第二节   语法填空（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31—35的相应位置上。

Finishing their shopping at the mall, a couple discovered that their new car had been stolen .They filed a report at the police station and a detective drove them ____31____ to the parking lot to look for evidence.

To their ____32____ (amaze), the car had been returned and there was a note in it that said: “I apologize for taking your car. My wife was having a baby and I had to rush her to the ____33_____. Please forget the inconvenience. There are two tickets for tonight's Mania Twain concert.”  

Their faith in humanity restored. The couple attended ____34____ concert. But when they returned home, they immediately found that their house had been ransacked (洗劫). On the bathroom mirror was ____35_____ note: “I have to put my kid through college somehow, don't I? ”

斯塔夫里阿诺斯《全球通史》在描述16世纪的历史写道：“……在这些世纪里，一个生气勃勃的新欧洲正在崛起……，安逸自在、心满意足的中国人目不转睛地注视着过去。”材料中“心满意足的注视着过去”的根本含义是（）

A.固守农耕经济

B.坚持君主专制

C.昧于世界大势

D.实行闭关锁国