第二节：完形填空：(每小题1.5分，共30分)

Kristi is our second child. When she was born, Jim and I thought she was 　36　 , but the doctor pointed out that her feet were turned inward. “Left 　37　 , it would be a problem,” the doctor told us.

We 　38　 to do anything we could to help our baby. When she was only two weeks old, I brought her back to the doctor, just as he had 　39　 . The doctor put her tiny 40___ into casts(铸模). Because she was 　41　 , I had to take her back to the doctor every two weeks to have each foot recast.

　 42　 the casting was finished, and it was time for corrective shoes. Jim and I watched with hope and concern as she struggled to 　43　 . Those first awkward steps made us so 　44　 . By the time she entered preschool, her steps appeared quite　 45　 . Encouraged by her progress, we expected her to become much stronger.

When she turned six, we 　46　 for her for a skating class and soon she was moving 　47　 like a swan(天鹅). We watched in pleasant　 48　 as she skimmed the ice. She had to work hard at every new 　49　 , but she loved the ice and her efforts　 50　 . At 15 years old, she competed　 51　 both Pairs-Skating and The Ladies’ Singles at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Australia, winning both 　52　 ! At the Senior World Championships in 1991, she won the Ladies’Singles. Then we found ourselves filled with love and pride in France, at the 1992 Winter Olympics, 　53　 our daughter, Kristi Yamaguchi, won the gold medal.

We stood up, respecting Kristi, 　54　 her strength and dedication. In our eyes, Kristi had always walked in the life with the grace of a true　 55　 .

35.--Tom,you the lazy bone! You left the dishes unwashed again!

--________　 Mom isn’t at home and she can’t hear you.

A why ?　　 B So what?　　 C For what?　　 D How come?