第三部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分; 满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
As soon as I learned to say the word “beauty”, I set out to look for it. Before I could find it, I asked my mother what a beauty was like. She said that a beauty is  36  who has large bright eyes and fine skin.
When I was in Grade Four, I  37  such a girl. I sat right in front of her and  38  her to see if she was a real beauty. She  39  a beauty in my eyes until the day she  40 with me. She demanded that I  41  her pencil box which I  42  knocked on to the floor. I  43 . Suddenly she flew at me and threw me onto the ground and we rolled about  44  each other.
During the years that followed, I came across  45  explanations given to me by different people. Some said a girl with a thin figure(体形) is a beauty,  46  that a girl with a gentle voice is beautiful,  47  said it is a girl with hair that is like a waterfall. I  48  give these a second thought.
I searched for a beauty  49  had told me before, but it was useless. Then I met an old man. He told me that a beauty is a girl who might not be quite  50   with natural beauty. However, she becomes a beauty  51  experiencing hardship. After a 10-year hunt for a beauty, I found her. She became my  52 . She was not very pretty but she was 53 . She was born in a  54  family and had to take care of herself from young. When we married, I really got the idea about a beauty. She was the one the  55  old man had described to me.
36.A. your classmate     B. a girl            C. an experienced girl     D. an ugly girl
37. A. liked                  B. was tired of      C. was against              D. found
38. A. stared at             B. scolded             C. beat                 D. laughed at
39. A. wasn’t               B. pretended to be   C. treated himself        D. was
40. A. quarreled            B. talked               C. played                     D. studied
41. A. steal                   B. rob her of     C. like                         D. pick up
42. A. by chance           B. by no means    C. by herself               D. by the way
43. A. agreed                B. refused             C. was happy                D. did so
44. A. talking with       B. helping            C. hitting                  D. leaving
45. A. the same             B. different       C. the opposite          D. some correct
46.A. but                     B. or                    C. as                            D. so
47. A. Everyone            B. The others       C. Nobody                D. Others
48. A. did                    B. must            C. didn’t                  D. should
49. A. an old man              B. some people   C. nobody              D. my mother
50. A. lucky                         B. sad                C. willing                   D. happy
51.A. after                    B. without           C. liking                    D. against
52. A. friend                     B. teacher           C. classmate                D. girlfriend
53.A. ugly                    B. beautiful       C. lovely                     D. kind
54.A. rich                    B. farmer’s       C. happy                     D. poor
55.A. foolish                B. kind-hearted     C. wise                    D. honest