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，从各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock（码头） at his family’s cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. On the day __16__ the bass (鲈鱼) season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, __17__ sunfish with worms. Then he tied on a small lure (鱼饵) and practiced casting. When his pole（竿） __18__, he knew something huge was __19__. His father watched __20__ as the boy skilfully worked the fish alongside the dock. Finally, he very carefully lifted the __21__ fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, __22__ it was a bass. It was 10 P.M.-- two hours before the season opened. The father looked at the fish, then at the boy.
“You’ll have to __23__, son,” he said.
“Dad!” cried the boy.
“There will be other fish,” said his father.
“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy.
__24__ no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could __25__ by his father’s firm voice that the decision was __26__. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into __27__. The creature moved its powerful body and __28__. The boy thought that he would never again see such a great fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. And he was __29. He has never again landed such a big fish as the one he __30 that night long ago. But he does see __31 fish again and again every time he comes up against a question of principles. As his father taught him, principles are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of principles__32 difficult. Do we __33_when no one is looking?
We would if we __34__ to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right remains __35__ in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren.  
16．A．until             B．when            C．after            D．before
17．A．providing           B．catching        C．feeding           D．supplying
18．A．bent over         B．came up        C．turned over     D．broke down
19．A．on the other end     B．on the other hand C．on one hand     D．at the either side
20．A．with anxiety       B．in surprise      C．with admiration   D．for fear
21．A．delighted               B．frustrated       C．frightened       D．exhausted
22．A．and              B．but            C．however         D．yet
23．A．bring it home     B．put it aside       C．put it back      D．pick it up
24．A．Even though     B．Now that        C．Ever since      D．In case
25．A．tell              B．say            C．speak           D．talk
26．A．passed            B．changed         C．fixed            D．refused
27．A．the wide container  B．the broad sea   C．the black water  D．the small river
28．A．fled             B．disappeared      C．floated          D．swam
29．A．wrong             B．right             C．satisfactory     D．pleased
30．A．caught             B．saw           C．cast             D．threw
31．A．a different          B．many big       C．even bigger     D．the same
32．A．which is          B．it is           C．that is          D．this is
33．A．do wrong           B．do right        C．do harm         D．do good
34．A．were taught        B．told           C．were let          D．orderedw
35．A．freshly            B．fresh           C．clearly         D．strongly