第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题l分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A ___36____came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to ___37___ that shirt away, but gave it to her ___38___.” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I ___39___ the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her    40   , “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s ___41___ was something greater.
The next morning she ____42___ with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to __43__ a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are ___44____, aren’t you? I think I have a ___45___ for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of___46____.” Mom accepted the opportunity very ___47___.
For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling   48  . Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal ____49____ in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you ___50____ the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working ___51___ over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you   52   be the teacher of this class.”
My mom spent more than 20 years there. ___53___ her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the ___54___ comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle ___55___ situations and never give up.
36. A. noise                         B. voice                       C. sound                       D. tune
37. A. get                               B. take                         C. carry                        D. throw
38. A. otherwise                   B. anyhow                    C. instead                            D. actually
39. A. settled                       B. pushed                     C. stored                      D. put
40. A. teacher                   B. employer                  C. director                D. adviser
41. A. purpose                            B. encouragement     C. achievement             D. victory
42. A. went                         B. met                C. worked                    D. stayed
43. A. visit                          B. continue                   C. attend                      D. prepare
44. A. serious                       B. fortunate                  C. careful                            D. responsible
45. A. career                        B. duty                         C. position                    D. part
46. A. learning                            B. judging                   C. obeying                    D. imagining
47. A. patiently                    B. eagerly                     C. successfully              D. skillfully
48. A. upset                         B. frightened                C. guilty                       D. ashamed
49. A. looked up                  B went up                     C. took up                    D. showed up
50. A. believe                   B. protect                     C. treat                         D. receive
51. A. spirit                         B. intention                  C. action                      D. attempt
52. A. must                       B. would                      C. might                       D. should
53. A. At                         B. During                     C. On                           D. With
54. A. worthless          B. thoughtless               C. hopeless                   D. helpless
55. A. challenging                B. different                   C. dangerous                 D. strange