第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和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。
Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.
When my three children were young, my husband, Roy, and I were very   36   .
“Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky   37   . “Please.”
I had said no so many times in the   38    months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could wait. To her   39   , I agreed.
I prepared a few sandwiches and   40    a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy
41   . My eleven-year-old twin sons put the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some   42    time together as a family.
About the time I got the lunch   43    out on the table, Roy arrived on the   44    .
That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with
45   . We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school   46   for so many months. Roy and the boys   47    rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly on the picnic table,   48    God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.
That night as our   49    went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and realized what a wonderful life I had.
As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest   50    could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you   51   .
Even though the kids have now grown up and   52    from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.
Maybe today would be a good time to   53    potato salad, call all of my grown kids, feed some hungry   54    and skipped a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a   55   .
36. A. old                       B. poor                   C. busy                   D. miserable
37. A. begged                  B. asked                       C. doubted                    D. wondered
38. A. coming                     B. recent                      C. following                 D. later
39. A. doubt                 B. disappointment         C. sadness                     D. surprise
40. A. supplied                 B. provided             C. combined                 D. filled
41. A. off work             B. at home                    C. at work                    D. on business
42. A. unhappy             B. quality                            C. quantity                   D. sad
43. A. spread                B. taken                       C. made                  D. cooked
44. A. scene                  B. view                        C. event               D. landscape
45. A. sadness               B. expectation               C. hope                   D. laughter
46. A. orders            B. charges                    C. activity                    D. responsibilities
47. A. missed                B. took                  C. skipped                    D. left
48. A. praying            B. praising                    C. thanking                   D. trusting
49. A. family              B. children                   C. friends                D. parents
50. A. lifestyle             B. time                    C. world                     D. family
51. A. enjoy                  B. own                    C. have                        D. love
52. A. left alone            B. passed away              C. ran away                  D. moved away
53. A. supply                B. cook                      C. watch                       D. plant
54. A. ducks                 B. children                   C. family                 D. people
55. A. salad           B. life                      C. picnic               D. hope