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，从短文所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）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。
Growing up on a remote Michigan farm, Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, knew little of farming. Like most pioneer farmers, his father, William, hoped that his eldest son would   36  him on the farm, enable it to expand, and eventually take it  37  . But Henry proved a   38  . He hated farm work and did everything he could to   39   it. It was not that he was lazy.   40   from it! Give him a mechanical job to do, from mending a gate to sharpening tools,  41  he would set to work eagerly. It was the daily life of the farm, with its dull tasks, 42  upset him.
Henry was excited by the development in technology that could __43  farmers like his father from wasteful and   44  labor. But these developments, in Henry’s boyhood, had touched farming   45  at all and farmers went on doing things in the way they had always done. So Henry   46   his attention elsewhere. When he was twelve, he became 47  in clocks and watches. Soon he was repairing them for friends, working at a bench he built in his bedroom.
In 1876, Henry suffered a serious   48 . His mother died in childbirth.  49   was no reason for him to stay on the farm, and he 50   to get away as soon as he could. Three years later, he took a job as a mechanic in Detroit.  51 this time steam engines had joined clocks and watches as objects of Henry’s fascination. Making and installing them was the business of the Detroit workshop that he joined at the age of sixteen.
A chance meeting with an old co-worker    52   a job for Henry as an engineer at the Edison Detroit Electricity Company. When he quickly learned the ropes of his new job, his interest in fuel engines had come to control his life.
Henry learned  53   a slow, painstaking business it was to build an engine by hand. Every piece of every part had to be made individually, checked and rechecked, and tested.  54   the burden, he joined forces with another mechanic, Jim Bishop. Even so, it was two years  55   they succeeded in building a working car. Henry called it “Quadricycle.”(四轮驱动脚踏车)
36. A. learn                       B. find                               C. Work        D. join
37. A. away                        B. down                             C. Over        D. off
38. A. success                     B. discouragement               C. Surprise     D. disappointment
39. A. do                         B. avoid                             C. Work        D. make
40. A. Apart                        B. Far                                C. Free         D. Aside
41. A. and                       B. or                                  C. Otherwise    D. so
42. A. that                        B. which                            C. what        D. where
43. A. prevent                     B. free                               C. Take         D. bring
44. A. boring                      B. exciting                          C. Funny        D. inspiring
45. A. almost                      B. sometimes                      C. Hardly        D. always
46. A. drew                        B. caught                            C. turned       D. attracted
47. A. worried                    B. interested                       C. Upset        D. bored
48. A. disease                      B. blow                           C. Beat          D. defeat
49. A. It                             B. There                             C. This          D. That
50. A. decided                     B. avoided                          C. Stuck         D. took
51. A. At                            B. After                              C. In           D. By
52. A.attended to                 B. related to                        C. turned to       D. led to
53. A. how                         B. what                        C. why          D. where
54. A. To reduce                 B.To bear                         C. To carry        D. To place
55. A. when                        B. before                            C. After           D. unless