第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
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