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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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Before dinner my wife wanted me to go to the store to get some soft drinks. It seemed that this would be a good time to let my teenage daughter Holly get a little driving  36  . I drove her to the store and  37   my car with her, and then I came back home with my son. He spoke  38   of the car. I was a little proud, for it was the nicest car I had  39   owned.  40  , I said, “Guy, my heart is not  41   that car. I like it but it is just metal. It won’t last forever. Never set your heart on anything that is  42  .”
It was at that moment  43   I heard a noise on our street. My son went out and then he shouted, “Dad! Holly damaged your car.”
My heart  44   and my mind was flooded with conflicting thoughts. Was  45   hurt? Who else was involved? As I ran to the door, I heard a voice in my heart say: “ Here is a  46   to show Holly what you really love. She will never forget it.” Holly was not hurt  47  , but when I reached her, she was crying and saying over and over again, “Oh, Dad, I’m sorry. I know how much you love this car.” I held her in my arms.
Later that week a friend asked what happened to my car. I told her the whole  48  . Then she said, “That happened to me when I was a girl. After I  49   my Dad’s car, my father,  50  , knocked me to the ground and began to kick me.” Over forty years later she still felt the  51  . It was a deep wound on her soul.
I have repaired my car, but there are  52   some scratches (划痕) on it. Every day they  53  me of the really priceless things in my life. Every day it reminds me of what really  54   in my life. One day, when Holly thinks back on her life, I want her to know that I love her a thousand times more than any piece of  55  .
36.A. practice              B. exercise             C. training               D. lesson
37.A. gave                   B. left                   C. kept                    D. got
38.A. admiringly      B. proudly             C. deeply                 D. curiously
39.A. just                    B. already              C. even                      D. ever
40.A. Therefore            B. However           C. Otherwise              D. Besides
41.A. set up                  B. set aside            C. set on                     D. set down
42.A. temporary           B. metal                C. nice                       D. contemporary
43.A. when                  B. as                    C. that                       D. until
44.A. struck                  B. sank                 C. beat                       D. ached
45.A. anyone                  B. someone            C. my car                   D. my son
46.A. chance            B. time                 C. turn                       D. lesson
47.A. mentally             B. physically         C. lightly                   D. painfully
48.A. story                  B. truth                C. explanation            D. process
49.A. borrowed            B. drove                      C. used                      D. ruined
50.A. nevertheless       B. moreover          C. or rather             D. on the contrary
51.A. guilt                   B. pain                 C. embarrassment       D. terror
52.A. still                    B. yet                   C. just                      D. only
53.A. remember           B. remind             C. warn                     D. inform
54.A. values             B. happens             C. cares                     D. matters
55.A. property             B. equipment               C. treasure                 D. fortune