第二节完型填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）
Mr. Brown, the wife of a famous doctor, was good at cooking. Once the Browns invited some of their friends to lunch. Mrs. Brown thought it was a good chance for her to ___36___ how wonderfully she could cook, so she ___37___ a new way of cooking a fish dish. She was quite pleased with herself when the dish was ___38___. “I have never cooked such ___39___ dish before!” she thought.
As the dish was very ___40___ she put it near the open window to cool for a few minutes. But, several minutes ___41___ , when she came back ___42___ it, she was shocked(震惊) to find the neighbor’s cat, Chester, at the dish. She was in time to stop the cat ___43___ it was too late.
When all the guests sat, the dinner began. The fish dish ___44___ really wonderful and everyone ___45___ it very much. They talked and laughed ___46___ four o’clock.
At the end of the afternoon, when she was alone again, Mrs. Brown felt ___47___ but also happy. She sat in a chair near a window to have a ___48___. She happened to look down ___49___ the window, and saw something ___50___ a little animal in the garden.
“Oh, it is Chester. Dear, she is dead! Why? The fish dish must be bad! What will ___51___ to my friends?” she was frightened.
Immediately she telephoned her husband for ___52___. The doctor told her to telephone ___53___ of the guests to meet him at the hospital as soon as he could.
Finally the danger was ___54___. Once again, Mrs. Brown was alone in her chair in the sitting room, still tired but no longer happy. Just then the telephone rang, it was her ___55___ who cried, “Oh, Mrs. Brown, Chester is dead. She was killed by a car and someone put it in your garden.”
36. A. enjoy                  B . show                              C. make                       D. say
37. A. did                            B. made                              C. tried                        D. found
38. A. ready                  B. gone                               C. finishing                  D. already
39. A. an expensive              B. an excellent                            C. a terrible                  D. a pretty
40. A. hot                           B. cold                                C. warm                       D. heat
41. A. early                  B. earlier                             C. later                         D. late
42. A. with                          B. to                                          C. for                           D. after
43. A. after                          B. before                             C. when                       D. until
44. A. tasted                 B. was eaten                        C. felt                          D. looked
45. A. ate                            B. enjoyed                                  C. had                          D. ate up
46. A. at                       B. from                               C. to                           D. till
47. A. worried                     B. sad                                 C. tired                        D. sorry
48. A. bread                  B. break                              C. breath                      D. stop
49. A. through                     B. throughout                      C. past                         D. out
50. A. as                       B. seem                               C. to seem                           D. like
51. A. change                B. happen                                   C. become                           D. come
52. A. thought               B. advice                             C. ways                        D. ideas
53. A. both                          B. any                                 C. all                                  D. each
54. A. end                           B. away                               C. over                         D. passed
55. A. husband                     B. doctor                             C. neighbor   D. guest