第二节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.

One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a 　36 　on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from　 37　 to toe, explained that he had 　38　 out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant(怀孕的) wife and his two children　 39　 at the car and said that he would hitchhike (搭便车)back.

Once I had filled a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both　 40　 　, saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he　 41 　me back.

　Before leaving, I had turned the heater 　42　 in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and　 43　 .While the little ones played and ran　 44　 , I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the　 45　 .

It was about 5 a.m. before they　 46 　　.The young fellow asked me how much he owed me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵)had　 47　 　$15. He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.

About a month later, I received a 　48 　from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to get to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It 　49　 out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most　 50　 person in the company.

　In his letter, he thanked me again and informed me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this case, a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

35. There are two lakes near Joe’s hometown, the larger of 　　　　　　　covers nearly ten thousand square kilometers.

34. Wild animals have been overhunted, and as 　　　　　　　　result, some of them are among the animals in _____________ danger.

33. Nowadays, use 　　　　　　of certain waste materials to protect the environment.

32. I suggested that they set off early to avoid (避开) the traffic jam, ____________ no one responded.

31. How to solve the problem __________ in the meeting right now

30. He’s making 　　　　　　great progress in his lessons that everyone else in his class can’t believe it.

29. When I met him last year in Beijing, he was busy ___________ a new job.