第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题l.5分，满分30分)
It was 1961 and I was in the fifth grade. My marks were  36  and the worst thing was that I didn't even  37  . I watched TV every night, the only way to  38  time.
But one day my morn changed my world  39  . She  40  the TV. She had noticed, something in the offices she cleaned  41  . So she came back, saying "You're going to read 2 books every week.  42 , write me a report."
I complained about how   43  it was. And we didn't have any books in the house   44  mom's Bible. But morn responded  45  ," I will drive you to the library."
So soon we were in her old Ford  46  our way to the public library. I wandered hesitantly among the children's books. I loved animals, so when I found some on them, I immediately  47  in them. For the first time in my life I was attracted by   48  world. No TV program had ever taken me so  49  from the surroundings as did the visit to the library. I began to  50  , visiting there. I moved from animals to plants,
and then to rocks. Between the  51  of all those books were whole worlds, and I was free to go  52  in them. Moreover, I started to fall in love with  53  . Teachers noticed that too.
Now I am a doctor. Sometimes I still  54  believe my life's journey from a failing student to a doctor. But I know  55  the journey began--- the day when mom turned off TV and drove me to the library.
36. A. cool     B. poor                 C. normal                     D. outstanding
37. A. fail       B. quit          C. work          D. care
38. A. spend   B. lose                  C. kill           D. spare
39. A. for the moment   B. for a while        C. for so long     D. for ever
40. A. turned on     B. turned off          C. turned up      D. turned down
41. A. books   B. dirts          C. papers               D. TVs
42. A. However      B. Thus                 C. Besides             D. So
43. A. reasonable    B. sad                   C. pleasant             D. unfair
44. A. rather than   B. more than          C. less than       D. other than
45. A. excitedly      B. worriedly          C. calmly                     D. angrily
46. A. by B. on                    C. in            D. from
47. A, got across    B. got lost             C. got stuck           D. got along
48. A. another B. any                   C. other                 D. some
49. A. near to  B. close together    C. far away            D. inside out
50. A. live up to     B. go along with    C. look forward to  D. get away with
51. A. covers  B. pages                C. contents       D. copies
52. A. nowhere      B. somewhere        C. anywhere          D. where
53. A. library  B. study                C. literature           D. reading
54. A. won't    B. shan't                C. can't          D. needn't
55. A. how     B. why                  C. when                D. where