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，掌握其大意，然后从36-55题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered a small hotel in Philadelphia(费城). Trying to get out of the 36 , the couple went to the front desk hoping to 37 for the night.
“Could you 38 give us a room here?” the husband asked.
The waiter, a 39 man with a big smile, looked at the couple and 40 that three conventions(大会) would be held in the town and lots of visitors had come here.
“All of our 41 are taken,” the waiter said. “But I can’t send a 42 couple like you 43 into the rain at 1 o’clock in the morning , what’s more, it’s raining hard outside . Would you please be 44 to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite（套房）, but it will be good enough to make you 45 for the night.”
The couple said “ no” politely.
“Don’t 46 me. It is just fine with me,” the waiter told them. They agreed and thanked the waiter later.
The next morning, the elderly man said to the waiter, “You are so __47__ a manager that I think you should be the boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I’ll build 48 for you….” The three of them had a good laugh and the couple then left.
Two years passed. The waiter had almost forgotten it 49 he received a letter from the old man. It recalled that stormy night and a round-trip 50 to New York was in the letter ,too, asking the young man to pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and 51 him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. He then pointed to a great new 52 there, a palace of reddish stone. “That,” said the old man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to 53 .”
“You must be 54 ,” the young man said.
“Of course not,” said the old man. In fact, the name of 55 was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent building was the famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young waiter, George C. Boldt became its first manager.
36. A. rain B. sun C. snow D. hunger
37. A. leave B. work C. stay D. play
38. A. surely B. possibly C. really D. freely
39. A. lazy B. bored C. nervous D. friendly
40. A. shouted B. explained C. believed D. agreed
41. A. hotels B. desks C. streets D. rooms
42. A. nice B. famous C. rich D. poor
43. A. beyond B. out C. up D. under
44. A. kind B. willing C. good D. generous
45. A. enjoyable B. careful C. hopeful D. comfortable
46. A. worry about B. take care of C. make use of D. carry out
47. A. bad B. interesting C. kind D. confident
48. A. one B. it C. them D. those
49. A. after B. as soon as C. while D. when
50. A. ticket B. bill C. check D. picture
51. A. led B. told C. treated D. invited
52. A. building B. car C. bedroom D. place
53. A. live B. sell C. manage D. rent
54. A. lying B. joking C. dreaming D. cheating
55. A. the building B. the waiter C. the man D. the manager
