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第二节完型填空（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36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My parents passed away ten years ago and I miss them terribly. But I know they are with me every day in what they taught me and in the   36   they gave me. Every morning my father’s message to me was: Remember that  37  you walk out of this door, you carry responsibility, the good name of this family, the hopes and dreams of your mom and dad. My mother often urged me to   38   the high standards she set for me.
When I was in high school, I played in a rock band with friends in my class. We were devoted and practiced constantly. We moved past the guys – in – a – garage stage and   39   to be pretty good, doing getting – paid gigs (演奏会) most weekends, which made me   40  . At that time, though part of me was   41  up in that band, another part of me was the oldest son in the Clark family,   42  of my origin and a dedicated student busy applying to colleges. Without even telling my parents, I applied to Harvard. I didn’t think I had much chance of getting in,   43  I wanted to try. So I was riding around being Mr Cool Rock Musician half of the time, and the other half I was focused on family and   44   goals. I was running on parallel   45 .
When the group won a city wide Battle of the Bands, things heated up. My band mates had stars in their eyes – we might be able to make it big. However, I began to feel   46  . I realized I was on quite different tracks: I  47  was becoming two people,   48   identities back and forth depending on who I was with. I had to make an option. As I considered my   49  , my parents’ words were right there, helping me to see that my dreams weren’t about signing a record deal, letting my hair grow, and living in a tour bus. So I   50   out. My bandmasters were   51  . They thought I was crazy to withdraw   52   the peak of real success. But however successful that band got, I knew it wasn’t in line with my   53  , with my feeling of what I was   54   to do, with who I was – it simply wasn’t me.
In that instant and in many others throughout my life, my parent’s advice has helped me recenter and   55  . I could remember who I was – the hopes and dreams I carried.
36．A．property                 B．advice                    C．guide                      D．aid
37．A．when                      B．before                    C．while                      D．since
38．A．come up with          B．stand up to             C．live up to                D．keep pace with
39．A．got                         B．failed                            C．hoped                     D．attempted
40．A．lost                        B．disappointed            C．confused                 D．thrilled
41．A．wrapped                 B．centred                   C．spent                      D．offered
42．A．scared                    B．proud                     C．guilty                     D．ashamed
43．A．if                           B．unless                     C．until                      D．yet
44．A．economic                B．political                  C．academic                D．literary
45．A．tracks                     B．ways                      C．processes                D．directions
46．A．confident                B．optimistic               C．cheerful                  D．uncomfortable
47．A．exactly                   B．actually                  C．eventually               D．fortunately
48．A．switching                B．acting                     C．discovering             D．seeking
49．A．conditions               B．choices                   C．competence             D．health
50．A．gave                       B．looked                    C．called                     D．dropped
51．A．disturbed                B．cool                       C．shocked                  D．tolerant
52．A．in                          B．to                           C．by                          D．at
53．A．goals                      B．interests                  C．personality              D．consideration
54．A．meant                     B．demanded               C．forced                    D．aimed
55．A．recall                            B．refocus                   C．rebuild                   D．reunite