第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed 36 , and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a  37 in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”
But John 38 closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be 39 works yet, maybe there is something we could do. ” It has nothing to do with us, Mary 40 .
But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in 41 . A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John 42 her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the 43 ,” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left. ”
In spite of Mary’s disagreement John 44 for the basement which was full of smoke and 45 hot. He found the door and two children. 46 he left he could hear some more sobbing. He 47 the two badly frightened children into 48 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him 49 more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s 50 ! That house will fall down any second. ”
51 he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the 52 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 53 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the  54 and fresh air, he found that he had just  55 his own children.
The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.
36．A．direction   B．mistake   C．danger     D．smoke
37．A．home       B．plant    C．store    D．kitchen
38．A．ran     B．walked   C．drove     D．rode
39．A．at        B．off   C．to              D．on
40．A．whispered B．nodded C．disagreed       D．required
41．A．ruins      B．pieces C．flames        D．silence
42．A．pushed     B．seized       C．greeted   D．stopped
43．A．basement  B．department       C．house  D．hall
44．A．went   B．reached   C．asked    D．rushed
45．A．heavily     B．slightly   C．partly  D．terribly
46．A．If       B．As    C．Since   D．Unless
47．A．comforted B．delivered C．recognized D．protected
48．A．cheering   B．freezing  C．waiting      D．suffering
49．A．many       B．several  C．three    D．two
50．A．dangerous B．foolish      C．practical   D．painful
51．A．Therefore B．So     C．Instead       D．But
52．A．wide B．endless  C．final         D．dirty
53．A．particular B．interesting C．familiar    D．fortunate
54．A．car      B．sunlight       C．crowd  D．arms
55．A．rescued     B．found      C．lost   D．missed