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中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My 14-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat at the same time. It was hanging at a (an) 36  clothing store. The coat had a black velvet collar, delightful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label (标签) and a (an)  37  price of $ 28.
We looked at  38 , saying nothing,  39  John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with  40 , but could  41  several hundred dollars now.
John  42  the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied  43  that soon changed into a smile. The  44  was perfect. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They love it.” He said, carefully  45  it over the chair and smoothing it flat.
Over the next few weeks, the  46  came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion was  47  argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to  48 . “Good dinner, Mum,” he would say every evening. One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John said, “You are right, and I guess I will.”
When I  49  this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know  50  caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat!” At the library, we  51  to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time. “ 52  this be John?” he asked, looking up to John’s new height, assessing the cut of his coat, and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both knew we should never  53  a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for  54  a standard of excellence for the world to see, for practicing standards of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for  55  what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
36. A. second-hand       B. expensive     C. big        D. cheap
37. A. reasonable      B. unbelievable     C. special       D. average
38. A. each other      B. one another       C. the other    D. others
39. A. therefore        B. however       C. but        D. thus
40. A. adults         B. people          C. parents       D. teenagers
41. A. spend          B. cost           C. pay       D. take
42. A. touched              B. buttoned       C. held      D. obtained
43. A. gesture         B. expression     C. attitude      D. feeling
44. A. color          B . price         C. fit          D. style
45. A. pressing          B. taking         C. hanging      D. folding
46. A. happiness        B. satisfaction     C. change          D. generosity
47. A. because of      B. instead of        C. aware of    D. full of
48. A. please         B. regret         C. complain   D. apologize
49. A. mentioned      B. wrote               C. reported     D. explained
50. A. when          B. how 　　　　C. what      D. that
51. A. happened        B. came　　　　　C. intended    D. decided
52. A. Should         B. Would 　　　　C. Must        D. Could
53. A. watch         B. judge 　　　　C. mistake    D. consider
54. A. doing          B. showing 　　  C. speaking    D. wearing
55. A. comparing      B. connecting     C. combining        D. matching