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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day, a young man was taking a walk with a professor.
As they went along, they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed to ____36___ a poor man who was employed in a field close by.
The student turned to the professor, saying, “Let us play the man a ____ 37___: we will hide his shoes, and hide____38 ___behind those bushes and wait to see his reaction ___ 39 ___ he cannot find them.”
“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never ___40 ___ourselves at the expense of the poor. But you are ___ 41___and may give yourself a much greater pleasure ___42 ___ helping the poor man. Put a coin into each shoe, and then watch how the discovery ___43 ___him.”
The student did so.
The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his ____44 ___. While he slipped his foot into one of his shoes, he felt something____45____. He bent down only to find the coin.
____46____ was seen upon his face. He gazed upon the coin, and then ____47____ him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He went on to put on the other shoe: but his surprise was ____48 ____ on finding the other coin.
___ 49 ___, he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and uttered(说) aloud ___50___ , in which he spoke of his wife, sick and___ 51 ___, and his children without bread. Without the timely help, she would die.
The student stood there deeply___52____,and his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the professor, “are you not much more ___ 53___than if you had played your ___54___trick?”
The youth replied,“You have taught me a ___55____I will never forget: ‘One is happier to give than to receive.’ ”
36. A. come to B. belong to C. get to D. refer to
37. A. trick B. part C. match D. record
38. A. ourselves B. themselves C. himself D. itself
39. A. though B. unless C. before D. when
40. A. surprise B. satisfy C. amuse D. disappoint
41. A. rich B. learned C. poor D. young
42. A. in B. by C. with D. through
43. A. catches B. judges C. affects D. improves
44. A. coat B. tools C. shoes D. food
45. A. soft B. real C. hard D. valuable
46. A. Excitement B. Determination C. Fear D. Astonishment
47. A. looked for B. looked around C. looked back D. looked at
48. A. lost B. doubled C. discovered D. followed
49. A. Suddenly B. Similarly C. Silently D. Naturally
50. A. apologies B. encouragement C. thanks D. sufferings
51. A. useless B. careless C. helpless D. hopeless
52. A. moved B. puzzled C. relaxed D. attracted
53. A. proud B. pleased C. confident D. worried
54. A. preferred B. demanded C. promised D. intended
55. A. lesson B. game C. way D. joke