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和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。
I like to give my praise to anyone whenever and wherever I can. I'll tell you why.
It was the end of my first day as a waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had been lost, and my feet  36  . The loaded plates I was carrying  37  to be heavier and heavier. Tired and  38  , I didn't seem able to do anything right. As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice－cream  39  a dozen times, I was ready to  40  . Then the father smiled at me as he handed me my tip. "Well done," he said, "you've looked after us really well."   41  my tiredness disappeared. I  42  back, and later, when the manager asked me how I'd  43  my first day, I said, "  44  !" Those few words of  45  had changed everything. Praise is like sunlight to the human  46  ; we can not flower and grow without it. And yet,   47  moat of us are only too ready to  48  to others the cold wind of criticism, we are  49  to give our fellows the warm  50  of praise. Why one word of praise can bring such pleasure?
It's  51  how chary(吝惜的) we are about praising. Perhaps it's because few of us know how to accept it. It's especially  52  to give praise in areas in which effort generally goes  53 
or unmentioned. Do you, however,   54  tell your laundry(洗衣店) manager how pleased you are when the shirts are done just right? In fact, to give praise costs the giver  55  but a moment's though and a moment's effort.
36．A．knelt                        B．stood                      C．hurt                               D．strengthened
37．A．were                              B．seemed                        C．looked                           D．happened
38．A．discouraged                B．excited                          C．hated                            D．forced
39．A．dish                                B．stick                        C．plate                       D．order
40．A．stop                               B．start                        C．praise                            D．smile
41．A．Generally               B．Suddenly                       C．Actually                        D．Terribly
42．A．hit                                  B．talked                            C．smiled                           D．fought
43．A．spend                            B．see                                 C．have                              D．like
44．A．Horrible                        B．Fine                               C．Sad                                 D．Sorry
45．A．praise                            B．criticism                 C．appeal                           D．complaint
46．A．body                              B．activity                          C．spirit                       D．words
47．A．why                                B．what                              C．how                               D．while
48．A．apply                    B．afford                      C．effect                     D．affect
49．A．ready                   B．unwilling                C．anxious                D．uncomfortable
50．A．sunshine                       B．water                            C．advice                           D．suggestion
51．A．good                              B．possible                        C．likely                     D．strange
52．A．rewarding           B．common                       C．ordinary                        D．contributing
53．A．undelivered                 B．unexpected                 C．unnoticed           D．unconditioned
54．A．even                              B．never                   C．ever                               D．still
55．A．something          B．everything          C．anything                       D．nothing