第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题l分，满分20分）

       阅读下面短文，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。

I know that it's hard to devote enough time to class and to social efforts. But, I wanted to succeed in both. I knew this would be a  36  but didn't realize how much until classes began.

I  37  on well with the other girls who lived in my dorm. Often,  38  finishing my homework before it was  39  to hand in, I went upstairs and had ice cream with my neighbor. I  40  finished it the next day between classes. But I knew it wasn't very good and the  41 I received showed my lack of  42  .I realized that I needed to find some sort of  43  .So, the next day I created a  44 _ that would  45  my time up between going to class, doing homework, and relaxing. It seemed like a good idea,  46  I was only able to  47  it for a few days. A schedule like that had too much   48   .So I tried another plan. This one  49  lists and common sense. Each week I made a list of  50  I had to get done during that week and by which day I had to have it done. Then,  51  the list of things I had to get done, I made a list of things I could do if I had the time. This is the  52  I have used since then. Now, I have started my senior year and I feel time is  53 . Scheduling my time has become more challenging, but I continue to do it.

My cousins, who are now in college, tell me that there are a lot of books to read by yourself and many different things to do, with various people and organizations. So I'm  54  that I've learned to balance things and it has helped  55  me for what is to come after graduation.

36．A．disaster         B．challenge       C．trouble          D．competition

37．A．kept            B．caught         C．took            D．got

38．A．as well as       B．in order to      C．instead of      D．not only

39．A．point          B．late           C．ready         D．time

40．A．seldom        B．always        C ．hardly      D．never

41．A．degree         B．rank           C．grade         D．title

42．A．intelligence    B．confidence           C．exercise      D．effort

43．A．balance        B．skill          C．change        D．improvement

44．A．form           B．timetable      C．method             D．system

45．A．average        B．arrange      C．divide       D．organize

46．A．and            B．but                 C．so            D．then

47．A．accept          B．collect       C．follow       D．insist

48．A．pressure        B．influence      C．question             D．doubt

49．A．provided       B．included       C．formed        D．needed

50．A．anything        B．something    C．nothing        D．everything

51．A．under          B．among       C．from        D．with

52．A．skill           B．method              C．experience           D．way

53．A．important      B．valuable             C ．limited            D．up

54．A．glad           B．convinced       C．sure           D．ungrateful

55．A．enable         B．prepare              C．practise      D．equip