第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
On a recent sunny, dry fall morning, I found the last outdoor table at my favorite cafe Reading__36___ I had my breakfast, I was enjoying the feeling of the cool breeze and the warm sun when a table next to me __37___. A woman who had been standing nearby, __38__ waiting for a seat, stepped toward the table. But from the other ___39___, straight from the parking lot, came a man who got to the table first.
The woman, with a ___40__ on her face, explained that she’d been __41___ that table for several minutes and had been on her way over. The man, also smiling but __42__, told her she was out of ___43__; he had happened upon the table first. “You snooze, you lose!” he said cheerfully.
She stood off to the side, clearly disappointed, and __44__ her friend with the frustrating news. I sat at my table, __45__ the scene, when suddenly it occurred to me --- I had a(n) ___46___ here to be kind.
I stood up and ___47_ her over to my table. Quietly, I told her I had seen what had happened, and I was happy to give her my table. I was only going to be there a few more minutes __48__, so I was happy for her and her friend to have the ___49___.
“But where will you sit?” she asked. “I was almost done eating,” I said, “and I would find a seat at the counter ___50___.” She thanked me and beamed(开怀大笑) as she __51__ for her friend to sit down.
Thinking about it as I finished up, I realized that whether or not the woman had fair __52___ to the table was unimportant. The emotion of the situation --- the look of hurt on her face --- had __53___ me, and I had the ability to do something about it.
That isn’t always the case with every feeling, situation, or injustice we ___54_ unexpectedly in our days. But as the early 20th century writer Orison Swett Marden once said, “Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. ___55___ common occasions and make them great.”
I just hope that woman’s morning at the cafe was great. I know mine was.
36.A.till B. after C. as D. before
37.A.closed up B. opened up C. looked up D. showed up
38.A.hesitantly B. clearly C. seemingly D. steadily
39.A.entrance B.angle C.gate D.direction
40.A.smile B. shock C. glare D. gaze
41.A.monitoring B. watching C. minding D. wandering
42.A.firm B. impatient C. attractive D. unwilling
43.A.order B.luck C. shape D. place
44.A.served B. compared C. loaded D. greeted
45.A.taking down B. taking up C. taking in D. taking over
46.A.scene B. opportunity C. access D. passion
47.A.followed B. guided C. signaled D. rushed
48.A.anyway B. someway C. somewhere D. anywhere
49.A.floor B. spot C. moment D. kindness
50.A.downstairs B. upstairs C. outside D. inside
51.A.gestured B. headed C. waited D. sent
52.A.passage B. claim C. approach D. admission
53.A.shamed B. surprised C. struck D. frightened
54.A.repeat B. hate C. tolerate D. meet
55.A.Mark B. Hold C. Celebrate D. Seize
完型：CBBDA BABDC BCABD ABCDD
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
On a recent sunny, dry fall morning, I found the last outdoor table at my favorite cafe Reading__36___ I had my breakfast, I was enjoying the feeling of the cool breeze and the warm sun when a table next to me __37___. A woman who had been standing nearby, __38__ waiting for a seat, stepped toward the table. But from the other ___39___, straight from the parking lot, came a man who got to the table first.
The woman, with a ___40__ on her face, explained that she’d been __41___ that table for several minutes and had been on her way over. The man, also smiling but __42__, told her she was out of ___43__; he had happened upon the table first. “You snooze, you lose!” he said cheerfully.
She stood off to the side, clearly disappointed, and __44__ her friend with the frustrating news. I sat at my table, __45__ the scene, when suddenly it occurred to me --- I had a(n) ___46___ here to be kind.
I stood up and ___47_ her over to my table. Quietly, I told her I had seen what had happened, and I was happy to give her my table. I was only going to be there a few more minutes __48__, so I was happy for her and her friend to have the ___49___.
“But where will you sit?” she asked. “I was almost done eating,” I said, “and I would find a seat at the counter ___50___.” She thanked me and beamed(开怀大笑) as she __51__ for her friend to sit down.
Thinking about it as I finished up, I realized that whether or not the woman had fair __52___ to the table was unimportant. The emotion of the situation --- the look of hurt on her face --- had __53___ me, and I had the ability to do something about it.
That isn’t always the case with every feeling, situation, or injustice we ___54_ unexpectedly in our days. But as the early 20th century writer Orison Swett Marden once said, “Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. ___55___ common occasions and make them great.”
I just hope that woman’s morning at the cafe was great. I know mine was.
36.A.till B. after C. as D. before
37.A.closed up B. opened up C. looked up D. showed up
38.A.hesitantly B. clearly C. seemingly D. steadily
39.A.entrance B.angle C.gate D.direction
40.A.smile B. shock C. glare D. gaze
41.A.monitoring B. watching C. minding D. wandering
42.A.firm B. impatient C. attractive D. unwilling
43.A.order B.luck C. shape D. place
44.A.served B. compared C. loaded D. greeted
45.A.taking down B. taking up C. taking in D. taking over
46.A.scene B. opportunity C. access D. passion
47.A.followed B. guided C. signaled D. rushed
48.A.anyway B. someway C. somewhere D. anywhere
49.A.floor B. spot C. moment D. kindness
50.A.downstairs B. upstairs C. outside D. inside
51.A.gestured B. headed C. waited D. sent
52.A.passage B. claim C. approach D. admission
53.A.shamed B. surprised C. struck D. frightened
54.A.repeat B. hate C. tolerate D. meet
55.A.Mark B. Hold C. Celebrate D. Seize
完型：CBBDA BABDC BCABD ABCDD
