完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
A woman in her sixties lived alone in her little cottage（村舍）with a pear tree at her door. She spent all her time taking care of the tree. But the children nearby drove her  36  by making fun of her. They would climb her tree and then run away with pears,  37   “Aunty Misery” at her.  One evening, a passer-by（过路者） asked to  38  for the night. Seeing that he had an 39  face, she let him in and gave him a nice  40  . The next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer (巫师), thanked her by granting (允准) her  41  that anyone who climbed up her tree  42  not be able to come back down until she  43  it.                                                                                                                                                                                               When the children came back to steal her  44 , she had them stuck（粘）on the tree. They had to beg her long  45  she gave the tree permission to let  46  go. Aunty Misery was free from the  47  at last.                                                                                        One day another man   48  her door. This one did not look trustworthy（值得相信的）to her,   49   she asked who he was . “I am Death, I’ve come to take you   50   me.” said he.                                                   Thinking fast, Aunty Misery said, “Fine, but I’d like to  51  some pears from my dear tree to remember the  52  it brought to me in this life. But I am too  53  to climb high to get the best fruit. Will you be so   54   as to do it for me?” With a deep sigh (叹气), Mr. Death climbed up the tree 55 and was immediately stuck to it. No matter how much he warned or begged, Aunty Misery would not allow the tree to let Death go.                                                               
36．A．hopeless      B．painful           C．dull            D．crazy               
37．A．calling       B．shouting          C．announcing     D．whispering                       
38．A．stay          B．live             C．hide            D．lie               
39．A．interesting     B．honest            C．anxious          D．angry                   
40．A．gift            B．kiss              C．treat           D．smile                   
41．A．suggestion    B．demand           C．permission         D．wish                  
42．A．could        B．should            C．might          D．must                 
43．A．permitted     B．promised         C．answered        D．declared
44．A．branch        B．food             C．tree            D．fruit                     
45．A．after              B．while         C．since              D．before                      
46．A．it               B．them           C．him               D．her                        
47．A．trick               B．question        C．trouble            D．difficulty               
48．A．stepped into         B．left for        C．stopped at          D．walked around   
49．A．so                B．but            C．although          D．because               
50．A．with             B．off            C．upon             D．for                      
51．A．choose           B．pick           C．shake            D．hit                          
52．A．honor             B．pleasure             C．hope             D．excitement                     
53．A．light              B．short         C．old              D．thin                 
54．A．proud             B．kind           C．fine             D．smart
55．A．disappointedly   B．cheerfully         C．unwillingly       D．eagerly