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各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
On Sunday, while I was having my own Father’s Day celebration, I thought of my father． 36  the time I called to tell him I loved him, he had already gone to bed．I  37  him a lot, so I thought I would write  38  about what he means to me．
39  happened about 28 years ago．My father was a used-car salesman and owned his own car garage．Most of the time I drove a car over there for him  40  he could sell it．
One day I was in the car with my father  41  he noticed a man with a backpack who wanted a  42 ．Without hesitation, he  43  and offered him a ride．Dad told him we were heading for Shreveport, so that was as  44  as we could take him．The man thanked him for his kind  45 ．
Once we got to the highway at 9 p．m．, Dad asked him where he  46 ．The man said that he was headed out west．I can’t  47  why but he told us a  48  of the things that had happened to him to make that decision．It was quite an exchange and they talked  49 ．It was  50  cold outside and the man was very happy to have the heater  51 ．
It was half past ten before we had to  52  the highway．We pulled over and Dad told him to keep his head  53  and that things would start  54  for him soon．He  55  into his pocket and handed the man a thirty dollar bill．The guy was cheerful then．He nearly lit up right there on the cold, dark highway．
36．A．At     B．During     C．For   D．By
37．A．called      B．sent C．missed     D．owed
38．A．nothing    B．something       C．everything       D．anything
39．A．This        B．These       C．Those      D．They
40．A．in that     B．so that     C．except that      D．now that
41．A．when       B．while       C．as     D．before
42．A．rest B．break       C．lift   D．bill
43．A．pulled over     B．took over        C．went over        D．turned over
44．A．long        B．far    C．fast   D．final
45．A．thing       B．matter      C．affair       D．deed
46．A．will go    B．was going       C．had gone D．has gone
47．A．recall       B．react        C．respond    D．reflect
48．A．deal B．plenty      C．lot    D．sum
49．A．all the way      B．in the way       C．by the way      D．off the way
50．A．much       B．fairly       C．quite        D．frozen
51．A．gone        B．going       C．go    D．went
52．A．exit B．escape      C．enter        D．endanger
53．A．down       B．up    C．off   D．on
54．A．looking up      B．turning up       C．giving up        D．putting up
55．A．looked     B．reached    C．got   D．headed