III．完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，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。
"I've been writing a book, John. Do you think anyone would be interested in   36  it?" said the old lady.
John took over the   37  from her shaking hand and   38   her in a chair. He remembered her rich   39  in the early days of the Old West. He looked through the papers. "It's good, Grandma." He said gently. Then realizing that she couldn't hear him, he shouted   40  her ears. “I think it's very good. I'll   41   it to a publisher."
Ten days later, he reported that the   42  had had time to read only a few pages. But he was so   43   that he had sent $100 for an option（版权）.   44   money would be given as an advance（先付）.
One morning, three months after her 100th birthday, Grandma didn't get up. The doctor told her that she couldn't   45  more than a few days.  She was   46   to go, but she first wanted her book to be in print. John promised that she   47  get the book very soon.
Grandma   48  on until the day the book came into her hands, with the title and her name on the cover. Though she couldn't see it, she could   49  it. She   50   felt her name with her fingers, tears in her eyes. Two hours later, she died   51 , still holding her book.
Her granddaughter took up the book and opened it. "Why, it's just blank（空白的）pages!" she cried in   52  John's face turned red. Then the girl understood. There never was a book. Grandma couldn't   53   the little bell when the typewriter came to the end of the line. She would keep on working, not knowing the whole sentences and sometimes the paragraphs were   54 . John did not tell her, for he couldn't take away her only   55 . It was John himself who had written the letters and sold his car to pay the advance.
36．A．buying          B．publishing       C．reading          D．lending
37．A．papers          B．newspaper      C．book          D．magazine
38．A．sat              B．put              C．placed           D．seated
39．A．lives            B．experiences      C．thoughts        D．family
40．A．onto            B．inside          C．into           D．on
41．A．throw             B．put              C．send             D．lift
42．A．publisher        B．officer         C．doctor         D．teacher
43．A．interested        B．angry          C．frustrated       D．gentle
44．A．Little            B．Much          C．Enough          D．More
45．A．die              B．stay             C．last             D．remain
46．A．worried          B．anxious           C．ready           D．eager
47．A．must            B．would          C．could          D．might
48．A．did              B．took            C．made             D．lived
49．A．read            B．smell           C．Hear             D．touch
50．A．proudly          B．quickly           C．carefully         D．slowly
51．A．angrily          B．peacefully      C．willing         D．quickly
52．A．anger                 B．joy              C．surprise          D．tears
53．A．see              B．smell           C．Hear              D．taste
54．A．missing          B．finished          C．completed         D．ended
55．A．hope            B．book          C．life             D．paper