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第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
"Daddy" Bruce Randolph was around five-feet-eight and slightly built．At the age of sixty-one, he   36   Daddy Bruce's Barbecue Restaurant in the "Five Points" area, a   37   section of Denver．There is debate about   38   his ribs（排骨） were the best in town but no debate on the man himself．He fed people - not just his   39   , but the poor and the homeless．Every Thanksgiving, Daddy and his son began   40   for the crowds of the homeless．He wanted them to have a great    41   on the one day this country celebrates Thanksgiving．
In the   42   years of his project, he paid for everything out-of-pocket．But as time went by, the   43   sky-rocketed as the crowds grew．That's when Daddy's admirers, athletes, politicians, policemen   44   others stepped in to   45  ．They donated tons of turkeys, potatoes and ribs and even donated their   46   to stand beside the old man and volunteered to cook and   47   .
It seemed there was an endless   48   of food to feed the crowds．No one ever walked away 49   from Daddy Bruce．It was Daddy who started the whole thing and managed it   50 a few year ago when he edged toward ninety．He had become too   51   to work anymore．He was one of die few people who lived to see a city street   52   in his honor—“Bruce Randolph Boulevard"．A couple of years later．Daddy Bruce died．When asked why he   53   to feed the thousands of poor and hungry people for over twenty-five years, his   54   was simple, "You can't beat love．If you give just one thing, you get more things   55  ．That’s why I do it．"
36．A．built           B．opened     C．passed       D．sold
37．A．poor           B．rich       C．beautiful       D．lonely
38．A．what           B．why      C．where       D．whether
39．A．customers       B．admirers   C．friends      D．volunteers
40．A．cooking      B．looking     C．caring       D．waiting
41．A．holiday       B．surprise    C．dinner       D．thank
42．A．early          B．later      C．past          D．recent
43．A．prices         B．foods      C．customers      D．costs
44．A．as soon as       B．as many as C．as far as     D．as well as
45．A．pay         B．buy       C．interview       D．help
46．A．money        B．time      C．dinner       D．food
47．A．serve          B．pay       C．eat         D．share
48．A．supply        B．hope      C．exchange       D．production
49．A．happy         B．angry           C．thankful           D．hungry
50．A．before        B．after      C．until         D．since
51．A．long           B．old        C．hopeless        D．discouraged
52．A．named        B．rememberedC．built         D．praised
53．A．helped        B．supported C．expected        D．volunteered
54．A．question      B．love      C．reply         D．plan
55．A．away          B．back      C．out               D．down

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When I woke next morning, I was dying of _36__. I seemed to have a hole instead of a _37__. I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper I had ever seen ! _38_ , I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better __39__ there than in any other hotel; and that was _40__ I wanted just then.

The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared __41__ carefully for what I must __42_. I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure __43__ “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right _44_ and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.

The waiter asked me _45__ I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a _46 way. so I repeated it. Still he did not understand. It was _47_ that English people didn’t understand their language.. The waiter _48__ his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter--- enough to feed a small army--- and went away. But I was hungry, and I left __49__. When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little __50__, but you can never __51_. What a waiter’s face really shows. In another minute he brought _52__ tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He _53_ have misunderstood me , but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language , so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate.

Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room- at least five pound __54_. I never believed until then that any meal could _55__ me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).

36. A hunger	B. cold	C.. anger	D. illness
37. A. stone	B. head	C. breast	D. stomach
38. A. Therefore	B. Otherwise	C. So	D. However
39. A. received	B. fed	C. cared	D. eating
40. A. just	B. what	C. that	D. why
41. A. English	B. meal	C. questions	D. myself
42. A. speak	B. answer	C. say	D. explain
43. A. that	B. about	C. of	D. to
44. A. pronunciation	B. meaning	C. form	D. spelling
45. A. whether	B. something	C. when	D. what
46. A. surprised	B. friendly	C. puzzled	D. touched
47. A. unbelievable	B. true	C. thought	D. a pity
48. A waved	B. shook	C. bowed	D. patted
49. A. much	B. a little	C. nothing	D. empty
50. A. pleasure	B. surprise	C. pride	D. satisfaction
51. A. tell	B. guess	C. design	D. express
52. A. other	B. another	C. more	D. me
53. A. should	B. might	C. would	D. must
54. A. lighter	B. heavier	C. weightier	D. more
55.A. hurt	B. fat	C. defeat	D. please

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Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.

When my three children were young, my husband，Roy ，and I were very 36 .

“Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky 37 . “Please.”

I had said no so many times in the 38 months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could wait. To her 39 , I agreed.

I prepared a few sandwiches and 40 a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy 41 . My eleven-year-old twin sons put the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some 42 time together as a family.

About the time I got the lunch 43 out on the table, Roy arrived on the 44 .

That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with 45 . We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school 46 for so many months. Roy and the boys 47 rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly on the picnic table, 48 God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

That night as our 49 went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and realized what a wonderful life I had.

As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest 50 could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you 51 .

Even though the kids have now grown up and 52 from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.

Maybe today would be a good( time to 53 potato salad, call all of my grown kids, feed some hungry 54 and skipped a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a 55 .

36. A. old	B. poor	C. busy	D. miserable
37. A. begged	B. asked	C. doubted	D. wondered
38. A. coming	B. recent	C. following	D. later
39. A. doubt	B. disappointment	C. sadness	D. surprise
40. A. supplied	B. provided	C. combined	D. filled
41. A. off work	B. at home	C. at work	D. on business
42. A. unhappy	B. quality	C. quantity	D. sad
43. A. spread	B. taken	C. made	D. cooked
44. A. scene	B. view	C. event	D. landscape
45. A. sadness	B. expectation	C. hope	D. laughter
46. A. orders	B. charges	C. activity	D. responsibilities
47. A. missed	B. took	C. skipped	D. left
48. A. praying	B. praising	C. thanking	D. trusting
49. A. family	B. children	C. friends	D. parents
50. A. lifestyle	B. time	C. world	D. family
51. A. enjoy	B. own	C. have	D. love
52. A. left alone	B. passed away	C. ran away	D. moved away
53. A. supply	B. cook	C. watch	D. plant
54. A. ducks	B. children	C. family	D. people
55. A. salad	B. life	C. picnic	D. hope