第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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和D）中，选出最佳选项
I am not one who is frightened easily, but I must admit that one night I saw a firure that really struck terror into my heart.
I 36 it was a cold moon - lit night when I was walking home. It was the first night of my whole life that I had been outside 37 at such a late time. There were 38 few people on the road at night. Even during the day, the road was used by only some. On that night, it seemed even 39 . While I was walking, I could hear some 40 made by creatures that love the night world. I moved really fast towards home. It was 41 because I was hungry. More importantly, I was eager to get back home for warmth. All of a sudden, I 42 an old lady in a short distance away. Her 43 was covered with a white cloth. She was 44 to me, I think.
I was a bit 45 . I wanted to know 46 she was there at that time of the late night. I stopped walking for a while. As I 47 there, stories about ghosts (鬼) began to come to my mind one after 48 . I was soon 49 fear and started to run as fast as I could. When I reached home I could 50 speak.
The next day, however, I 51 that place again to make sure that the woman was not a ghost but indeed a real person. But I could find no footprints there 52 a banana plant. I realized then that it was the banana plant with its leaves moving in the gentle wind that 53 like a woman waving her hand. I had indeed made a fool of myself; but after the 54 night’s experience, this 55 was small relief to me.
36．A．realized B．recognized C．remembered D．reminded
37．A．alone B．asleep C．awake D．lonely
38．A．never B．often C．seldom D．rarely
39．A．busier B．noisier C．quieter D．wider
40．A．noises B．quarrels C．songs D．voices
41．A．completely B．mainly C．obviously D．partly
42．A．made sense of B．caught sight of C．got ahead of D．took hold of
43．A．waist B．leg C．head D．hand
44．A．smiling B．waiting C．whispering D．waving
45．A．mysterious B．cautious C．conscious D．curious
46．A．why B．when C．what D．how
47．A．lay B．sat C．stood D．walked
48．A．another B．other C．others D．the other
49．A．addicted to B．filled with C．far from D．short of
50．A．clearly B．easily C．hardly D．loudly
51．A．traveled B．visited C．appreciated D．went
52．A．over B．without C．than D．except
53．A．felt B．looked C．smelt D．sounded
54．A．previous B．next C．last D．following
55．A．invention B．achievement C．contribution D．discovery