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。
I was captured by the enemy and thrown into a jail cell. I was sure from their looks and 36 treatment that I was to be killed the next day. Terribly nervous and worried, I felt in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had 37 jailers' search. Surprisingly, I found one. But because of my shaking hands, I could 38 get it to my lips. After several attempts, I finally succeeded, but almost immediately 39 that I had no matches. They had taken those away from me.
I looked through the bars at my jailer. He did not make eye contact with me. 40 one did not care to see a dying man. I 41 out to him, "Have you got a light?" He looked at me, shrugged and came 42 to light my cigarette.
43 he came close and lit the match, his eyes unintentionally 44 mine. At that moment, I smiled. I don't know why I did that. Perhaps it was 45 ， perhaps it was because, when you get very close, one to another, it is very 46 not to do that. In that instant, it was as if a spark(火花)jumped across the 47 between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn't want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and 48 a smile to his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but stayed near, looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile. I kept smiling at him, now 49 of him as a person and not just a jailer.
"Do you have kids?" he asked. "Yes, here, here." I 50 searched for the picture of my family in my wallet. He, too, took out his family's and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes were filled with 51 . I said that I feared that I'd never see my kids again, never have the chance to see them 52 up. With my words, his eyes turned wet, too. Suddenly, he 53 my cell and silently led me out. Out of the jail, quietly and by back routes, out of the town. There, at the 54 of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.
My life was saved by a smile.
Yes, the smile, the unaffected, unplanned, 55 connection between the souls of people, actually saved my life.
36.A. rough B. special C. equal D. generous
37.A. prevented B. escaped C. lost D. abandoned
38.A. directly B. easily C. quickly D. barely
39.A. realized B. thought C. recognized D. believed
40.A. All in all B. Above all C. First of all D. After all
41.A. called B. left C. walked D. made
42.A. over B. in C. out D. by
43.A. Until B. Although C. Since D. As
44.A. avoided B. touched C. moved D. opened
45.A. nervousness B. disappointment C. encouragement D. calmness
46.A. easy B. dishonest C. likely D. hard
47. A. bridge B. trust C. gap D. belief
48.A. forced B. brought C. returned D. offered
49.A. afraid B. ashamed C. proud D. aware
50.A. aimlessly B. casually C. nervously D. calmly
51.A. tears B. regrets C. hopes D. anxieties
52.A. wake B. grow C. come D. live
53.A. destroyed B. folded C. unlocked D. broke
54.A. center B. front C. edge D. border
55.A. usual B. natural C. different D. enthusiastic