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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（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。
One day, when I was in high school, I saw a kid named Kyle from my class walking home from school with all his books, I thought to myself, “ 36    would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be  37  .”As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him,    38   all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt. His glasses went 39    and landed in the grass.
My    40    went out to him. So I ran over to him.    41    I handed him his glasses, he looked at me and said, “Hey, thanks!”
I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it   42  , he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
Kyle was the    43    student of our class, one of those guys that really found themselves during high school. Therefore he had the   44    to prepare a    45     speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was    46  _. So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be    47   !” He looked at me and smiled.
He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to    48    those who helped you make it through those    49    years. Your parents, your teachers… but mostly your friends, I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best    50    you can give him.”
I just looked at my friend with    51    as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to    52    himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend    53    me from doing the unspeakable thing.”
Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the   54    of your actions. With one small gesture you can    55   a person’s life. For better or for worse.
36. A. How            B. When            C. Why                   D. Where
37. A. stupid           B. clever           C. wonderful        D. anxious
38. A. throwing         B. knocking         C. taking              D. falling
39. A. lost             B. sending             C. broken                 D. flying
40. A. heart            B. head                C. hands               D. thought
41. A. While           B. As                 C. Because           D. Once
42. A. passed by         B. came up             C. went on             D. turned out
43. A. top                 B. hardest              C. favorite             D. luckiest
44. A. pride            B. honor               C. pleasure            D.chance
45. A. class         B. school              C. graduation         D. college
46. A. excited           B. nervous          C. proud               D. crazy
47. A. great            B. famous              C. praised              D. honored
48. A. reward              B. remember        C. thank                  D. congratulate
49. A. happy           B. exciting                C. old                D. tough
50. A. chance              B. gift                 C. help                D. favor
51. A. wonder          B. anxiety          C. disbelief            D. pride
52. A. kill              B. enjoy               C. test                 D. hurt
53. A. protected        B. freed              C. warned             D. saved
54. A. price           B. use              C. power                 D. meaning
55. A. destroy          B. change           C. save                   D. understand