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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Loving Kindness Is Twice Blessed
I felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn’t feel so   36   .
As I was sitting at my desk, I   37   it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend — a single, middle-aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her   38   .
Knowing that she doesn’t have family in town, I   39   to give her a call. Sure enough, she was on B-shift,    40    to work late into the evening, and wouldn’t have  41     of a birthday this year. As always,    42   , she sounded cheerful and was happy that I   43   .
After I hung up, I couldn’t   44   the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day.    45    feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought. I   46   gave in, and that evening set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons. My friend’s grateful smile and joyful surprise   47   me I’d done the right thing and were a generous   48   for the little effort it had taken.
When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a   49   friend on her birthday, but my own gloomy feelings had also disappeared. Making her day had   50    my own!
Isn’t that the way it is   51   we take the time and make the   52   to do something for someone else? It’s like the little saying, “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who   53   .”
Cheering up people on their birthdays isn’t the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with   54   to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to   55   . And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.
36. A. positive                     B. special                            C. nervous                    D. proud
37. A. explained            B. remembered             C. complained        D. informed
38. A. family                B. training                    C. school                      D. work
39. A. continued            B. decided                    C. agreed                      D. refused
40. A. prepared             B.surprised                   C. disappointed             D. bored
41. A. little                   B. many                       C. much                       D. few
42. A. therefore             B. besides                     C. though                            D. otherwise
43. A. admitted             B. apologized                C. succeeded                 D. called
44. A. experience          B. shake                       C. imagine                    D. understand
45. A. Almost               B. Even                        C. Never                      D. Still
46. A. finally                B. luckily                            C. unhappily                 D. hardly
47. A. promised            B. advised                    C. convinced                 D. reminded
48. A. response             B. contribution              C. reward                            D. share
49. A. careless               B. curious                     C. weak                        D. lonely
50. A. troubled                     B. made                       C. wasted                            D. taken
51. A. why                   B. where                      C. when                       D. how
52. A. suggestion           B. friend                      C. call                          D. effort
53. A. tries                   B. receives                    C. expects                     D. cares
54. A. opportunities              B. dreams                    C. choices                     D. regrets
55.A. everyone             B. something                C. someone                   D. everything