第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1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，并在答题卡上涂黑。

Every April, Tim Reilly writes a birthday card for his son Matthew and leaves it on the kitchen table. And every year, after a few days, he reluctantly （不情愿地） removes it   36   and puts it on top of the   37   that have accumulated since Matthew' s disappearance.

His bedroom   38   as it was when Matthew, aged 30, walked   39   of the family home. On top of the cupboard is a yellowing copy of the Radio Times pitifully  40   the day when he disappeared.

Matthew was living at his parents' house when he left to  41   his daily walk. He was a good - looking artist who,   42   from feeling the pressure that came with his unsteady, highly competitive career, had no  43   to walk out on his life, family and friends and  44   return.

"The day he left was the same as any other,"   45   Tim, speaking quietly. "He didn't say goodbye but that wasn't  46  . He went for a walk every day. " The police started an investigation seeking for him or, worse, his body, but nothing   47   up. At first Tim   48  . Matthew to return after a couple of days, but as the weeks turned into months, and then years, Tim' s optimism has sometimes become weaker although his  49   to find his son has not.

Last Sunday, Matthew would have turned 40. After his disappearance Tim used to buy  50

for Matthew' s birthday each year but  51   he decided to just write a card. Each one   52   a loving message that Tim, 86, hopes Matthew will one day read.

Tim went into Matthew' s bedroom every day to let in some air and just think about him. When his wife became ill, it was terrible. She   53   a horrible death with her last   54  ：Where is Matthew?

"If I could  55   to Matthew," said Tim, "I'd just tell him to come home. It doesn't matter that he’s been away so long, I just want him to come back and I always will. "

36．A．covered    B．wrapped   C．unopened  D．untouched

37．A．flowers     B．cakes C．letters       D．others

38．A．puts  B．keeps C．appears     D．remains

39．A．out    B．away C．off    D．over

40．A．mentioned       B．marked     C．dated D．printed

41．A．go     B．take   C．spend       D．cost

42．A．except      B．besides     C．apart D．but

43．A．way  B．method     C．interest     D．reason

44．A．seldom     B．hardly      C．never D．neither

45．A．remembers       B．recites      C．reminds    D．thinks

46．A．reasonable       B．unusual     C．responsible       D．necessary

47．A．showed     B．caught      C．started      D．turned

48．A．imagined  B．expected   C．desired     D．hoped

49．A．determinationB．assumption  C．consideration    D．identification

50．A．cards B．gifts  C．clothes      D．shoes

51．A．eventually B．occasionally     C．temporarily      D．especially

52．A．reads B．says   C．consists     D．contains

53．A．escaped    B．abolished  C．suffered    D．performed

54．A．question   B．sentence    C．intention   D．problem

55．A．turn  B．speak C．shout D．write