第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Everything speeds up with people’s lives. People often eat fast food __36__ nice meals cooked by mother __37__. They go to the shop, where the meal is __38___ cooked. They can take __39__ from the shelf when they ___40___ their dollars and in ten minutes eat it and ___41__ their dinner. This is not good for __42___.

People move a great __43__ from city to city, ___44___ their jobs. Airplanes go ___45__ between cities. Every twenty-five seconds planes are taking off from the airports. When people move __46__ the cities, they leave their friends ___47___, moving from place to place. They leave their old mother and father, their children, and leave their __48___. And people become without roots, without a place ___49__ they can really call “home”. This has very__50___ effects. One thing is that the old people often live so far from their children that, ___51__ they become old, there is nobody to __52___ them. Brothers and sisters move far away from each other. They telephone each other. But the families are very __53___. The society doesn’t have the __54___ ways any more, which kept people ___55___ together. And many people feel rather lonely today.

36. A. without               B. together with           C. instead of                       D. as

37. A. at school             B. at home                   C. in the house                    D. in the kitchen

38. A. already              B. still                       C. not                                 D. just

39. A. them                  B. it                            C. everything                       D. little

40. A. put                            B. get                           C. set                                  D. pay

41. A. finish                 B. cook                        C. fetch                        D. bring

42. A. families                     B. children                   C. old people                      D. business

43. A. many                 B. much                       C. deal                        D. far

44. A. doing                 B. to do                       C. changing                 D. change

45. A. usually               B. immediately             C. constantly                        D. fast

46. A. from                  B. to                           C. in                           D. aroun

47. A. behind                      B. away                        C. out                                 D. off

48. A. friends                      B. parents                     C. teachers                   D. students

49. A. or                    B. and                         C. where                             D. that

50. A. bad                    B. surprising                C. exciting                          D. great

51. A. if                             B. when                       C. since                       D. because

52. A. see                            B. look after                 C. hear from                 D. telephone

53. A. scattered            B. different                  C. large                        D. separated

54. A. new                   B. old                          C. easy                                D. same

55. A. close                  B. near                         C. live                          D. friendly