第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题l分，满分20分）
A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was the  36  was he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of  37  as a result of exhausted battery. Nothing could be done but to  38  in cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the  39  of the rescue.
It is almost  40  that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his  41  : “First of all I checked up my  42  conditions and found myself not in fatal danger. As there was no  43  to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from  44  . In this way I dozed（打盹）off. ”
His story put an end to my regret for the  45  of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men  46  to explore a mountain cave and got lost. 47  to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of  48  . Finally they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the  49  people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the  50  of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to  51  themselves, they would probably sense a faint light glimmering（闪烁）not far away.
Don’t you think that you can compare it with  52  itself? When you meet with obstacles in life and work, you are lost in darkness. 53  you it’s unclear yet and you needn’t put up struggle  54  . It seems to be a negative attitude,   55  a person who can afford to do so must have foresight as well as a great courage in the first place.
36. A. hopeless                B. worst                   C. more                D. best
37. A. service                  B. way                     C. order                D. work
38. A. cry                            B. lie                     C. wait                  D. sleep
39. A. delay                     B. success                 C. team                 D. arrival
40. A. untrue                   B. unimaginable        C. true                  D. useless
41. A. plan                      B. decision               C. explanation        D. excuse
42. A. physical                     B. mental                        C. working            D. medical
43. A. method                  B. way                     C. alternative         D. strength
44. A. rotting                   B. spreading             C. hurting              D. bleeding
45. A. loss                       B. failure                  C. disappointment  D. sadness
46. A. had                       B. managed              C. tried                 D. planned
47. A. Willing                  B. Unable                 C. Determined              D. Deciding
48. A. hearing                  B. sight                    C. feeling                     D. direction
49. A. rescue                   B. village                        C. local                 D. brave
50. A. end                       B. top                      C. opening             D. side
51. A. save                      B. help                     C. stop                  D. calm
52. A. adventure              B. work                    C. life                   D. mankind
53. A. Mind                     B. Watch                  C. Imagine            D. Warn
54. A. really                    B. immediately         C. carefully           D. hopefully
55. A. and                       B. so                        C. but                   D. while