三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day , a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods from door to door found that he only had ten cents left. He was hungry so he decided to    36  for a meal at the next house.
However, he lost his courage   37  a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked  38  so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it   39  , and then asked, “ How much do I owe you?” “You don’t owe me anything,” she  40  . “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a  41  .” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger  42  , but it also increased his faith in God and human race. He was about to give up before that point.
Years later the young woman became seriously ill. The local doctors were completely confused. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called 43   to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now   44  , was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange  light  45   his eyes. Immediately, he   46  and went down through the hospital hall into her room.
47  in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He  48   her at once. He went back to the consultation room and  49    to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave  50    attention to her case.
After a long  51   the battle was won. Dr. Kelly 52    the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval . He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was  53    that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked , and the note on the side of the bill caught her   54  . She read these words:  “ Paid in full with a glass of milk.”
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she  55    silently. “ Thank you , God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”
36. A . call              B. make            C . beg                  D. prepare
37. A. while            B. when            C . though            D. unless
38. A. thirsty          B. lazy            C . tired                D. hungry
39. A. slowly          B. unexpectedly    C . steadily        D. hurriedly
40. A. announced       B. shook             C . replied             D. doubted
41. A. reward          B. kindness       C . hand                D. value
42. A. physically       B. mentally       C . normally          D. properly
43. A. up             B. for                C . on                   D. in
44. A. rich             B. famous          C . unknown          D. poor
45. A. fixed           B. consulted       C . filled               D. concentrated
46. A. rose            B. raised             C . got                  D. left
47. A. Worn           B. Having          C . Putting             D. Dressed
48. A. recognized      B. knew              C . spared              D. regained
49. A. desired         B. declared         C . determined              D. declined
50. A. special         B. ordinary         C . normal             D. no
51. A. decision              B. preparation     C . struggle            D. debate
52. A. ordered        B. requested        C . confused          D. compromised
53. A. negative       B. uncertain       C . positive            D. obvious
54. A. presentation    B. preference       C . attention       D. arrangement
55. A. praised        B. pretended        C .pressed          D. prayed