第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
The rain was coming down in sheets and 1 was bound to be late for an important conference．Dressing up quickly，I called for a cab，    36    that would be faster than the sub-way．
It wasn’t．
After a long wait，I finally got one，but the traffic was   37  ．I looked constantly at my   38  ．J ust as the traffic started moving，the driver   39    a man up ahead in a wheelchair．“Wouldn’t he be cold sitting right there! ”the driver cried and began to   40  ．
I could see another 20 minutes’   41  ，the whole period of    42   him into the cab，folding up his chair and fitting it into the cab’s small   43  ，then dropping him off who knows     44  ．
“What are you doing？!”I exclaimed to the driver．
As the    45    came out，I wanted to take them back．The wrongness of my   46   started to sink in and it    47   me．I almost wasn’t sure who that person was that had just spoken．
The driver    48   me and we continued the journey．Eventually I got out of the cab and   49   to the office．As I ran，I understood that，   50    it wasn’t my duty to take the time to help others，I shouldn’t have complained about the driver’s stopping．I should have been able to see    51   my impatience to attend to what was most inerrant（无误的）．Whenever I come to it，this is my    52   ：I am not a    53    self-centered person，but I still feel    54
of being the self centerednes and that living a busy life in a big，fast paced city can    55  ．
36．A．reminding               B．expecting                C．realizing                 D．attempting
37．A．light                          B．tense               C．rough                     D．heavy
38．A．document               B．file                         C．message                  D．watch
39．A．witnessed                B．picked                    C．spotted                   D．observed
40．A．pull over                B．take off                  C．pass by                   D．run away
41．A．complaining           B．suffering                 C．pass by                   D．struggling
42．A．indicating        B．recommending C．lifting                     D．urging
43．A．trunk                     B．box                        C．cushion                   D．carriage
44．A．what                      B．why                       C．how                       D．where
45．A．anxieties                 B．words                     C．results                    D．comments
46．A．reaction                  B．assumption              C．conscience              D．privilege
47．A．defeated                 B．shocked                  C．embarrassed            D．convinced
48．A．comforted              B．prevented         C．encouraged             D．ignored
49．A．hesitate                  B．fled                        C．settled                    D．flooded
50．A．when                     B．whether                  C．though                    D．unless
51．A．behind                   B．without                   C．in                           D．beyond
52．A．feeling                   B．motto                     C．dream                     D．determination
53．A．skillfully                B．strangely                 C．particularly             D．determination
54．A．proud                     B．aware                     C．guilty                     D．confident
55．A．predict                   B．promote                  C．introduce                D．preserve