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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Kino, a poor fisher man, found a pearl (珍珠) which was    36    big as an egg and very beautiful. He set out for the nearest town to    37    it. He needed money very much to get    38    for his sick baby.
　　  The news that Kino had found the pearl spread (传播) the    39   . Every man suddenly became connected with Kino's pearl, and    40     went into the dreams, wishes and hungers (欲望)  of everyone.  Only one person  stood in the    41    and that was Kino,  who became every man's    42    .
　　   Before Kino reached the town, the pearl buyers somehow    43    he was coming and were    44    for him.
　　 Kino walked into the first shop. An old man    45    to have a look at the pearl. The old man's heart missed a beat (跳动) when he saw the pearl, but he took    46    not to show his excitement (激动). He looked at it for a moment and then said    47   a sad smile, “I'm sorry, my friend. It's too large. Nobody's going to    48    one like this. I can give you a thousand pesos (比索) for it.”
　　“Go and    49    it to the other buyers, or I can ask them to come here if you    50   .” They soon came. They looked as if they didn't know   51    about the pearl. They    52    five hundred for it.
Kino    53     the pearl and left.    54    he never knew he was followed by a group of men who all had    55    with them.
36. A. so          B. too            C. very       D. as
37.   A. buy       B. sell            C. show      D. go with
38.   A. clothes       B. delicious food    C. sweets     D. medicine
39.   A. town      B. village              C. city        D. street
40.   A. they       B. he              C. it         D. which
41.   A. way       B. street         C. town      D. dream
42.   A. friend     B. enemy         C. follower     D. boss
43.   A. saw       B. realized         C. knew     D. recognized
44.   A. ready     B. worried         C. happy     D. afraid
45.   A. ordered      B. suggested      C. wanted       D. promised
46.   A. care       B. notice         C. attention     D. place
47.   A. on         B. in                  C. with       D. by
48.   A. want      B. get             C. carry      D. buy
49.   A. take       B. show          C. give       D. hand
50.   A. want      B. pleased          C. sell        D. like
51.   A. something  B. everything     C. anything     D. nothing
52.   A. gave      B. offered          C. paid       D. bought
53.   A. fetched      B. carried              C. brought      D. took
54.   A. But        B. Though         C. And       D. However
55.   A. pearls     B. money              C. guns      D. nothing