第二节完形填空(共20小题；每题1．5分，共30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、c和D)中，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I recently heard a story about a very famous research scientist。who was interviewed by a newspaper reporter．He was  asked  36   he was able to be so much more creative than the   
37    person
He responded that it all came from an  38  with his mother when he wasyoung．He tried to
39  a bottle of milk from the fridge when he lost his firm  40  onl the slippery bottle，spilling
the milk all over the kitchen floor!  41  yelling at him Or scolding him，his mother said，“Rob—
eric，what a great and  42  mess you hav'e made!I have  43  Seen such a huge pool of milk．
Well，the 44  has already been done．Would you like to 45  with the milk for a few minutes
before we clean it up?”
46 ，Robert did．After a few minutes，his mother said，“Robert，whenever you make a
me88 like this，you  47   to clean it up．So，how would you like to do that?We would  48 a
sponge(海绵)，a towel or a mop．Which do you 49  ?”He chose the sponge and together they
cleaned up the spilled milk．His mother then said，“You know，what we have here is a difficult experiment in how to 50  early a big milk bottle with  51  hands．Now，let’s discover a way to Carry it without  52  it．”The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the  53  near the lip with both hands，he could carry it  54 ．
Wouldn，t it be great if all parents would 55  the example of Robert’s mother?
36．A．why    B．when    C．whether D．where
37．A．other    B．average    C．simple  D．clever
38．A．idea    B．accident    C．event D．experience
39．A．open    B．put    C．remove D．catch
40．A．hold    B．hand    C．support D．body
41．A．Beyond    B．After    C．In spite of D．Instead of
42．A．bad    B．beautiful    C．aiay D．terrible
43．A．never    B．already    C．hardly D．ever
44．A．experiment    B．art    C．work D．damage
45．A．swim    B．play    C．sit D．draw
46．A．However    B．Maybe    C．Indeed D．Finally
47．A．try    B．have    C．decide D．want
48．A．make    B．clean    C．Use  D．find
49．A．prefer    B．1ike    C．Think  D．take
50．A．slowly    B．quickly    C．Slightly  D．effectively
51．A．tiny    B．big    C．Cold     D．warm
52．A．10sing    B．doing    C．Stopping   D．dropping
53．A．bottom    B．foot    C．Corner  D．Top   
54．A．tightly    B．safely    C．Successfully D．Slightly  
55．A．make    B．follow    C．Take     D．match