第二节   完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
I met Chandra Rekha Shrestha, a visually damaged girl, on the way to Shanti Nagar. She was walking down the road with her white stick, and I saw she walking into a muddy    36   . Had she continued, she might have   37    into the water. Not wanting this to happen, I stopped my   38    and called out, “There’s a hole in front of you, Chandra. If it’s all right with you, I’ll   39   you to your place.”
She happily  40   . I took her bag so she could climb on my motorbike. We talked about her   profession and   41   , and I discovered she was on her way toTinkune for a teacher’s training program.
Chandra had called me a couple of times since our   42    meeting. However, I had been unable to meet her   43    my busy schedules. Finally,   44   at the Kathmandu Mall, she said, "If you hadn’t given me your business card, I wouldn’t have called you." We talked about a range of issues, and I came to   45    that Chandra possessed a deep knowledge which would challenge that of many   46    fit people.
Although she has a mother and three brothers, Chandra has been   47    on her own for the past years. She cooks for herself and washes her own clothes while   48    to teach every morning at Anam Nagar’s Rudramati Primary School. While doing her   49   , she tries to remember people, places, and things in order to manage her daily life. She is a(an)   50    person, telling me that she made the decision to live alone after her  51    said they would take turns to look after her each month. Chandra felt this would   52    her. Chandra’s main source of information is through her   53  , learning about various news as they are broadcast.
Chandra lost her eyesight as a baby and had to learn how to survive at an early age. I really   54    her confidence and the way she carried herself in her life. Thank you, Chandra Rekha. You have reminded me of what truly matter in life but are   55    lacking in our city.
36. A. pavement            B. passage             C. hole                         D. freeway
37. A. climbed                 B. landed               C. flown                       D. fallen
38. A. car                        B. truck                 C. motorbike                D. bus
39. A. pass                    B. drop                 C. take                         D. fetch
40. A. allowed                 B. expected            C. replied                            D. accepted
41. A. study                  B. job                   C. celebration               D. travel
42. A. happy         B. unexpected     C. sudden                     D. strange
43. A. due to                 B. in addition to     C. instead of                 D. in spite of
44. A. resisting              B. rescuing            C. reuniting                  D. removing
45. A. discovered          B. encouraged        C. persuaded                 D. supposed
46. A. mentally             B. inappropriately  C. physically                 D. naturally
47. A. living                 B. lying                 C. waiting                    D. staying
48. A. managing            B. recognizing       C. allowing                   D. reducing
49. A. practice                 B. housework         C. effort                       D. homework
50. A. stubborn             B. reliable             C. confident                  D. intelligent
51. A. sisters                 B. uncles               C. brothers                   D. aunts
52. A. hurt                    B. weaken             C. ruin                         D. frighten
53. A. TV                        B. radio                 C. calculator                 D. computer
54. A. follow                B. show                 C. notice                      D. admire
55. A. finally                B. recently             C. mostly                            D. simply