第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，从36-55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项
A man came home from work late again, tired and annoyed, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.  "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"  "Yeah, sure, what is it?" replied the man. "Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?"  "That's  36  of your business. What makes you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.  "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"  "If you  37  know, I make $20.00 an hour."  "Oh," the little boy replied, head bowed.  Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I  38  $10.00 please?"  The father was angry. "If the only reason you wanted to know how much money I make is that you can borrow some to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense,  39 you go straight to your room and  40 . Think about why you're being so selfish. I work long, hard hours everyday and don't have time for such  41  games."
The little boy  42  went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even  43  about the little boy's questioning. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money. After an hour or so, the man had  44 down, and started to think he may have been a little  45  on his son. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.00 and  46  , he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the  47  of the little boy's room and opened it.
"Are you  48 , son?" he asked.  "No, daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.
"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man.
"It's been a long day and I took my anger out on you. Here's that $10.00 you asked for."
The little boy sat straight up,  "Oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled (大声喊) .
Then, reaching under his pillow, he  49  out some more crumpled up (皱的) bills. The man, 50 that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at the man. "Why did you want  51  money if you already had some? " the father complained.
"Because I didn't have  52  , but now I do," the little boy replied.
"Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I  53  an hour of your time?"
 54  $20.00 worth of time with someone you love...just a short reminder to all of us working so hard for our living.  55  , let us not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some quality time with those who really matter to us.

36	A. none	B. nothing	C. no	D. not
37	A. should	B. can	C. must	D. may
38	A. borrow	B. ask	C. demand	D. take
39	A. and	B. but	C. so	D. then
40	A. go to school	B. go to bed	C. go to study	D. go to play
41	A. interesting	B. terrible	C. childish	D. puzzling
42	A. rapidly	B. quietly	C. noisily	D. happily
43	A. angrier	B. sadder	C. more tired	D. more worried
44	A. looked	B. lay	C. sat	D. calmed
45	A. strict	B. hard	C. rude	D. cruel
46	A. after all	B. above all	C. at all	D. in all
47	A. window	B. bed	C. wall	D. door
48	A. OK	B. afraid	C. asleep	D. clear
49	A. moved	B. carried	C. picked	D. pulled
50	A. seeing	B. watching	C. realizing	D. thinking
51	A. another	B. little	C. more	D. any
52	A. plenty	B. much	C. enough	D. many
53	A. use	B. take	C. spend	D. buy
54	A. Sell	B. Share	C. Cost	D. Spare
55	A. Therefore	B. However	C. Or else	D. Otherwise