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、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。
Ted spent seven years as a prisoner of war. There he discovered the power of  36    . For more than half of that   37  he was in isolation (隔绝). He lived for ten months in total   38    . Those ten months was the longest of his life. When they   39   with wooden boards the window of his little seven-by-seven foot cell, shutting out the light, he  40  if he was going to make it.
Ted spent hours a day exercising and thinking. But at times he felt he could do   41  but scream. Not wanting to give his 42  the satisfaction of knowing they’d 43 him, he placed clothing into his mouth to lessen the noise  44    he screamed at the top of his lungs. 
One day Ted got down on the45   and crawled (爬) under his bed. He found a hole that 46   air from the outside. As he approached the hole, he saw a47    ray of light. Ted put his eye next to the wall and discovered a small crack in the building. It allowed him to glimpse   48  , though all he could see was a  49    piece of grass. But when he saw this, he felt a surge of joy, excitement and   50  that he hadn’t had in years. “It represented life, growth and 51   ,” he later said. It was the small hope that helped Ted  52  this nearly unbearable experience.
The human spirit is53   . It seems to run forever54  nothing but a faint (微弱的) hope. Without it, you have nothing. With it, nothing else   55   — even the worst conditions.
36. A. thought              B. scream                    C. support                    D. hope 
37. A. prison          B. war               C. time               D. month
38. A. happiness       B. sadness            C. darkness           D. silence
39. A. strengthened    B. fixed            C. covered           D. broke
40. A. reminded       B. required           C. wondered          D. feared
41. A. something     B. nothing              C. everything          D. anything
42. A. soldiers        B. friends             C. enemy            D. army
43. A. wounded       B. quitted           C. satisfied             D. broken
44. A. till            B. since              C. as                D. after
45. A. window        B. floor              C. wall              D. board
46. A. let in          B. put out            C. took in            D. gave off 
47. A. weak          B. soft               C. strong            D. sharp
48. A. inside         B. outside              C. above             D. below
49. A. very           B. right               C. specific            D. single
50.A. gratefulness    B. usefulness          C. fulfillment         D. establishment
51. A. courage        B. perseverance      C. choice            D. freedom
52. A. by             B. out                C. over                   D. through
53. A. straight         B. strong             C. lucky               D. interesting
54. A. against         B. from             C. on                 D. over
55. A. matters         B. relates           C. changes               D. happens