第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“Hi, Mommy, what are you doing?” asked Susie, who was only six years old. “I’m making a casserole(炖锅菜) for Mrs. Smith next door, __36__ Mrs. Smith is very sad. She lost her daughter and has a __37__ heart. We need to take care of her a little while.” Said her mother. “ Why, Mommy?” 
“You see, Susie, when someone is very, very sad, they have __38__ doing the little things like making dinner or other housework. Because we’re __39__ of a community and Mrs. Smith won’t ever be able to talk with her daughter or hug(拥抱) her. You are a very __40__ girl, Susie; maybe you’ll think of __41__ way to help take care of Mrs. Smith.”
Susie thought __42__ about this challenge and how she could do her __43__ on caring for Mrs. Smith. A few minutes later, Susie knocked on her door. After a few moments, Mrs. Smith __44__ the knock with a “Hi, Susie.”
Susie noticed that Mrs. Smith didn’t have that familiar musical __45__ about her voice when she __46__ someone.
“What can I do for you, Susie?” asked Mrs. Smith.
“My mommy says that you lost your daughter and you’re very, very sad with a broken heart.” Susie __47__ her hand out shyly. In it was a Band-Aid. “This is for your broken heart.” Mrs. Smith knelt down and hugged Susie. Through her __48__ she said, “Thank you, darling girl, this will __49__ a lot.”
Mrs. Smith __50__ Susie’s act of kindness and took it one step __51__. She bought a small key ring with a picture frame(框架) ---- the ones __52__ to carry keys and display a family __53__ at the same time. Mrs. Smith placed Susie’s Band-Aid in the frame to __54__ her to heal a little every time she sees it. It has become her symbol(象征) for healing, while not __55__ the joy and love she experienced with her daughter.
36. A. although      B. because      C. when D. so
37. A. broken  B. absent C. sick    D. gentle
38. A. trouble B. time    C. interest       D. danger
39. A. owners        B. whole C. part    D. relatives
40. A. naughty       B. little   C. pretty  D. smart
41. A. the other      B. the very     C. our     D. some
42. A. seriously      B. deeply C. much        D. little
43. A. job       B. work   C. part    D. deed
44. A. replied  B. answered to      C. greeted       D. responded
45. A. sound   B. quality       C. gift     D. note
46. A. praised B. helped C. greeted       D. saw
47. A. gave     B. set      C. took    D. held
48. A. tears     B. sadness       C. excitement  D. glasses
49. A. do B. care    C. mean  D. help
50. A. refused B. accepted     C. received     D. took
51. A. more    B. forward      C. further       D. ahead
52. A. made    B. bought       C. invented     D. designed
53. A. photo   B. scene  C. gathering   D. life
54. A. force    B. remind       C. get      D. advise
55. A. forgetting    B. missing      C. losing D. remembering

An Australian 3-year-old was described as a hero after saving his mum from an almost certain death by calling emergency services right after she collapsed(because of an epileptic attack (癫痫发作).

Aiden McDonald amazed the doctors who arrived at Jeanine McDonald’s house 10 minutes after Aiden called 000. The boy was very calm and spoke to the doctors as his mother got into an unconscious state.

Sasha Lewis took the strange call and sent out an ambulance immediately. Aiden answered questions during the 19-minute call that made it clear it was a serious matter.

Lewis said: “He sounded worried and was telling me things like ‘Mummy is not awake’, so I got an idea that it was a fairly serious matter.”

This is part of the “conversation” they had:

“Can I talk to Mummy please?”

“Mummy’s not well.”

“How old are you, sweetheart?”

“I got a clock.”

“Can I talk to Mummy?”

“I can’t get my Mummy.”

“Where is she?”

“On the floor. Mummy’s had a fit （昏厥）.”

“Do you live in Kallangur?”

“We’ve got milk in the fridge and, um, (pause) I can’t find the ambulance (crying), Mummy, Mum ... Mum ... Mum ...”

Mrs McDonald, who was making a cup of tea when she collapsed, was taken to hospital and allowed to leave the same night. “After hearing what he did I thought, no, that can’t be right,” Jeanine McDonald said. “But I’m so proud.”

