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，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
The following is a true story. It shows that potential（潜力）discovered may lead to success.
A young man traveled by train. As it was running across a  36 , passengers looked out of  37   idly and aimlessly. When the train came near a bend it  38  and then an unadorned （简陋的）house came into  39  . It was so obvious  40  the deserted landscape that everybody on the train turned to “  41  ” it with eyes wide open. Some passengers  42  began a discussion abut it.
The young man was also   43  by the scene. On his return he   44  the train at the nearest station and found his 45 to the house. Its  46 told him that troubled by the  47  of the train he wanted to sell the house but   48  would buy it.
Soon after the young man   49  thirty thousand dollars for the house, regarding it as a 50 site for advertisement. It was facing the railway   51 where the train had to slow down and the  52  passengers would cast their eyes at the house to   53  themselves.
He managed to get   54  to big companies and tried his best to convince them of the advantage of the place for   55  . Finally the Coca Cola Company took a lease on（租用） it to put up promotion signs. The young man was paid 180 thousand for a three-year rent.
36．A．city   B．station      C．tunnel      D．wilderness 
37． A．windows       B．houses      C．rooms       D．planes            
38．A．broke down     B．turned down     C．slowed down   D．put down 
39．A．being       B．view        C．use    D．effect
40．A．against     B．on     C．for    D．to           
41．A．admire     B．hear  C．inspect      D．see 
42．A．ever  B．even        C．still   D．yet   
43．A．excited     B．expressed  C．shocked    D．impressed
44．A．got in       B．got out     C．got off     D．put off 
45．A．way B．path  C．road  D．means     
46．A．loser B．employer  C．boss  D．owner
47．A．sound       B．noise       C．voice D．saying 
48．A．nobody    B．none  C．nothing     D．someone
49．A．cost   B．paid  C．spent       D．took        
50．A．favorable        B．wrong      C．best   D．just         
51．A．station      B．track C．carriage   D．bend 
52．A．tired        B．excited     C．moved      D．delighted
53．A．express     B．enjoy C．refresh     D．seat 
54．A．close B．access      C．down        D．up           
55．A．promotion       B．production       C．sale          D．advertisement