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

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。
I remember one Thanksgiving when our family had no money and no food, and someone knocked on our door. A man was there with a giant 36 and some other food. The stranger announced, “I’m here to help people 37 . Have a great Thanksgiving.”
From then on ,I promised 38 that someday I would do the same for others. Every Thanksgiving since I was eighteen, I would buy enough food, 39 like a delivery boy, go to the 40 neighborhood and knock on a door. I always 41 a note explaining my Thanksgiving experience as a kid. I have received 42 from it than from any amount of money.
Last Thanksgiving I was in a hotel in New York with my new wife. She was sad because normally she 43 be home decorating the house for Christmas. I said, “Why don’t we decorate some 44 today instead of trees?” When I told her what I always did on Thanksgiving , she got 45 .
We went down to the street to 46 a van. We has waved to about twenty drivers before one finally 47 . We asked him, “Could you take us to a disadvantaged area? We’ll pay you.”
The driver said, “You don’t have to 48 me. I’ll take you to places you’ve 49 thought of going. 50 first tell me why you want to do this.”
I told him my story and that I wanted to show gratitude by giving something 51 . We bought food 52 for a troop. Then he took us to the South Bronx where there were half a dozen people living in one room with no electricity or heat in the dead of 53 . It was both an 54 realization that people lived this way and a truly fulfilling experience to make even a small 55 .
36．A．chicken B．turkey C．pig D．sheep
37．A．in vain B．in turn C．in return D．in need
38．A．my wife B．the stranger C．myself D．him
39．A．dress B．work C．look D．behave
40．A．poorest B．nearest C．nicest D．best
41．A．included B．read C．contained D．took
42．A．much B．less C．fewer D．more
43．A．could B．would C．might D．must
44．A．hotels B．lives C．streets D．houses
45．A．nervous B．sad C．excited D．worried
46．A．buy B．make C．decorate D．find
47．A．talked B．smiled C．fled D．stopped
48．A．tell B．stop C．ask D．pay
49．A．ever B．never C．always D．sometimes
50．A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Instead D．But
51．A．up B．back C．in D．out
52．A．just B．right C．enough D．good
53．A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
54．A．astonishing B．angry C．unforgettable D．unrealistic
55．A．progress B．meal C．difference D．Trip