72. In Australia, people will call 000 when they _____.

   A. are diagnosed with a serious illness

   B. are looking for a job

   C. need emergency help in the event of health problem

   D. need to find someone to take care of their children

73. Why did Sasha Lewis talk with Aiden on the phone so long?

   A. She tried to comfort Aiden and calm him down.

   B. She tried to get as much information as possible.

   C. Aiden was too slow in speaking on the phone.

   D. Aiden was too nervous to describe what was happening.

74. Jeanine McDonald received medical help about _____ after she suddenly became unconscious.

   A. 10 minutes     B. 20 minutes           C. 30 minutes       D. one hour

75. The most useful lesson that parents learn from the story is that _____.

   A. it’s important to teach children to respond properly in serious situations

  B. it’s important to teach children to use the phone

  C. they should build a parent-child relationship based on love and trust

  D. they should believe that children have the abilities to solve their own problems

Mrs Amatuli was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day at lunch time, Mrs Amatuli asked me if she could  36 my sandwiches. She explained that I could use the money to buy a   37 lunch from the cafeteria（自助餐厅）. I was   38. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was  39  expensive for my family, and I always carried my lunch and brought the bag back home to   40 again the next day.
You can understand my   41  when I had the opportunity to buy a hot lunch. Kids always  42 about the cafeteria food but I was very  43 of them.
When we  44 lunch that day, Mrs Amatuli took me aside and said she wanted to   45 why she had bought my sandwiches. I really didn’t care why,   46 it gave me a few minutes of her precious  47  so I was very quiet as she explained.
You  48 , she was a Catholic(天主教徒) and she told me that Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays—they ate  49 on Fridays.
Oh, I couldn’t   50 to get home and tell my Mom that from then on I wanted fish on Fridays.  51 my Mom understood why, she gladly fixed fish for me on Fridays. From then on, every Friday I could get in  52 with the rest of the kids for a hot lunch. I didn’t care how many of the kids complained about the cafeteria food—it  53 great to me!
I realize now that Mrs Amatuli   54  have fixed herself a fish sandwich on Fridays. She bought my sandwiches because she saw a little girl who was pleased over the simple
   55 of having a hot lunch.

Oliver Twist, one of the most famous works of Charles Dickens, is a novel reflecting the tragic fact of the life in Britain in the 19^th century.

The author who himself was born in a poor family wrote this novel in his twenties with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those cruel criminals and to 36  the horror and violence hidden underneath the narrow and dirty streets in London.

The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist, an orphan, who was thrown into a world full of  37

and crime. He suffered enormous pain, 38  hunger, thirst, beating and abuse. While reading the tragic experiences of little Oliver, I was shocked by his sufferings. I 39  the poor boy, but at the same time I detested the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill. To my relief, as was written in all the best stories, the goodness eventually conquered  40   and Oliver lived a happy life in the end. One of the plots that attracted me  41  is that after the theft, little Oliver was allowed to recover in the kind care of Mrs Maylie and Rose and  42   a new life.

How can such a little boy who had already suffered oppressive pain 43  pure in body and mind? The reason is the nature of goodness. I think it is the most important information 44  in the novel by Dickens --- he believed that goodness could conquer  45  difficulty.

Goodness is to human what water is to fish. He who is without goodness is an utterly  46  person. On the contrary, as the famous saying goes, “ The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.” He who is with goodness undoubtedly is a happy and useful person. People receiving his help are grateful to him and he also gets gratified from what he has done, and thus he can do  47  to both the people he has helped and himself.

36. A. open             B. exploit          C. expose       D. cover

37. A. honor       B. poverty          C. glory            D. imagination

38. A. such like        B. for example      C. such as          D. for instance

39. A. looked down upon                 B. made an apology for

   C. played a joke on                  D. felt sorry for

40. A. relationship     B. kindness         C. carelessness     D. devil

41. A. mainly           B. most             C. mostly           D. best

42. A. began        B. launched         C. set          D. changed

43. A. bear             B. remain       C. hold             D. maintain

44. A. contained   B. implied      C. imported         D. added

45. A. every        B. some         C. little           D. much

46. A. gracious         B. worthless      C. modest         D. earnest

47. A. harm         B. damage           C. good         D. justice