第二节 完形填空 (共20小题，每题1. 5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Learn and Earn
Charlie and Jackie joined a wholesale company (批发公司) together just after graduation. They both worked very hard.
After several years, the boss made Jackie sales manager but Charlie   36   a salesman. One day Charlie could not   37   it any more. He handed in his resignation letter (辞职信) to the boss and complained（抱怨） that the boss did not   38   hard-working employees（雇员）, but only raised those who tried to please him. He thought that it was really   39  .
The boss knew that Charlie had spared no   40   for the company all these years, but in order to help Charlie to realize the   41   between him and Jackie, the boss asked Charlie to do the   42  . "Go and find out if there is anyone selling watermelons(西瓜) in the market." Charlie went, returned and   43   said, "Yes." The boss asked, "How much per kg?" Charlie went back to the market to ask and returned to   44  , "$ 12 per kg."
The boss told Charlie that he would ask Jackie the   45   question. Jackie went, returned and said, "Boss, only one person selling watermelons. $ 12 per kg, $ 100 for 10 kg. He has a   46   of 340 melons. On the table are 58 melons, and every melon weighs about 15 kg,   47   from the South two days ago. They are fresh, red, and of good   48  ."
Charlie was   49    and he realized the difference between himself and Jackie.  He decided not to   50   but to learn from Jackie.
My dear friends, you know, a more   51   person is more observant, thinks more and understands in   52  . For the same matter, he sees several years ahead,   53   you see only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, so how could you   54   ?
Think: how far have you seen ahead in your life? How   55   are you?
36.A. made     B. became      C. remained    D. kept
37.A. take      B. do      C. get      D. put
38.A. enjoy    B. meet   C. repay  D. value
39.A. unusual B. unfair C. careless      D. selfless
40.A. rest       B. trouble       C. effect  D. effort
41.A. competition  B. relationship       C. difference   D. distance
42.A. following     B. finding       C. shopping    D. searching
43.A. still       B. again  C. even   D. only
44.A. offer     B. answer       C. remind       D. repeat
45.A. difficult B. familiar      C. same   D. simple
46.A. total      B. lot      C. pile     D. number
47.A. taken     B. come  C. bought       D. heard
48.A. value     B. quality       C. condition    D. shape
49.A. struck    B. moved       C. puzzled      D. encouraged
50.A. stay       B. stop    C. work   D. leave
51.A. important     B. intelligent   C. successful   D. hardworking
52.A. time      B. depth  C. need   D. common
53.A. while    B. though       C. unless D. since
54.A. see B. think   C. know  D. win
55.A. hopeful B. thoughtful  C. helpful       D. meaningful