第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36至55各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As the first report of the accident came in, Burton was sitting in his office on the top floor of the building．Immediately,   36   the seriousness of the whole incident, he   37   down to a ground floor room with a small waiting-room to look into the matter himself, leaving his colleagues to   38   all other cases．
He interviewed the first   39   almost at once, making sure everything was done   40 
could be done to make her feel relaxed．  41  , the witness was obviously nervous and Burton took great pains to go over what she said   42  , choosing and   43   each word carefully and taking the woman’s statement down himself．The witness had called the police and she’d waited until the ambulance(救护车) began to arrive, then, when the first police car arrived at the   44 
she’d been asked to report to the police station．
Burton   45   that regrettably it would be necessary for her to go to court because of the serious   46   of the disaster． More he could not say at present． He’d be thankful if the woman
47   keep in touch with the police．
When she had gone, Burton put his head in his hands and   48   before asking for the next witness．The woman couldn’t be   49   as a hundred percent witness because she had been behind the wall   50   the explosion occurred．But in spite of her nerves, Burton had the   51 
that she was dependable, not afraid of relating herself   52   it and a fairly exact observer．
Well,   53   would be other descriptions and   54   all these would be put into place and the whole picture would become   55 ．He raised his head and pressed the bell on his desk．
“Next witness, please．” He said．
36．A．remembering        B．guessing             C．supposing           D．realizing
37．A．moved            B．stepped              C．came             D．raced
38．A．take on           B．take in              C．take over           D．take off
39．A．prisoner           B．witness              C．murderer          D．lawyer
40．A．that                B．when                C．what              D．how
41．A．Therefore         B．However             C．Otherwise          D．Finally
42．A．hardly            B．simply              C．completely        D．nearly
43．A．memorizing        B．checking             C．organizing         D．improving
44．A．school           B．house               C．station            D．scene
45．A．predicted          B．spoken              C．taught             D．explained
46．A．meaning           B．nature               C．importance        D．result
47．A．should            B．might               C．could             D．must
48．A．considered         B．discussed            C．learned            D．argued
49．A．admired           B．regarded             C．made              D．respected
50．A．while              B．when                C．since               D．after
51．A．concept          B．taste               C．expectation         D．impression
52．A．to                B．with                C．for                 D．into
53．A．That               B．This                C．They               D．There
54．A．no wonder         B．no way              C．no doubt            D．no problem
55．A．possible          B．hopeful             C．clear                D．true