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和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。

      Many years ago I was on a bicycle trip through the countryside. Suddenly rain began to fall, but strange to ___36___, several hundred yards ahead of me the sun shone brilliantly. Riding, however, as rapidly as I could, I found it ___37___ to get into the clear. The clouds with their rain kept advancing faster than I could race forward. I continued this ___38___ contest for an exhausting half hour, ___39___ realizing that I could not win my way to the bright area ahead of me.

　　　Then it dawned upon me that I was ___40___ my strength in unimportant hurry, while paying no attention to the landscape ___41___ which I was making the trip. Indeed, there was much to ___42___ which might otherwise have escaped me. As I gazed(凝视) about with sharpened ___43___, I saw colours and lines and shapes that would have appeared ___44___ under brilliant light. The rain mists (薄雾) and the fresh clearness of the different greens were so ___45___. My annoyance at the rain was gone and my eagerness to ___46___ it disappeared. It had provided me with a new view that the ___47___ of beauty and satisfaction may be found close at hand within the ___48___ of one’s own sensibilities.

　　　It made me think about other matters to which this incident was ___49___. I realized that there is no sense in my ___50___ to flee from circumstances which cannot be avoided. I might just bravely ___51___ them and they would turn to good account. I know that half the battle is ___52___ if I can face trouble with courage. It has become ever clearer to ___53___ that danger is far from disaster, that defeat may be the forerunner of final ___54___, and that all achievement is dangerously weak ___55___ based on enduring principles of moral conduct.

36. A. ask  B. relate   C. understand D. call

37. A. impossible  B. likely   C. easy D. comfortable

38. A. talent  B. unequal   C. exciting D. close

39. A. before  B. after   C. as D. while

40. A. gaining  B. losing C. reducing D. wasting

41. A. in front of  B. on account of   C. for the sake of D. at the cost of

42. A. pick out   B. dream of   C. take in D. look at

43. A. puzzle  B. appreciation   C. wisdom D. shock

44. A. suddenly  B. instantly C. differently  D. smoothly

45. A. charming  B. convenient  C. bare  D. fragile

46. A. enjoy  B. embrace   C. surround  D. escape

47. A. power    B. sources   C. causes  D. sign

48. A. help    B. distance   C. range    D. comprehension

49. A. occurred    B. reported C. involved  D. related

50. A. requesting  B. waiting   C. attempting  D. praying

51. A. meet  B. avoid   C. decline  D. change

52. A. ended  B. given C. won  D. fought

53. A. me       B. this   C. us    D. them

54. A. failure  B. victory C. relief    D. decision

55. A. if  B. when C. until  D. unless
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