第二节 完形填空 （共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读西面短文，，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，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
Introduction to letters to Sam
Dear Reader,
Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my     36   ,Sam,was born , my heart was filled with joy . I had been sitting  in a wheelchair for 20 years before then ,and I have been     37    ill many times . So I wondered if I would have the
     38  to tell Sam what I had      39 .
For years I have been hosting a program on the     40    and writing articles for a  magazine .  Being     41 to move freely , I have learned to sit still and keep my  heart    42  , exchanging thoughts with  thousands of listeners and     43 . So when Sam was born .I
     44  to tell him about school and fridship , romance and work , love and everything else . That how I started to write these     45    , I hope that Sam would     46    them sooner or later .
However , that expectation     47  when  Sam showed aigns of autism (自闭症) at the age of two , He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs . He    48  to communicate with others , even the family members . That was    49 for me but didn’t stop me writing on . I realized that I even    50  now to tell him . I wanted him to    51    what it means to be “diffenet” from others , and learn how to fight against the misfortune  he’ll    52   
as I myself .. his grandfather ,did ,I just     53 if  I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life .
Now .   54   the book has been pubhshed . I have been given the chance , Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life .and all about what it means to be a     55 .
Daniel Gottlied
36.A.son     B. nephew  C.brother D.grandson
37.A.seriously     B.mentally   C. slightly       D.quictly
38. A.ability       B.time        C.courage          D.reaponsibuty
39. A.writen        B. sulfered   C.observed         D.lost
40. A. radio        B. television   C.stage  D.bed
41. A.ready         B.unable      C.anxious          D.cager
42. A.warm          B.broken      C.closed           D.open
43. A.hosts         B.vistors     C. readers         D.reportets
44. A.boon          B.stopped     C.forgot           D.decided
45.A.letters         B.emunls      C.books            D.diaries
46. A.bad        B. read       C. collecd         D.keep
47. A. decdoped     B.disappeared C. changed         D.arrived
48. A.ined          B.refused     C. regreed         D.hoped
49. A.exciting      B.aeceptable C.strange       D.heartherathing
50. A.less         B.eventhing  C.more             D.nothing
51. A. understand   B.explam      C.believe          D.question
52. A.fear          B.face        C. know            D.cause
53. A.felt          B.guessed     C.saw              D.doubted
54. A. as          B.once        C. thought         D.if
55. A.teacher       B. child      C. man             D.witct