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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of   36   students in the classroom on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the   37   thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.
It   38   the class some time to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one   39   the papers.
That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the   40   of each student on a separate sheet of paper and 41   what everyone else had said about that individual.
On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the whole class was   42   . “Really?” she heard whispered. “I never knew that I   43   anything to anyone!” and, “I didn’t know others liked me so much” were most of the comments.
No one ever   44    those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn’t   45  . The exercise had completed its   46   . The students were   47   with themselves and one another.
That group of students moved on. Several years later, one of the students was   48   in Vietnam War and his teacher   49   the funeral of that special student.
After the funeral, most of Mark’s former classmates left. Mark’s mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak to his teacher.
“We want to   50   you something,” his father said, taking a   51   out of his pocket.
“They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might   52   it.”
Opening the wallet, he   53   removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded, and refolded many times. The teacher knew without   54   that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark’s classmates had said about him.
“Thank you so much for doing that,” Mark’s mother said. “As you can see, Mark   55   it.”
36. A. other          B. others            C. the others            D. the other
37. A. worst          B. nicest            C. smallest             D. biggest
38. A. cost           B. took             C. paid                 D. spent
39. A. handed in       B. took out         C. set down             D. turned off
40. A. number        B. address          C. name                D. home
41. A. read           B. explained        C. expressed            D. listed
42. A. smiling        B. crying          C. singing              D. playing
43. A. meant         B. marked           C. referred             D. concerned
44. A. wrote          B. recited           C. mentioned           D. examined
45. A. decide         B. conduct           C. include            D. matter
46. A. plan           B. decision          C. purpose             D. function
47. A. excited         B. worried          C. satisfied             D. disappointed
48. A. killed          B. injured           C. wounded            D. frightened
49. A. joined         B. attended          C. took                D. held
50. A. give           B. tell              C. ask                D. show
51. A. wallet          B. book            C. gift                D. watch
52. A. remind         B. recognize         C. review             D. recommend
53. A. suddenly        B. quickly          C. carefully           D. surprisingly
54. A. looking         B. saying           C. hearing            D. noticing
55. A. lost            B. found           C. remembered         D. treasured