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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
As a saying goes, every bean has its black. It is impossible to make no mistakes all one’s life. My grandpa Nybakken, a carpenter, is no    36  . Several decades ago, he made a mistake — a(n)    37   mistake, though.
On a cold Saturday, Grandpa was building some wooden cases for the clothes his   38   was sending to an orphanage (孤儿院) in Congo. On his way home, he   39  into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. So he drove back to the church. His search proved   40  . When he   41   replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the cases. His brand new glasses, having    42   him ＄20 that very morning, were heading for Congo! He had to drive home    43  .
Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report on Sunday night at my grandfather’s church,    44   Grandpa and his family also attended.
“But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the   45   you sent last year. You see, the bandits(土匪) had just swept through the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses. I was desperate.”
“  46   I had the money, there was simply no way of    47   those glasses.   48  not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day. Then your cases arrived. When my staff    49   the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top.”
Then, still gripped (吸引注意) with the  50   , he continued: “Folks, when I tried   51   the glasses, it was as thought they had been custom-made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!”
The people listened,    52    for the miraculous glasses. But the director surely must have   53   their church with another, they thought. There were no glasses on their   54  of items to be sent overseas. But an ordinary carpenter was sitting   55   in the back, with tears streaming down his face.
36. A. expectation         B. success              C. luck           D. exception
37. A. perfect         B. foolish              C. avoidable          D. common
38. A. factory        B. church              C. family        D. country
39. A. turned         B. reached             C. filled         D. put
40. A. proper         B. reasonable         C. fruitless             D. unnecessary
41. A. mentally             B. physically          C. anxiously          D. directly
42. A. charged              B. spent          C. paid           D. cost
43. A. disappointed        B. pleased              C. nonstop             D. quick
44. A. which          B. what          C. where        D. when
45. A. cases           B. clothes              C. glasses              D. wishes
46. A. Unless         B. As long as         C. Until          D. Even though
47. A. replacing            B. finding              C. wearing             D. changing
48. A. Except         B. Along with        C. Rather than        D. As for
49. A. opened        B. burnt         C. removed            D. took
50. A. preparation         B. pleasure            C. satisfaction              D. wonder
51. A. out              B. over           C. for             D. on
52. A. pity             B. happy        C. curious              D. eager
53. A. confused             B. associated          C. combined          D. compared
54. A. cases           B. order         C. list            D. orphanage
55. A. happily           B. quietly          C. sadly           D. excitedly