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，掌握其大意，然后从36---55各题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A man and his family lived on a large hill, from where many long steps led down to the street.
One day the man was   36   on his motorcycle on his patio (露台) and his wife was in the house in the kitchen. The man was racing the   37   on the motorcycle and somehow, the motorcycle started to run. The man, still holding the handlebars, was   38   through a glass patio door and the motorcycle fell onto the floor inside the house. The wife, hearing the   39  , ran into the dining room, and found her husband lying on the floor,   40   and bleeding (流血), the motorcycle lying   41   him and the patio door broken. The wife ran to the   42    and called for an ambulance.
After the ambulance took the husband to the hospital, the wife   43   the motorcycle and pushed it outside.
Seeing that   44   had spilled on the floor, the wife got some paper towels, __45  up the gas, and threw the towels in the toilet.
The husband got treated at the hospital and was   46   then to come home.
After arriving home, he looked at the broken patio door and the   47   done to his motorcycle. He became sad, went into the bathroom, sat on the   48   and smoked a cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he threw it between his legs into the toilet bowl while still   49  . The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard a loud explosion and her husband   50  . She ran into the bathroom and found her husband lying on the floor. His   51   had been blown away and he was suffering burns on the back of his  52   and his hips (臀部).
The wife again ran to the phone and   53   an ambulance.
While the ambulance crew (人员) were carrying the husband with the stretcher(担架) down to the street, one of the crew asked the wife how the husband had   54   himself. She told them and they started laughing so hard, one of them tipped（倾斜） the stretcher and the husband was thrown onto the ground.
He fell down the remaining (余下的)   55   and broke his ankle.
36. A. working              B. driving                    C. riding                      D. pushing
37. A. wheels         B. door                    C. engine                  D. windows
38. A. broken                B. driven                      C. pushed                     D. dragged
39. A. word                  B. crash                        C. news                        D. voice
40. A. cut                            B. harmed                    C. wound       ed                  D. hit
41. A. from behind        B. away from                C. near from                 D. next to
42. A. phone          B. station            C. hospital           D. street
43. A. took                   B. felt                      C. stood                   D. laid
44. A. gas              B. blood                   C. parts                        D. water
45. A. dug                    B. dried                        C. picked                      D. set
46. A. forced                B. allowed                    C. encouraged               D. arranged
47. A. good                  B. wrong                  C. damage                    D. harm
48. A. chair                  B. pit (坑)                    C. basin                        D. toilet
49. A. sitting                 B. lying                        C. lighted                            D. smoked
50. A. laughing             B. calling                            C. singing                     D. screaming
51. A. trousers                     B. coat                     C. towels                  D. cigarette
52. A. arms                   B. head                      C. legs                         D. hands
53. A. asked about         B. sent for                    C. called for                 D. called in
54. A. enjoyed              B. burned                            C. saved                       D. supported
55. A. ways                  B. parts                        C. things                      D. steps