第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A father was sitting at his desk poring (仔细研究) over his monthly bills   36   his young son rushed in and announced, “Dad, because this is your   37   and you’re 55 years old, I’m going to give you 55 kisses, one for each year!” When the boy started making good on his word, the father exclaimed, “Oh, Andrew, don’t do it now; I’m too   38  !”
The youngster immediately fell   39   as tears welled up in his big blue eyes. Apologically the father said, “You can finish   40  .”
The boy said nothing but   41   walked out of the room,   42   written over his face. That evening the father said, “Come and finish the   43   now, Andrew!” But the boy didn’t   44  . The father didn’t think it serious and soon it went out of his mind.
45  , a few days later after this incident, the boy had an   46   and was drowned. His heartbroken father wrote...
“If only I could tell him how much I   47   my thoughtless words, and could be assured that he knows how much my   48   is aching and how I miss him.”
49  is a two-way street. Any loving act must be warmly accepted   50   it will be taken as rejection and can leave a scar. If we are too busy to   51   and receive love, we are too busy!   52   is more important than responding with love   53   the cry for love from those who are near and   54   to us, because there may be no chance at all as in the   55   of the little boy. Cherish every chance!
36. A. after                          B. when                       C. since                        D. before
37. A. festival                      B. party                        C. birthday                   D. gift
38. A. worried                            B. busy                        C. disappointed             D. excited
39. A. silent                         B. curious                     C. thankful                   D. ashamed
40. A. now                          B. immediately             C. quickly                    D. later
41. A. quietly                       B. angrily                            C. anxiously                 D. eagerly
42. A. puzzle                       B. disappointment         C. anger                       D. pain
43. A. tasks                          B. words                      C. kisses                       D. wishes
44. A. notice                        B. smile                       C. finish                       D. respond
45. A. Unfortunately             B. Luckily                    C. Strangely                 D. Properly
46. A. problem                        B. matter                      C. accident                   D. affair
47. A. regret                        B. expect                      C. scold                        D. forget
48. A. mind                         B. heart                        C. brain                        D. head
49. A. Word                         B. Aching                     C. Birthday                   D. Love
50. A. and                           B. so                            C. but                          D. or
51. A. give                          B. achieve                    C. reach                       D. cherish
52. A. Everything                 B. Nothing                   C. Something                D. Anything
53. A. with                          B. in                                   C. to                                   D. by
54. A. kind                          B. important                 C. useful                      D. far
55. A. demand                            B. point                        C. condition                  D. case