第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。
When Winsion Chruchill was a young man, his father concluded that Churchill was “unfit for a career in law or politics” because he did so badly in school.
When Charles Darwin was getting ready to  36  on his five-year expedition on The Beagle, his father was extremely  37  . he thought his son was falling into a life of sin and idleness.
Gorge Washington’s mother was a complaining,   38  woman by all accounts. She thought little of Washington’s achievements and didn’t   39  at either of his presidential inaugurations（就职典礼）. She was always  40  that her children overlooked her and she was especially angry when her son George ran off to  41  the army for the American Revolution. She   42  believed it was his duty to stay home and take care of her.
In his youth, the  43  Leonard Bernstein, one of the most talented and successful composers in American history, was continually pressured by his father to  44  his music and do something worthwhile, like help out in his family’s beauty-supply business. After Leonard became  45  , his father was asked about that, and he answered, “Well, how was I supposed to know he was the Leonard Bernstein?”
People may criticize you or make fun of your ideas or actively try to  46  you. Often their efforts are only attempts to protect you from  47  . But obviously failure is only a possibility if you stop. If you keep  48  , a “failure” is just another learning  49  . Besides, giving up on a heartfelt goal is worse than failing. “Many people die”, said Wendell Holmes, “with their  50  still in them.” That’s true tragedy.
So listen  51  to the worries and criticisms of your friends and family, and do your best to put their minds  52  , but then carry on. Listen last to your own heart. You   53  yourself better than anyone on earth. Make sure your song is  54  .
Listen to your own heart. Don’t let your music   55  with you.
36．A．set sail         B．take charge      C．make progress  D．set examples
37．A．excited        B．pleased        C．disappointed     D．affected
38．A．self-confident   B．self-centered    C．kind-hearted     D．cold-blooded
39．A．show off      B．show up       C．pick out       D．pick up
40．A．claiming      B．expecting     C．complaining     D．declaring
41．A．fight         B．beat          C．attend          D．command
42．A．foolishly      B．secretly        C．bravely        D．honestly
43．A．late          B．latter         C．former         D．later
44．A．take up        B．give up        C．pick up        D．bring up
45．A．proud          B．diligent        C．professional     D．famous
46．A． advise        B．suggest        C．stop          D．keep
47．A．failure        B．success        C．stop          D．keep
48．A．stopping      B．starting        C．going              D．coming
49．A．method        B．experiment       C．approach      D．experience
50．A．music          B．article          C．movie          D．poem
51．A．politely       B．rudely         C．responsibly      D．actively
52．A．in order       B．at case         C．in use          D．at war
53．A．trust         B．believe        C．know         D．doubt
54．A．finished       B．completed     C．written        D．sung
55．A．live          B．die           C．sound          D．play