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题各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

My grandmother was an iron-willed woman, the feared head of the family.

When I was five years old, she invited some friends to her apartment for a party. __36__ the guests was a neighborhood big shot who was doing well __37__. His wife was proud of their social status. They had a little girl about my age who was __38__ and very much used to getting her own way.

At one point during the party, I __39__ my way to the bathroom and closed the door behind me. A minute or two later, the little girl __40__ the bathroom door and grandly walked in. I was still sitting down. "Don't you know that little girls aren't __41__ to come into the bathroom when a little boy is using it!?" I shouted. The __42__ I had heaped upon her shocked the little girl. Then she started to cry. She tearfully __43__ to her parents and my grandmother. Grandmother was waiting for me when I left the bathroom. I received the longest, sharpest __44__. After her scolding was over and I had been __45__, the party continued．

Twenty minutes later, all that changed．Grandmother walked by the bathroom and noticed a flood of water __46__ out from under the door. She __47__ the bathroom door and saw that the sink and tub were plugged up and that the __48__ were going at full blast (拧到最大). Everyone knew who did it. The guests quickly formed a __49__ wall around me, but Grandmother was __50__ angry that she almost got to me anyway.

My grandfather took me __51__ to the window. He was a kind and gentle man, full of wisdom and patience. __52__ did he raise his voice to anyone, and never did he __53__ his wife. He looked at me with much curiosity, __54__ angry or upset.

"Tell me," he asked, "why did you do it?"

"Well, she yelled at me __55__," I said earnestly. "Now she's got something to yell about."

Grandfather didn't speak right away. He just sat there, looking at me and smiling. "Eric," he said at last, "you are my revenge."

36．A．Between B．Among    C．Around    D．Beside

37．A．on business     B．for wealth       C．in money        D．in business

38．A．spoiled    B．harmed    C．liked        D．concerned

39．A．made       B．found      C．pushed    D．wound

40．A．closed      B．opened     C．beat D．tapped

41．A．expected B．asked       C．supposed D．told

42．A．happiness        B．depression       C．embarrassment        D．anger

43．A．complained     B．apologized     C．replied     D．referred

44．A．crying     B．scolding   C．murmuring   D．whispering

45．A．fined       B．hired       C．dismissed        D．fired

46．A．moving    B．stirring    C．floating    D．streaming

47．A．pushed open    B．pulled down  C．shut up    D．knocked at

48．A．pipes       B．taps C．tubes       D．switches

49．A．productive      B．hard        C．protective        D．rough

50．A．so    B．too   C．as     D．very

51．A．by his hand     B．by the hand     C．by surprise      D．with anxiety

52．A．Often      B．Sometimes      C．Always    D．Rarely

53．A．argue with      B．talk with   C．put up with     D．discuss with 

54．A．at least     B．at most    C．not at all D．more than

55．A．for something        B．for nothing      C．without doubt D．with sympathy