第二节完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant 36 distressed（痛苦的）, so Peter approached it very 37 .
He got down on one knee, examined the elephant's 38 and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded（刺入）in 39 . As carefully and as gently as he 40 , Peter worked the wood out with his hunting knife, 41 which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant 42 to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, 43 at him for several tense moments. Peter stood 44 , thinking of nothing else but being killed. 45 the elephant trumpeted（高声鸣叫）loudly, turned, and walked away. Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years 46 , Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As 47 approached the elephant enclosure（围栏）, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near 48 Peter and his son Cameron were 49 . The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the 50 , then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, 51 staring at the man.
Remembering the accidental meeting in 1986, Peter could not help 52 if this was the same elephant. Peter 53 his courage, climbed over the railing, and made his way into the enclosure. He walked 54 up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant 55 again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter's legs and threw this stupid ass hard against the railing, killing him immediately.
Probably it wasn't the same elephant.
36．A．appeared B．proved C．seemed D．remained
37．A．quickly B．carelessly C．carefully D．pitifully
38．A．foot B．body C．tail D．head
39．A．her B．it C．them D．him
40．A．might B．could C．should D．would
41．A．after B．before C．with D．on
42．A．rushed B．turned C．walked D．stepped
43．A．stared B．watched C．noticed D．glanced
44．A．quiet B．silent C．frozen D．sad
45．A．Slowly B．Highly C．Lowly D．Finally
46．A．later B．after C．ago D．late
47．A．Peter B．Cameron C．they D．visitors
48．A．where B．when C．what D．that
49．A．sightseeing B．visiting C．walking D．standing
50．A．floor B．ground C．earth D．land
51．A．all at once B．all the while C．all the same D．all of a sudden
52．A．realizing B．feeling C．sensing D．wondering
53．A．gathered B．called C．took D．kept
54．A．round B．direct C．about D．right
55．A．shouted B．cried C．whispered D．Trumpeted
