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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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Olive, from County Westmeath, Ireland, arrived in England to live with her daughter and son-in-law Thomas．She was  36  because of her poor health and  37  with her most of her treasured  38 ．These included a small piece of tissue paper in which she had  39__what appeared to be five teeth which had  40  her dentures（假牙）．
Having  41  in, she asked Thomas, “Do you know where I can get my dentures   __42  ?”“Of course,” replied Thomas． “  43  you give them to me, I’ll take them to a dental  __44  ．"
Olive handed over the rather tired piece of paper which   45  some rather dirty-looking  _46_ ．Thomas drove to the dental laboratory．
“  47  will it take?” Thomas asked the technician．
“Oh, about an hour,” smiled the dental expert．
“Then I’ll wait in the  48  ,” said Thomas, “and read my newspaper．”
An hour passed and the technician   49  at the car window   50   a plastic bag and the piece of paper． “That’ll be ￡80,” requested the specialist,  “  51   I could only fit four of the teeth to the dentures．I’m sorry．”
“That’s a  52  ,” commented Thomas．“What happened to the   53  one?”
“I have it here in the paper,” answered the technician,   54  it to Thomas．
“The thing is,” he said, “it’s easy to fit the teeth but  55  to fit this peanut（花生米）．”
36．A．moving           B．going              C．passing        D．returning
37．A．sold             B．provided      C．brought       D．dealt
38．A．clothes            B．possessions       C．furniture      D．materials
39．A．discovered         B．secreted       C．thrown        D．buried
40．A．broken out         B．broken in     C．broken away    D．broken off
41．A．settled             B．filled         C．joined          D．fallen
42．A．cut              B．dropped       C．mended       D．placed
43．A．Because           B．If             C．Therefore     D．However
44．A．speaker            B．customer      C．patient         D．technician
45．A．needed            B．found          C．touched       D．contained
46．A．teeth             B．jewels          C．peanuts        D．coins
47．A．How often         B．How soon     C．How long     D．How much
48．A．building          B．office              C．house          D．car
49．A．appeared          B．broke              C．laughed       D．glared
50．A．putting            B．holding        C．keeping       D．hiding
51．A．and              B．but          C．also           D．nor
52．A．fact              B．pleasure       C．pity           D．thing
53．A．fifth             B．first           C．third        D．second
54．A．proving           B．advising       C．permitting     D．showing
55．A．necessary         B．unimportant     C．impossible       D．possible