第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I Was four years old,my mother died of cancer.My father brought my sister and me up 36 .Last April,when he had the heart surgery(手术),I felt as if 37 were going to end.
He is the most caring,selfless,loving person I know.
It all 38 so quickly.Out of nowhere my father's 39 was in danger.I was 17 and thinking about 40 would have to live my life 41 either of my parents! He was the person who jad 42 me what I am and could always 43 me down the fight way when I didn't know what path to choose.He was 44 to me. I felt completely 45 at the thought of his death.
Before my mother 46 ,My father explained her sickness to me.Now again he thought the best thing was to 47 .He sat me down for a long conversation.It was too frightening for my father and mme to talk about him 48 the surgery,so he worked around it by saying,"okay,we both know I am 48 going to die during this surgery, 50 say when I am leaving the hospital I get hit by a bus or something." 51 we talked about what I would do if he died.It was the 52 sonversation,but that was exactly what I 53 .
Facing the danger of death brings about the realization of 54 .I have learned to live every moment to its 55 ,never leaving anything unsaid or undone.
36.A.both B.alone C.later D.together
37.A.the world B.his illness C.our happiness D.my childhood
38.A.developed B.happened C.ended D.started
39.A.job B.family C.life D.health
40.A.when B.where C.why D.how
41.A.like B.after C.without D.with
42.A.made B.told C.given D.taught
43.A.drive B.stop C.place D.lead
44.A.a teacher B.a friend C.everything D.nothing
45.A.excited B.frightened C.disappointed D.lost
46.A.got ready B.fell ill C.became well D.passed away
47.A.talk B.wait C.leave D.plan
48.A.preparing for B.dying from C.working at D.having
49.A.not B.also C.probably D.surely
50.A.and B.so C.but D.then
51.A.First of all B.After a while C.At the end D.In this way
52.A.funniest B.easiest C.hardest D.happiest
53.A.expected B.needed C.enjoyed D.missed
54.A.joy B.work C.parents D.life
55.A.fulllest B.strongest C.longest D.happiest
