第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36---55各题后的 A B C D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A gift left to her Early in the morning, I was taken in a nylon bag into a truck. I felt horrible as well as ___36___What would she do with me? She was almost mad after the___37__of her husband. A few minutes later, I heard the truck___38__its engine and move fast. I kept making sounds to show my protest, but failed to make any___39___ Finally she put me down in a _ _40__ place. Maybe she didn’t want me to die from lack of air; she untied the bag. I ___41___ out and looked up, only to see many strange faces and fingers pointing at me. It turned out that my owner meant to___42___ me. I saw my owner on the truck, which was going farther and farther. So I cast my head ___43__the direction of the truck. The days we spent together was like a movie playing in front of my eyes as I ran after the truck. I saw my male owner, who suffered liver cancer; look at me with his sad eyes. I saw myself___ 44__ my owner everywhere; I saw him lie in his dying bed, she all___45__. I ran as fast as I could. And the___46___I saw her wave to me, my eyes became wet. I wouldn’t blame her for treating me like this for she was such a (n) ___47___ lady. She seemed even somewhat ___ 48___ at his leaving her alone, trying many ways to ___49___the pains of losing him. She ___50___ his pictures and clothes, and she redecorated the whole house. Now I was the only ___ 51___ thing to remind her of him. ___52___ later, I am pretty sure that she would realize how mad she was to do this… The truck finally stopped when I was almost ___53___. She ran up to me and hugged me ___54___. I heard her ___ 55___ : “I know you are a present he left to me.” 36. A. puzzled           B. excited          C. delighted             D. frightened 37. A. separation           B. absence       C. departure           D. death 38. A. run                        B. begin            C. start                    D. operate 39. A. sense                  B. trouble                 C. effort                      D. difference 40. A. usual                  B. strange              C. familiar               D. dark 41. A. walked        B. rushed           C. ran                      D. struggled 42. A. harm               B. desert            C. punish                      D. sell 43. A. into                    B. at                        C. in                            D. to 44. A. follow            B. bring            C. guide                        D. support 45. A. with tears            B. in tears                 C. out of breath        D. in silence 46. A. time                  B. direction       C. way                    D. moment 47. A. cruel                  B. unfriendly     C. unfavorable          D. unfortunate 48. A. calm                   B. depressed      C. angry                       D. sad 49. A. kill                        B. remove             C. bear                    D. prevent 50. A. kept                   B. burned                 C. sold                    D. hit 51. A. moving           B. walking         C. existing               D. blessing 52. A. But                    B. And                  C. Thus                   D. Then 53. A. worn out             B. knocked out    C. left out               D. made out 54. A. tightly            B. patiently        C. sadly               D. desperately 55. A. shout                  B. speak            C. whisper            D. talk