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，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
Education is not only the teaching and learning of   36 ,  but also the developing of a person's   37  .
Now liberal(开明) education has a great   38   on the world.  Much work has been done to   39   better ways of teaching. Students are   40   to have their own thoughts and their own ideas when they have lessons which are often held in the form of group discussions. They are  41  guided to use the knowledge   42  .  In liberal education punishment  43  exists. Teachers and students are just like   44  . The idea is of course a perfect one if it can really be carried out. However, it only   45   in the imagination and will never be   46 . We must admit that children should   47   be guided properly. Just close your eyes and think how many students  48   in every hundred   49   will carry out the duties of a student if they are not   50  ? What is the use of advice only if it is not supported by a   51  degree of control and punishment?  It is   52   for us to judge the success and failure of this kind of education now, but from the bad behavior of children that is actually the   53  of   54  ,  we can see that something must be done to   55   these children.
36. A. schools       B. knowledge      C. books        D. teachers
37. A. politeness     B. habit           C. interests      D. character
38. A. effect        B. interest         C. power        D. strength
39. A. master        B. find           C. make         D. hold
40. A. ordered       B. encouraged     C. used         D. driven
41. A. strictly       B. wrongly        C. properly      D. carefully
42. A. seen          B. noticed        C. learned       D. met
43. A. still          B. no longer       C. always       D. forever
44. A. enemies       B. quarrelers      C. players       D. friends
45. A. goes          B. lives          C. comes        D. exists
46. A. realized       B. supported      C. understood    D. produced
47. A. at last         B. in the end      C. ever         D. in life
48. A. it is           B. it seems       C. there are      D. are
49. A. which         B. that           C. he           D. they
50. A. pulled        B. pushed         C. permitted     D. protected
51. A. reasonable    B. remarkable       C. strict        D. small
52. A. easy         B. hard            C. possible      D. proper
53. A. effect        B. result           C. power        D. end
54. A. liberal education  B. group discussion  C. education    D. teaching
55. A. punish        B. excuse         C. help          D. trust