第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My father was a highly educate, intellingent gentleman. He could debate or discuss for hours on almost any topie and hold your 31 in the process. I thought there was nothing be wasn’t 32 to do.
A few days before my younger brother’s 7th birthday, Dad planned to assemble(装配) a new 33 as a special birthday surprise. After nearly an hour of 34 the instructions, Dan was still unable to 35 the new bike together. Later he 36 the paper of instructions, 37 up his tool box, and decided to take the bike back to the local toy store and pay extra 38 to have it correctly assembled there. 39 an idea cmae to him, as he called out to Lovett, the quiet little man who cut our grassland.
“Lovett, have you ever assembled a boy’s bicycle?”
As lovett walkem towards the bike, Dad handed him the 40 . Lovett handed it back to him, saying, “No ,thanks. I cant’t road. When you can’t read, you have to 41 .” Less than 15 minutes later, the new bicycle was 42 assembled, with no 43 parts remaining. Dad shook Lovett’s hand, patted him on the back, thanked him, and hid the bike.
On the night after my brother received his shiny new gift, Dad announced at the family dinner table what had happened several days earlier. He took great 44 in telling it over and over again-be used it as an example of thinking.
He did not frefer to illiteracy(文盲) , but strongly taught us to use our 45 , The joke was on my father, 46 he was able to turn it into a learning tool, and I liked him even more after that incident. I also ganined a new 47 for Lovett. To me he had 48 been the old yard man who didn’t 49 much, but after that day, he seemed to smile broader, even walk taller, It’s amazing what a real nod of 50 can do to lift people up.
31．A．attention B．belief C．view D．breath
32．A．willing B．lucky C．able D．sure
33．A．toy B．bicycle C．computer D．boat
34．A．reading B．reviewing C．examining D．searching
35．A．bring B．get C．put． D．j?,,
36．A．folded up B．iookeci through C．turned to D．devoted to
37．A．brought B．added C．set D．picked
38．A．money B．effort C．service D．tax
39．A．Thus B．Then C．Since D．Though
40．A．tools B．rootes C．orders D．instructions
41．A．exchange B．admit C．learn D．think
42．A．Partly B．fully C．hardly D．largely
43．A．separate B．different C．major D．spare
44．A．delight B．action C．care D．risk
45．A．resources B．knowledge C．heads D．hands
46．A．so B． or C．but D．and
47．A．reward B．regard C．relief D．respect
48．A．never B．regard C．ever D．often
49．A．show B．say C．care D．earn
50．A． approva1 B．agreement C．affection1 D．altitude