have learned more about our supporters, our enemies, weapons strategy, and so forth. I was just human. I 56 my throat and finally said, “No, Sir. I didn’t always do my 57.”
He looked at me for a long time, and then turned his chair around to 58 the interview. He asked one final question, which I have never been able to forget 59 to answer. He said, “Why not?” I sat there for a while, 60 , and then slowly left the room.
41．A．beside B．with C．for D．by
42．A．choose B．consider C．elect D．search
43．A．learn B．confirm C．discuss D．concern
44．A．humor B．knowledge C．difficulty D．ability
45．A．.proved B．showed C．meant D．imagined
46．A．much B．anything C．little D．everything
47．A．for B．into C．back D．up
48．A．sweat B．air C．water D．weather
49．A．consideration B．permission C．self-confidence D．self-defense
50．A．stand B deal. C．behave D．go
51．A．leaving B．reaching C．choosing D．entering
52．A．celebrations B．expectations C．evaluations congratulations
53．A．Thus B．Instead C．However D．Therefore
54．A．recalled B．tried C．analyzed D．examined
55．A．where B．that C．when D．which
56．A．cleared B examined. C cleaned. D treated.
57．A．worst B．best C．fewest D．least
58．A．start B．continue C．interrupt D．end
59．A．so B．and C．or D．but
60．A．moved B．excited C．frightened D．shaken
