第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Before India gained independence (独立), a few young men from the villages wanted to free India from the foreign rule; they wanted the British to quit India. They needed material wealth to 36 the British out of India, so they started collecting 37 in the Indian villages.
One day, they got encouraged to collect 38 things as well. They went from door to door carrying a huge bag, which gradually was 39 with money and gifts. As they went, a one-legged beggar kept 40 them. The young men did not mind.
At the 41 of the day, they entered a house to see 42 they had collected. The beggar also wanted to enter, but since he was not a member of the group, they did not 43 him in. The beggar said to them: “I walked such a 44 distance right behind you. You want freedom; I also want freedom. India is not only your motherland. It is also my motherland.”
45 , the young men got mad and told the beggar to go away. Then one of the men felt 46 for him, so they decided to 47 him the things they had collected. 48 the beggar was looking at the gifts in their bag, most of them were showing no 49 for him. Then suddenly the beggar opened up the bag that he had been carrying. It 50 a few coins and some rice. He threw all the contents into their bag at once.
At the 51 of this, immediately all the members of the revolutionary group started dropping 52 of gratitude (感激), because he had 53 all that he had to their cause. On that day, they had gone to visit so many rich families, who had given them next to 54 ; but this beggar had given them everything that he had! They were deeply 55 by the beggar’s contribution.
36. A. drive B. grow C. help D. pick
37. A. food B. money C. papers D. seeds
38. A. military B. material C. mysterious D. cultural
39. A. tired B. satisfied C. filled D. covered
40. A. following B. cheating C. calling D. beating
41. A. beginning B. end C. front D. middle
42. A. how B. what C. where D. when
43. A. stop B. drop C. allow D. promise
44. A. short B. near C. long D. little
45. A. At last B. At first C. At a time D. In that case
46. A. necessary B. patient C. thankful D. sorry
47. A. trouble B. serve C. show D. excite
48. A. Since B. While C. If D. Although
49. A. interest B. courage C. respect D. disappointment
50. A. included B. consisted C. held D. contained
51. A. thought B. sight C. sound D. moment
52. A. laughter B. difference C. truth D. tears
53. A. taken B. given C. wasted D. lost
54. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
55. A. moved B. removed C. excited D. surprised