第二节完型填空（共20小题，小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
I will never forget the summer back in 1969．Funds were 36 because my parents were building a new house．The last few days before payday were the 37 There just wasn't enough food to go around．I can remember 38 we waited for payday as if it were a holiday．My father would stop at the 39 on the way home from work so that my mother could goshopping when he got home．We enjoyed going to the grocery store with her．We would dream about 40 the whole store home．When we returned home, my sisters and I were like a pack of wolves _41_ through the bags．On payday we would 42 until we were ready to burst,knowing that as the week progressed, 43 would become less available．We never had any lunch money． 44 did we have the proper school supplies or nice clothes to wear．The other children often made 45 of us．
One day my father told us he 46 where there were some wild blueberries growing．We had permission to go and 47 them and we were so excited．
I can remember being out there in the hot sun all day picking blueberries．When we got 48_, my mother decided to make a blueberry pie．She spent half the day working on it．We couldn't wait．The 49 of it baking in the oven was driving us crazy．We all waited in the 50 and my mother got angry．She put the pie on the top shelf to 51 while we ate our dinner．
After dinner we raced to the kitchen．I was the 52 one to get to the shelf．I 53 forthe pie and started climbing down．Then it happened! I lost my 54 and let go of the pie．Allthe hard work we had done that day had been 55
36．A．enough B．helpful C．tight D．available
37．A．shortest B．worst C．busiest D．best
38．A．how B．why C．where D．what
39．A．bank B．store C．school D．park
40．A．fetching B．borrowing C．bringing D．keeping
41．A．biting B．tearing C．looking D．breaking
42．A．eat B．wait C．fight D．play
43．A．storage B．time C．supply D．food
44．A．Nor B．So C．Either D．Also
45．A．use B．light C．sense D．fun
46．A．recognized B．realized C．knew D．wondered
47．A．plant B．water C．sell D．pick
48．A．up B．back C．down D．off
49．A．smell B．skill C．act D．taste
50．A．bedroom B．kitchen C．house D．queue
51．A．prepare B．bake C．warm D．cool
52．A．first B．last C．former D．latter
53．A．shouted B．hunted C．cared D．reached
54．A．temper B．weight C．balance D．way
55．A．enjoyed B．destroyed C．stopped D．Lost