完型填空(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(A、B、C、D)中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The Florida sun baked my shoulders as I worked along the I-595 freeway near Fort Lauderdale，picking up rubbish．I paused to  36  the sweat off my forehead and look up at the cloudless blue sky．“ 37  can't rain?”I thought．That would  38  things off．
I thought about my  39 ，who were  40 sitting in an air-conditioned classroom at the high school right now．I'd had some  41  in school，so my parents decided to let me work  42 with my dad．We both worked for my uncle，who had taken 43 of a road maintenance(道路养护)company．It was up to us to keep the roads  44  of rubbish．The job was  45  and dirty，especially on hot days like this．I 46 why I ever agreed to do it．
We continued our  47  route(路线)along 595， 48  for the overpass bridge．Then I noticed an area where some  49  were broken on the ground．They weren't like that before．
“Dad! Pull over! I want to  50 something out．”
I jumped off the truck and rushed to the bridge．Something was telling me to   51  …there wasn't much time．  52   I saw a Toyota that   53   upside down in the trees．Maybe it was a stolen car that somebody  54 there．Then I noticed something  55  ，it was a bloody leg poking out of the driver's side window!
“Heeeelp!”a lady moaned (呻吟)．
36．A．wipe          B．clean           C．dry                D．brush
37．A．When          B．How           C．Why                D．How long
38．A．wash          B．keep          C．stay               D．cool
39．A．relatives     B．neighbors      C．friends            D．workmates
40．A．happily       B．probably      C．really             D．finally
41．A．difficulty    B．trouble       C．questions          D．problems
42．A．full-time     B．part-time     C．all the time       D．some time
43．A．advantage     B．possession    C．position           D．place
44．A．away          B．from          C．far                D．clear
45．A．easy          B．exciting      C．smelly             D．comfortable
46．A．knew          B．wondered      C．believed           D．admitted
47．A．regular       B．common        C．unusual            D．old
48．A．leaving       B．going         C．coming             D．heading
49．A．cars          B．bottle        C．trees              D．glasses
50．A．check         B．turn          C．make               D．bring
51．A．decide        B．hurry         C．consider           D．listen
52．A．Above         B．Behind        C．Ahead              D．Below
53．A．hung         B．pulled         C．caught          D．knocked
54．A．treasured     B．deserted       C．kept            D．hid
55．A．pushing      B．shouting       C．moving         D．crying