完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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和D)中，
选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Two old beggars were sitting on a busy corner. They watched helplessly as scores of people walked by, some purposely ___36___ them and others too caught up in their own cares to even notice their __37__. Every so often, a __38__woman or a small child would drop a few coins in the __39__ which lay in front of them.
As the crowd began to die down, they started to __40_ their things and head for their evening shelters. Just as they were getting ready to leave, they noticed a man walking toward them. He was obviously a _ 41   man ----they could tell that from his finely tailored business suit.
The first beggar whispered to the second with _____, “ He’s coming our way!”
The two tried not to look ___43____ at the man as he stepped closer to them, but they couldn’t ___44___ gazing up with anticipation (期待) as he reached into his pocket and took something out.
“Trunk” was the only sound they heard __45___ what looked like a piece of hard _46__, wrapped in tissue paper hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man __47__ and continued on his way, not making a backward glance.
“How insulting (侮辱人的)!” said the first beggar. “He could have __48___ left us a few coins or a spare bill, but he mocks (嘲弄) us with a piece of rock candy. Who does he think we are ----__49___? There’s no way we can even eat this ---------we have no __50___.” He picked up the object and threw it into the gutter(排水沟).
“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” the _51_beggar thought. “I can’t chew it, but I can suck on it for while, and the sugary juices will stay in my _52__ for a long time. How nice of that man to offer me something so sweet.”
With that, he _53_ the white tissue paper, but to his _54__, there was no hard rock candy inside. _55_, into his fell a shiny white pearl worth thousands of dollars.

36.	A. aiding	B. abusing	C. abandoning	D. ignoring
37.	A. existence	B. situation	C. appearance	D. expressing
38.	A. young	B. kind-hearted	C. beautiful	D. police
39.	A. hats	B. hands	C. pockets	D. bowls
40.	A. give up	B. cover up	C. pack up	D. build up
41.	A. healthy	B. wealthy	C. kind	D. generous
42.	A. confusion	B. determination	C. excitement	D. amazement
43.	A. calmly	B. happily	C. sadly	D. directly
44.	A. help	B. avoid	C. stop	D. prevent
45.	A. because	B. as	C. since	D. though
46.	A. cake	B. candy	C. coin	D. bill
47.	A. quit	B. declined	C. turned	D. resigned
48.	A. easily	B. hardly	C. suddenly	D. finally
49.	A. students	B. children	C. adults	D. old men
50.	A. hands	B. teeth	C. bowls	D. money
51.	A. angry	B. second	C. old	D. wise
52.	A. pocket	B. hand	C. mouth	D. hat
53.	A. threw	B. undertook	C. unfolded	D. wrapped
54.	A. satisfaction	B. surprise	C. horror	D. disappointment
55.	A. However	B. Fortunately	C. Therefore	D. Instead