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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，然后从各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。
I stopped to let the car cool 　36　and to study the map. I had expected to be near my destination（目的地） by now, but everything still seemed 　37　to me. I was only five when my father had 　38　me abroad, and that was eighteen years 　39　. When my mother had 　40　after a car accident, he didn’t quickly 　41　from the shock and loneliness. Everything around him was full of her 　42　, continually reopening the wound. 　43　he decided to go abroad. In the new country he paid much attention to 　44　a new life for the two of us, 　45　he gradually forgot the past. He did not marry again, and I was 　46　without a woman’s care, but I lacked 　47　, for he was both father and mother to me. He always 　48　to go back one day and see old friends again and to visit my mother’s 　49　. He became ill for a few months 　50　we planned to go and, when he knew he was 　51　, he made me promise to go on my own.
　　I 　52　a car the day before landing and bought a map, 　53　I found most helpful on the last stage. My father had described over and over again what we could see on the way there, so I was pretty 　54　that I could find it. Well, I had been wrong, for I was now 　55　.
　　36. A. up　　　　　　　B. off　　　　　 C. of　　　　　　　　D. to
　　37. A. unfamiliar　　　 B. similar　　　　C. unusual　　　　　 D. familiar
　　38. A. brought　　　　　B. carried　　　　C. taken　　　　　　D. fetched
　　39. A. later　　　　　　 B. since　　　　 C. then　　　　　   D. ago
　　40. A. been disabled　　B. died　　　　  C. gone up　　　　　D. passed by
　　41. A. return　　　　　 B. make　　　　 C. go back　　　　  D. recover
　　42. A. presence　　　　 B. absence　　　 C. arrival　　　　　 D. show
　　43. A. Since　　　　　 B. For　　　　　 C. So　　　　　　　D. Before
　　44. A. earning　　　　　B. starting　　　 C having　　　　　　D. opening
　　45. A. in case　　　　　B. so that　　　　 C. so long　　　　 D. so much
　　46. A. brought up 　　　B. taken up 　　　C. brought out 　　  D. taken off
　　47. A. anything　　　 B. nothing　　　　C. everything　　　  D. something
　　48. A. imagined 　　　 B. supposed　　　 C. meant 　　　　　D. asked
　　49. A. house　　　　　 B. room　　　　　C. church　　　　　 D. grave
　　50. A. before　　　　　 B. after　　　　　C. until　　　　　　 D. as
　　51. A. lying　　　　　  B. dying　　　　 C. helping 　　　　 D. living
　　52. A. bought　　　　　 B. lent　　　　　 C. borrowed　　　　D. hired
　　53. A. what　　　　　　B. that 　　　　　C. how 　　　　　　D. which
　　54. A. sad　　　　　 B. happy　　　　  C. sure　　　　　　 D. interested
　　55. A. away　　　　　　B. out　　　　　 C. gone　　　　　　D. lost