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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
It was a cold Saturday morning. An old man walked slowly into the ___36___. With shoulders bent forward, he leaned on his trusty stick with each ___37___ step.
His shabby clothes and warm personality made him ___38___ out from the usual breakfast crowd. Unforgettable were his eyes that shone like diamonds and thin lips ___39___ in a steady smile.
A young waitress named Mary ___40___ him drag toward a table by the window. She ran over to him, and said, "Here, sir. Let me give you a ___41___ with that chair."
Without saying a word, he smiled and ___42___. She pulled the chair away from the table. Steadying him with one arm, she helped him get comfortably ___43___. Then she moved the table up close to him, and leaned his ___44___ against the table where he could reach it.
In a soft, clear voice, he said, "Thank you for your ___45___."
"You're welcome, sir." She replied ___46___. "And my name is Mary. I'll be back in a moment, and ___47___ you need anything at all in the meantime, just wave at me!"
After he had finished his breakfast, Mary brought him the change from his ticket. Then she ___48___ him out from behind the table. She handed him his stick, and walked ___49___ him to the front door. Holding the door open for him, she said, "Come back and see us, sir!"
He turned with his whole body and nodded with a ___50___ smile. "You are very kind," he said softly.
When Mary went to clean his table, she was ___51___ to find that under his plate there was a business card and a note on a napkin (餐巾纸). Under the napkin was a one hundred dollar bill!
The note on the napkin ___52___, "Dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you respect yourself too. It shows by the way you ___53___ others. You have found the secret of happiness. Your kind gestures will ___54___ through those who meet you."
The next day she was told that the man she had ___55___ on was the owner of the restaurant where she was working.
36. A. restaurant      B. shop          C. hospital       D. bank
37. A. big            B. quick               C. urgent        D. unhurried
38. A. get            B. look                C. stand         D. keep
39. A. held           B. made         C. remained            D. put
40. A. felt           B. noticed       C. discovered     D. realized
41. A. table          B. cushion       C. place         D. hand
42. A. nodded        B. obeyed        C. sat           D. hesitated
43. A. moved         B. stayed        C. seated        D. rested
44. A. chair          B. spoon         C. stick          D. plate
45. A. quickness      B. kindness      C. cleverness     D. politeness
46. A. happily        B. sadly         C. nervously     D. vaguely
47. A. until          B. though                     C. because             D. if
48. A. called                 B. helped        C. took                D. made
49. A. by            B. around              C. with                D. towards
50. A. confident       B. grateful        C. relieved             D. delicate
51. A. embarrassed    B. satisfied             C. disappointed   D. astonished
52. A. read           B. told          C. wrote               D. showed
53. A. please         B. admire              C. follow        D. treat
54. A. pass           B. shine         C. go           D. pull
55. A. depended       B. served        C. waited        D. agreed