第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas．While most people were  31  their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to  32  early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work．On arrival, he  33  his bike outside the back door as he usually does．After  34  10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike  35  .
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only tool．Trevor used it to get to 36  , putting in 60-hour weeks to  37  his young family．And the bike was also used to get groceries， 38  us from having to walk long distances from where we live．
I was so  39  that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story．Shortly after that, several people in our area   40  to help．One wonderful stranger   41  bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up． 42  my husband had a way to get to and from his job．It really is a（an）  43   that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before．People say that a smile can be  44  from one person to another, but acts of kindness from  45  are even more so．This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it  46  our faith in humanity as a whole．And it has   47  us to be more mindful of ways that we, too, can  48  with others．No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone  49 ．And the results can be   50 ．  
31．A．cooling down      B．warming up   C．speeding up       D．slowing down
32．A．get up             B．wake up      C．turn up          D．rise up
33．A．piled              B．pushed         C．parked           D．paused
34．A．putting in        B．putting on              C．putting off     D．putting away
35．A．broken            B．robbed         C．hidden           D．gone
36．A．study             B．shop         C．work         D．deliver
37．A．live               B．support        C．serve           D．protect
38．A．getting            B．protecting     C．saving           D．allowing
39．A．surprised           B．thrilled        C．puzzled          D．sad
40．A．offered             B．supported     C．provided        D．supplied
41．A．still               B．finally         C．even           D．yet
42．A．Now and then       B．Once in a while C．Once again       D．Sooner or later
43．A．honor              B．pity          C．sympathy       D．respect
44．A．thrown             B．passed        C．sent          D．got
45．A．friends                B．strangers       C．relatives       D．parents
46．A．weakened           B．spread          C．reduced        D．strengthened
47．A．moved                B．forced          C．urged           D．influenced
48．A．share           B．connect         C．deal           D．work
49．A．likes               B．cares          C．worries        D．wonders
50．A．short            B．promising      C．permanent       D．temporary