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16～35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Robeson was born in a very poor family. At seven, he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near his home, and then he sold   36   he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had  37  schooling, for being so poor, how could they   38  school fees?
When he was fifteen, he worked   39   a servant in a school. Looking at other children studying in the classroom, he felt   40    for himself. How he     41   to have the same chance! He decided to study by   42   . In the daytime, after the sweeping and cleaning was over, he   43  stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember what he   44   during the day. He worked   45   hard at his lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours to sleep. The more he learned, the greater  46   he showed in his lessons. A maths teacher discovered him and came to like this diligent boy and    47   him to sit at the back of the class. In one exam, he was the only one in the whole school   48   reached the highest grade. He would have been given the scholarship   49   he had been a regular student of the school.
Robeson   50   rough six long years with his study of maths and wrote several articles which drew the  51  of some university professors. They admired his talent   52   his diligence. To give him a good chance, they hired him as a librarian and   53    him free guidance. Robeson felt  54  , for he was sure that before him there was a broad road   55   success.
36. A. whether              B. which                      C. that                          D. what
37. A. many                  B. few                          C. little                        D. much
38. A. buy                    B. afford                      C. send                         D. read
39. A. as                       B. like                          C. for                           D. by
40. A. angry                 B. worried                    C. proud                       D. sorry
41. A. hated                  B. decided                    C. wished                     D. regretted
42. A. the teacher          B. himself                    C. his parents              D. his schoolmates
43. A. could                  B. ought to                   C. should                    D. would
44. A. had learned         B. has been taught         C. has heard            D. had been written down
45. A. very                   B. so                            C. too                          D. quite
46. A. joy                     B. interest                     C. time                         D. taste
47. A. allowed              B. agreed                      C. let                           D. refused
48. A. whom                 B. that                          C. which                      D. /
49. A. if                       B. whether                    C. because                    D. when
50. A. learned               B. listened                    C. mastered                  D. struggled
51. A. notice                 B. influence                  C. eyes                         D. attention
52. A. except for           B. according to             C. as well as                 D. in spite of
53. A. taught                 B. offered                     C. lent                          D. sent
54. A. sad                     B. angry                       C. happy                      D. disappointed
55. A. leading to           B. coming from            C. made of                   D. covered with