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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。
Many years ago, there was a king in China. He  36  a beautiful girl named Chang Er and made her stay in the palace so that he could see her  37  he wanted. However, the girl did not like the frightened figure of the king. She.  38  spoke a word in the palace. Each time the king went to her place, he  39  show her some treasures and brough some gifts to  40  her.
On every full moon, the girl would light candles to worship the moon. People believed that there was a god living in the moon that made the moon  41 .
One day, the full moon of the eighth month, the king  42  three pills to show her. “ This is from the priest(道士) of the palace. If  we eat them up, we can live forever.” He  43 .
Because the king was afraid that the pills would have side effects. He forced the girs to take the  44  first. If nothing wrong with her after taking the pill, he would take it immediately.  45,  the girl recognized that if she took all three of them, the king would  46  her eventually. Therefore, she  47  the king for the first time, “ Let me have a look at the pills first. Otherwise, I will not try at all.”
The king was  48  that the girl talked to him. So he  49  the pills to the girl. She did not say  50  but eat all of them. The king was extremely angry. He wanted to kill her.
At this moment, the girl started to  51 . She could fly for the sake of the  52  of the pills. The king could not catch her but had to watch her fly  53  the moon and disappear.
After that, people  54 . that there was a beautiful girl stay in the moon with a little old man and a bunny. The old man was believed to be the god inside the moon and bunny was his 55 . Day after day, Chinese believed that there were people lived in the moon.   
36.A.met B.married       C.inspected    D.loved
37.A.wherever       B.however      C.whatever    D.whenever
38.A.seldom B.never   C.ever     D.always
39.A.should   B.might      C.would  D.could
40.A.satisfy    B.show    C.guarantee    D.please
41.A.shine      B.light    C.appear        D.hide
42.A.took       B.brought       C.carried D.fetched
43.A. answered      B.responded    C.exclaimed    D.forecasted
44.A.palace    B.pill      C.moon   D.bunny
45.A.Therefore      B.Moreover    C.Besides       D.However
46.A.forgive   B.give up       C.leave    D.give away
47.A.turned to       B.talked with          C.depended on      D.spoke to
48.A.surprised       B.confused     C.angry D.scared
49.A.donated  B.returned      C.awarded      D.handed
50.A.something   B.nothing       C.anything      D.everything
51.A.fly        B.rise      C.develop       D.strike
52.A.quality   B.variety C.intake D.instructions
53.A.into B.toward             C.onto    D.within
54.A.argued    B.estimated     C.guessed       D.believed
55.A.companion     B.guide C.pet      D.choice