第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
I was told just now in the hospital that I was having a Bell's palsy attack, a condition in which the face muscles tighten because of stress. During the long car ride home, all I could think about was my coming interview. But now I could not even 31 myself in the mirror and my lips was unable to open normally, surely all the other applicants would have the 32 , I concluded.
However, I wouldn’t let my own self-consciousness 33 me. Not now, not when I had 34 so hard for so long to be given this opportunity. This was the kind of position I'd dreamed of for all these years. “Mom, 35 me off on Jacob Street. I'm going to the 36 .”
“Honey, I don't think you should. You look... 37 ,” she said, ever so gently.
I knew she was 38 . But if I didn't, I'd always 39 if I could have gotten my dream job.
"No, Mom, take me there.”
40 , she took me where I wanted to go.
"Hello,” a gray-haired man sitting behind the large desk 41 me. “Miss Jenkins?”
“Yes. Please excuse me. I'm having a Bell's palsy attack. My doctor explained to me that it would last a few days. I came right from the 42 .”
“You're very 43 to come when you're in such a state,” he 44 , after a pause.
He spent a few minutes looking through my 45 . “Is everything on here 46 ?” he asked.
“Yes, but I 47 to mention I type seventy-five words per minute.”
“Well, you have an impressive background with related experience, you are 48 qualified. When are you 49 ?” he asked.
I took a deep breath and asked, “You're hiring me?”
“Not only have you got the skills I'm looking for, you also have the 50 .” He gave me a big smile.
31. A．forgive B．recognize C．believe D．control
32. A．chance B．advantage C．courage D．sympathy
33. A．pardon B．stop C．help D．transform
34. A．driven B．turned C．prepared D．worked
35. A．take B．pull C．drop D．send
36. A．supermarket B．interview C．doctor D．office
37. A．weak B．annoying C．angry D．strange
38. A．right B．kind C．wrong D．sensitive
39. A．regret B．believe C．wonder D．quit
40. A．Hopefully B．Unwillingly C．Fortunately D．Unexpectedly
41. A．doubted B．greeted C．examined D．discouraged
42. A．hospital B．home C．office D．work
43. A．determined B．crazy C．disrespectful D．funny
44. A．stressed B．interrupted C．commented D．complained
45. A．face B．health C．application D．situation
46. A．correct B．normal C．incredible D．contradictory
47. A．pretended B．demanded C．focused D．failed
48. A．narrowly B．possibly C．impossibly D．certainly
49. A．accessible B．convenient C．energetic D．available
50. A．qualification B．appearance C．character D．disadvantage