完形填空（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3

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完形填空（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、D中，选出最佳选项。

When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to go to face the music.” It doesn’t mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is  36  less pleasant, like  37 in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you did not do this  38  that. Terrible music, indeed, but it has to 39  . At some time or  40  , every one of us has had to “face the music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s  41 voice, “I want to talk to you!” and only  42  we did not obey  him. What an unpleasant business it   43 !

The phrase “to face the music” is known  44  every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the  45 come from?

The first  46  comes from American novelist James Fennimore Cooper. He said, in 1851,  47 the expression was first  48  by actors while waiting in the  49 to go on stage. After they got their clue (暗示) to go on, they often said, “It’s time to go to face the music.” And this is  50  what they did face — the orchestra (管弦乐队) which was just below the stage.

An actor might be frightened or  51  as he moved on to the stage in front of him. The audience might be friendly, or perhaps unfriendly, especially  52 he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So, “to face the music”  53  to mean: having to go  54 something, no matter how unpleasant the 55  might be, because you knew you had no choice.

36. A. anything         B. something     C. nothing            D. everything  

37. A. call             B. called         C. calling                 D. being called

38. A. or                   B. and           C. but               D. with    

39. A. face            B. facing         C. being faced        D. be faced      

40. A. another         B. the other       C. an other          D. others  

41. A. loud            B. angry         C. calm             D. worried      

42. A. because          B. since          C. unless            D. in case 

43. A. is              B. had been       C. was               D. has been     

44. A. by              B. for             C. to                    D. of

45. A. question             B. proverb         C. information             D. expression   

46. A. saying         B. method         C. explanation       D. point    

47. A. when           B. why           C. whether            D. that     

48. A. used            B. said          C. taken            D. sent     

49. A. clothes         B. wings         C. masks            D. words 

50. A. perhaps         B. exactly             C. mainly            D. also   

51. A. satisfied              B. proud         C. nervous             D. mysterious

52. A. if                   B. while         C. before             D. until  

53. A. went          B. came           C. continued          D. got    

54. A. through        B. by          C. on                 D. into   

55. A. problem              B. event         C. incident             D. experience