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。

It has been 3 years since John died in an accident. He was my big brother who   36   looked after me when I was young. I am   37   today for all of the special times we had as running partners，and times    38    driving to different races，where we had so many   39   about life in general. I   40   these talks terribly at this time of the year.

However，I am so happy he   41   with me the   42   of his faith. He was always so   43    to people，and I had been with him many times   44   we pulled over to help someone in need，sharing a smile and helping them get back    45   the road. So I was not   46   when he told me of the time when he was   47    in college. It was the end of the month. To make matters worse，it was Friday and he had no   48    in his pocket for the weekend. Payday was Monday and he had no gas money to get home to   49   my dad and no money to buy food but he had faith that helping others    50   helping yourself.

On his way home from classes that day，as he was driving along，he noticed a guy ahead of him    51    his lumber (木材) all over the road as he turned the corner. John   52    right over and helped him load the lumber back into his truck. The guy was so thankful and   53    his hand to Mark，and in it was one hundred dollars. John couldn’t believe his   54  . He told him that was unnecessary but the man    55   and off he drove.

I still think of John sitting there telling me that story, with tears in his eyes, and how faithful he was.

36. A. hardly　 　       B. always                  C. sometimes                      D. never

37.   A. thankful             B. successful         C. cheerful                   D. hopeful

38. A. spared            B. wasted               C. saved                             D. spent 

39. A. questions         B. arguments      C. conversations           D. differences

40. A. remember           B.miss                   C. keep                        D. fear

41. A. offered              B. told                C. shared                     D. had

42. A. record            B. story               C. belief                       D. secret

43. A. careful                   B. grateful             C. powerful                 D. helpful      

44. A. when          B. while                 C. until                        D. because

45. A. for                          B. on                     C. in                  D. from

46. A. pleased            B. worried             C. excited                     D. surprised

47. A. still　                 B. yet                    C. even                        D. never

48. A. money              B. food                 C. paper                      D. key

49. A. change             B. see                    C. attend                      D. persuade

50. A. explains                     B. follows              C. means                      D. agrees

51. A. carry              B. place                 C. arrange                    D. lose

52. A. pushed            B. moved               C. walked                    D. pulled

53. A. raised             B. offered              C. held                        D. shook

54. A. mind                  B. ears                C. eyes                        D. feeling

55.   A. insisted              B. apologized         C. regretted                  D. complained

_______ she did was right. So everyone always believed(in)her.

　 A. What 　 B. Whatever C. How 　 D. When

Help yourself ____ some more fruit.

　 A. with 　 B. to   C. for 　 D. on

  ______ the day on, the weather got worse.

　 A. With 　 B. Since  C. Which 　 D. As

I need some red ink badly, but there’s _____ at hand.

　 A. nothing 　 B. a little　 C. none 　 D. not