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

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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。

A young school teacher had a dream that an angel appeared to him and said, “You will be given a child who will grow up to become a world   36 . How will you prepare her so that she will realize her intelligence, grow in confidence, develop both her confidence and sensitivity, be open-minded, yet   37  in character? In short, what kind of education will you   38  so that she can become one of the world's truly great leaders?”

The young teacher    39  in a cold sweat. It had never occurred to him before ---any one of his present or future students could be the person   40 in his dream. Was he preparing them to rise to any position which they may   41 ? He thought, “How might my   42  change if I knew that one of my students were this person?” He   43 began to formulate (规划;想出)a plan in his mind.

This student would   44  experience as well as instruction. She would need to know how to solve problems of various kinds. She would need to know the value of lifelong learning in order to keep a curious and   45  mind.

His teaching  46 . Every young person who walked through his   47 became, for him, a future world leader. He saw each one, not   48  they were, but as they could be. He   49  the best from his students, yet tempered（使缓和）it with pity. He taught each one as if the future of the       50  depended on his instruction.

After many years, a woman he knew   51  to a position of world fame. He realized that she must   52  have been the girl described in his dream. Only she was not one of his   53 , but rather his daughter. For of all the   54  teachers in her life, her father was the best.

Where and how you will   55  this child is a mystery. But believe that one child's future may depend upon the influence only you can provide, and something remarkable will happen.

36. A. leader                  B. destroyer                   C. rescuer                D.protector

37. A. bad                     B. weak                        C. special                 D. strong

38. A. afford                  B. provide                     C. receive                D. have 

39. A. awaken                 B. feared                       C. awoke                 D. stood

40. A. described       B. appeared                    C. imagined               D. lived 

41. A. buy                     B. send                        C. make                  D. desire

42. A. performance           B. teaching                     C. acting                  D. learning 

43. A. gradually              B. gladly                       C. suddenly               D. finally  

44. A. like                    B. have                        C. need             D. mean

45. A. actual                   B. dependent               C. absent            D. active 

46. A. worked                 B. changed                    C. developed              D. finished

47. A. classroom               B. office                       C. house                  D. mind

48. A. like                    B. unlike               C. likely                 D. as

49. A. begged                  B. expected                    C. forced                 D. learned 

50. A. world                   B. school                      C. class                   D. family 

51. A. appeared                B. stood                       C. rose                    D. raised 

52. A. completely              B. nearly                      C. hardly                  D. surely

53. A. children                 B. students                    C. friends                 D.followers

54. A. male                    B. wise                 C. various                 D. language

55. A. raise                    C. help                        C. love                    D. meet