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，从短文所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、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。 Growing up on a remote Michigan farm, Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, knew little of farming. Like most pioneer farmers, his father, William, hoped that his eldest son would 36 him on the farm, enable it to expand, and eventually take it  37  . But Henry proved a 3 8  . He hated farm work and did everything he could to 3 9   it. It was not that he was lazy. 40   from it! Give him a mechanical job to do, from mending a gate to sharpening tools, 41 he would set to work eagerly. It was the daily life of the farm, with its dull tasks, 42 upset him. Henry was excited by the development in technology that could __43 farmers like his father from wasteful and   44  labor. But these developments, in Henry’s boyhood, had touched farming   4 5 at all and farmers went on doing things in the way they had always done. So Henry 4 6   his attention elsewhere. When he was twelve, he became 47 in clocks and watches. Soon he was repairing them for friends, working at a bench he built in his bedroom. In 1876, Henry suffered a serious   4 8 . His mother died in childbirth. 49   was no reason for him to stay on the farm, and he 50   to get away as soon as he could. Three years later, he took a job as a mechanic in Detroit. 51 this time steam engines had joined clocks and watches as objects of Henry’s fascination. Making and installing them was the business of the Detroit workshop that he joined at the age of sixteen. A chance meeting with an old co-worker    52   a job for Henry as an engineer at the Edison Detroit Electricity Company. When he quickly learned the ropes of his new job, his interest in fuel engines had come to control his life. Henry learned 53 a slow, painstaking business it was to build an engine by hand. Every piece of every part had to be made individually, checked and rechecked, and tested. 54 the burden, he joined forces with another mechanic, Jim Bishop. Even so, it was two years  55   they succeeded in building a working car. Henry called it “Quadricycle.”(四轮驱动脚踏车) 36. A. learn                       B. find                               C. Work        D. join 37. A. away                        B. down                             C. Over        D. off 38. A. success                     B. discouragement               C. Surprise     D. disappointment 39. A. do                         B. avoid                             C. Work        D. make 40. A. Apart                        B. Far                                C. Free         D. Aside 41. A. and                       B. or                                  C. Otherwise    D. so 42. A. that                        B. which                            C. what        D. where 43. A. prevent                     B. free                               C. Take         D. bring 44. A. boring                      B. exciting                          C. Funny        D. inspiring 45. A. almost                      B. sometimes                      C. Hardly        D. always 46. A. drew                        B. caught                            C. turned       D. attracted 47. A. worried                    B. interested                       C. Upset        D. bored 48. A. disease                      B. blow                           C. Beat          D. defeat 49. A. It                             B. There                             C. This          D. That 50. A. decided                     B. avoided                          C. Stuck         D. took 51. A. At                            B. After                              C. In           D. By 52. A.attended to                 B. related to                        C. turned to       D. led to 53. A. how                         B. what                        C. why          D. where 54. A. To reduce                 B.To bear                         C. To carry        D. To place 55. A. when                        B. before                            C. After           D. unless