第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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、D）中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked  36  better than driving our truck,  37  this time I was not happy. My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit at the store.
Sixteen is a  38  age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly  39  of racial discrimination was  40  a fact of life. I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner  41  whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were  42  like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.
My family was  43 . We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner  44  us?
At Davis’s store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded  45  I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my  46  to the cash desk, I said  47 , “I need to put this on credit.”
The farmer gave me an amused, distrustful  48 . But Buck’s face didn’t change. “Sure, ” he said  49 . “Your daddy is  50  good for it.” He  51  to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams’s sons.”
The farmer nodded in a neighborly  52 . I was filled with pride. James Williams’s son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
That day I discovered that the good name my parents had  53  brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew what to  54  from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself  55  much to do wrong.
36.A.something             B.nothing                        C.anything                    D.everything
37. A.and                        B. so                            C. but                          D. for
38. A.prideful           B. wonderful            C. respectful                 D. colorful
39. A.intention                 B. shadow                    C. habit                        D. faith
40. A.thus                     B. just                          C. still                          D. ever
41. A.guessed            B. suspected                  C. questioned            D. figured
42. A.watched           B. caught                  C. dismissed                 D. accused
43. A.generous              B. honest                  C. friendly                    D. modest
44. A.blame                  B. excuse                  C. charge                  D. trust
45. A.until                    B. as                            C. once                        D. since
46. A.purchases             B. sales                        C. orders                  D. favorites
47. A.casually           B. confidently           C. cheerfully                 D. carefully
48. A.look                    B. stare                        C. response                   D. comment
49. A.patiently                 B. eagerly                     C. easily                       D. proudly
50. A.generally             B. never                       C. sometimes            D. always
51. A.pointed            B. replied                        C. turned                  D. introduced
52. A.sense                   B. way                         C. degree                  D. mood
53. A.earned                 B. deserved                   C. given                       D. used
54. A.receive            B. expect                  C. collect                  D. require
55. A.very                    B. so                            C. how                         D. too