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.
Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process．The instructor asked us to list   36  in our past that we felt   37    of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud．
This seemed like a very  38  process, but there' s always some   39 soul in the crowd who will volunteer．The instructor then   40  that we find ways to   41  people, or take some action to right any wrong doings．I was seriously wondering how this could ever  42   my communication．
Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my   43  , I remembered an incident from high school．I grew up in a small town．There was a Sheriff   44  of us kids liked．One night, my two buddies(伙伴) and I decided to play a   45   on him．
After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s．o．b．（畜生）．The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious   46 ．Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office．My friends told the truth but I   47 ．No one ever found out.
Nearly 20 years later．Sheriff Brown's name   48   on my list．I didn't even know if he was still   49 ．Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed．I tried his number．After a few   50 , 1 heard, "Hello?" I said, "Sheriff Brown?" Paused．"Yes．" "Well, this is Jimmy Calkins．"
“And I want you to know that I did it?” Paused．“I knew it!” he yelled back．We had a good laugh and a   51  discussion．His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you   52  your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it   53  all these years．I want to thank you for calling me for your sake.”
Jimmy inspired me to   54   all the items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It's never too late to   55  the past wrongdoings．
36．A．everything       B．anything      C．somebody D．anybody
37．A．ashamed      B．afraid          C．sure          D．proud
38．A．private        B．mysterious       C．interesting D．funny
39．A．foolish        B．polite          C．simple         D．brave
40．A．expected      B．suggested     C．ordered        D．hoped
41．A．connect with    B．depend on C．apologize to     D．get along with
42．A．improve      B．continue      C．realize         D．keep
43．A．notes     B．list           C．plan         D．stories
44．A．any          B．most         C．none         D．all
45．A．part          B．game         C．trick         D．record
46．A．view         B．sign          C．attention         D．signal
47．A．lay           B．laid          C．lain          D．lied
48．A．appeared      B．considered       C．presented  D．remembered
49．A．angry          B．happy          C．doubtful      D．alive
50．A．words          B．rings         C．repeats         D．calls
51．A．cold         B．plain         C．nervous       D．lively
52．A．in case         B．so long as     C．unless          D．because
53．A．around        B．out           C．off           D．away
54．A．build up      B．make up      C．clear up       D．give up
55．A．regret          B．forgive        C．right         D．punish