第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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, 并在答题卡将该项涂黑。
Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing.   36   she was very frightened, she went with her  37   to a cliff. She took hold of the rope and started   38   the face of that rock. She got to a place where she could take a breath.   39   she was hanging on there, the safety rope suddenly struck Brenda’s eye and   40    her contact lens(隐形镜片).
Well, here she was, on a rock face, with hundreds of feet below her and hundreds of feet   41    her. She began to get   42   , and she had to pray to the Lord to help her to    43  it.
When she got to the top, a friend  44   her eye and her clothing for the lens, but there was no contact lens to be found. She    45    across the mountains, thinking of that verse(诗句) that says, “The     46 of the Lord run backward and forward throughout the whole earth.” She thought, “Lord, you can see all these    47   . You know every stone and leaf, and you know   48   where my contact lens is. Please help me.”
Finally, they   49    down the path to the bottom. At the bottom there was a new party of climbers just starting up the face of the cliff. Suddenly, one of them shouted out, “Hey, you guys! Anybody   50   a contact lens?”
Well, that would be   51    enough, but you know    52    the climber saw it? An ant was moving  53    across the face of the rock, carrying it on it’s back.
Brenda told her father about the story of the   54  , the prayer, and the contact lens. He then drew a picture of an ant carrying that contact lens with the words, “Lord, I don’t know why you want me to do this. I can’t eat it, and it’s awfully   55    .But if this is what you want me to do, I’ll carry it for you.”
36.   A.    Although B.    As   C.    Because   D.    Except
37.   A.    friend      B.    group      C.    guide      D.    leader
38.   A.    down      B.    off   C.    on    D.    up
39.   A.    Because   B.    As   C.    Before     D.    Until
40.   A.    wore out  B.    gave out  C.    carried out      D.    knocked out
41.   A.    over B.    across      C.    beyond    D.    above
42.   A.    hopeful   B.    upset       C.    eager       D.    proud
43.   A.    search     B.    dream     C.    find D.    imagine
44.   A.    watched   B.    tested      C.    saw  D.    examined
45.   A.    looked up       B.    looked on       C.    looked out      D.    looked for
46.   A.    eyes B.    arms       C.    hands      D.    legs
47.   A.    persons    B.    mountains       C.    trees D.    animals
48.   A.    exactly    B.    simply     C.    generally D.    nearly
49.   A.    walked    B.    climbed   C.    ran   D.    flew
50.   A.    missed     B.    owned     C.    got   D.    lost
51.   A.    annoying B.    surprising       C.    disappointing  D.    worrying
52.   A.    which      B.    why C.    when       D.    whether
53.   A.    quickly    B.    happily    C.    slowly     D.    sadly
54.   A.    rock B.    rope C.    ant   D.    Lord
55.   A.    heavy      B.    light C.    valuable  D.    dirty