第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳答案,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last year I was put into a lower-level math class at school. The reason I was in this class had
21   to do with my intelligence. I am blind. The school   22  that it would be better for me to learn at a lower level because it takes me a great deal longer to complete school tasks.
The only problem with being in this class was that I was   23  by "at-risk" students, who did not perform well in school and were   24   in trouble with the school and the law. On Monday mornings, the kids talked about what they had done during the past   25  . I tried not to listen, but it was almost   26  not to. I heard things in that classroom that shocked me.   27  
the teacher was in the room, that didn't stop my classmates from   28  their stories of drugs and violence.
      29   I was tired of their rude words. I even began to   30  the fact that I had to be there. One Tuesday morning, I went to a Christian Student Union meeting before school, where a guest speaker talked to us about praying for our   31  no matter how much we hated them. I thought a lot and began to pray for the kids in my class, asking God to   32  them for they weren't bad kids; they were just   33  .
34   what I did was automatic. When I heard their voices in class, I would pray, "Dear God, please bless so-and-so . . ." But as I continued, something was growing   35   my heart for them. My classmates gradually became more than just annoying kids to me. They began to feel like family, and I was learning to love them in a way I   36  thought possible.
I now see that praying is such a   37   act. When I pray for those around me, it also   38  
my life, and it changes my understanding of others. I realized God's blessings enabled me to see the world through   39  eyes. The prayers I said for others   40  to help me the most.
21.     A. something              B. nothing                  C. everything              D. anything
22.     A. described             B. doubted               C. decided                  D. defended
23.     A. laughed                 B. beaten                    C. tricked                 D. surrounded
24.     A. constantly              B. regularly                C. occasionally            D. especially
25.     A. holiday               B. month                    C. weekend              D. party
26.     A. informal              B. unnecessary            C. illegal                    D. impossible
27.     A. Only if                  B. Now that                C. As though               D. Even though
28.     A. sharing                  B. admiring                C. learning               D. creating
29.     A. No wonder             B. Without doubt         C. Without delay         D. No sense
30.     A. prove                    B. refuse                    C. hate                     D. ignore
31.     A. friends                   B. enemies                  C. teachers                  D. relatives
32.     A. appreciate              B. dismiss                   C. promote                 D. forgive
33.     A. lost                       B. forgotten                C. cheated                  D. disturbed
34.     A.In general             B. After all                 C. At first                   D. On the whole
35.     A. beyond                  B. under                     C. above                     D. inside
36.     A. never                     B. ever                       C. even                      D. once
37.     A. technical             B. powerful              C. typical                   D. suitable
38.     A. reflects                  B. satisfies                  C. risks                      D. blesses
39.     A. loving                   B. shining                   C. bright                    D. blind
40.     A. turned up               B. turned away            C. turned out              D. turned over