完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day I jumped into a taxi and took off for the airport．
We were driving in the right lane 36 suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space
37 in front of us．My taxi driver immediately put his foot on the 38 ．The taxi slid a short distance quickly and 39 the other car by just inches! The driver of the black car moved his head around and started 40 at us．My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy; and I mean he was 41 friendly, which is truly beyond my expectation.
42 I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost 43 your car and sent us to the 44 !” This is when my taxi driver 45 me what I now call “the Law of the Garbage Truck.”
He 46 that many people are like garbage trucks．They run around full of garbage, disappointment, frustration (挫败感) and 47 ．As their garbage 48 , they need a place to dump (丢弃) it and sometimes they’ll dump it on 49 ．Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move 50 ．Don’t take it 51 ．Don’t take their garbage and 52 it to other people at work, at home or on the streets．
The 53 line is that successful people don’t let garbage trucks take over their day．Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with 54 , so “Love the people who treat you 55 ．Pray for the ones who don’t”．
36．A．as B．when C．before D．while
37．A．even B．still C．right D．only
38．A．brakes B．airbags C．seats D．gases
39．A．left B．hit C．attacked D．missed
40．A．nodding B．looking C．yelling D．frowning
41．A．really B．exactly C．almost D．rarely
42．A．Since B．So C．But D．Yet
43．A．blocked B．ruined C．passed D．followed
44．A．airport B．prison C．court D．hospital
45．A．returned B．showed C．taught D．brought
46．A．imagined B．explained C．argued D．advised
47．A．doubt B．eagerness C．anger D．panic
48．A．piles up B．breaks down C．runs out D．cuts down
49．A．none B．me C．themselves D．you
50．A．on B．along C．in D．out
51．A．formally B．personally C．immediately D．permanently
52．A．save B．present C．offer D．spread
53．A．finish B．life C．front D．bottom
54．A．losses B．regrets C．dreams D．plans
55．A．well B．differently C．actively D．hard