第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, when Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face 　36　 　first into the mud. David 　37　 　her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom” 　38　 , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.

Susan was falling more 　39　 　since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a 　40　 　danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having 　41　 　of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked 　42　 .

　One day, David's teacher announced a 　43　 　homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an 　44　 ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.

　An idea 　45　 　David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I 　46　 　your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.

　“ 　47　 　the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.

　“No, Mom, I 　48　 　make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the 　49　 　returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father 　50　 　as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the 　51　 . Happily Susan cried out, “It 　52　 　!”

　In July 1999, David was　 53　 　national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate 　54　 .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his 　55　 　is becoming well accepted.

35. _____such a difficult problem, he didn’t know what to do.

　　　 A. Faced　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. Faced to　 　　　　　　　 C. Facing　 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Facing with

34. “　　　　 where to stand, and I’ll move the world,” Archimedes，the great Greek physicist once announced.

　　　 A．Give me　　　　　　　　　　　 B．If give me　　　　　　　　 C．Given me　　　　　　　　　　　 D．Giving me

33. In order to make our city green, 　　　　　.　

　　　 A. it is necessary to have planted more trees　 B. many more trees need to plant

　　　 C. our city needs more trees　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. we must plant more trees

32. - Which do you like better, bananas or apples?

- My _______ is for bananas rather than apples.

　　　 A. favor　 　　　　　　　　　　　 B. appreciation　　 　　 C. hobby　 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. preference

31. - ________ he made up his mind to take a trip to Europe?

- Last week when he got an unexpected reward.

　　　 A. When was it that　 　 B. That was it when　　 C. That it was when　 　 D. When it was that

30. I don’t think _____ possible for him to get his master’s degree abroad; his grades are too low. 　　 A. this　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. That　　 　　　　　　　　　 C. it　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. So

29. What will we use for power if the entire world’s coal and gas have ________? 　　 A. run out　 　　　　　　　　　 B. ran out of　 　　　　　　　 C. used up　 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. broken up

28. There is _____ to ask him for advice, because he has never done this kind of work before.

A. no need　　 　　　　　　　 B. no time　　 　　　　　　 C. no point　　　　 　　　　 D. no doubt

27. The weather turned out to be very good，___________was more than we could expected．

　　　 A．what　　 　　　　　　　 　 B．which　　　　 　 C．that　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D．it