三.完型填空(共20个小题,每题1.5分)
Almost every office has an office trouble-maker. My friend Jenny said there was a woman in her team whom everyone  36 . For months my friend had been thinking about what she could do to get 37 to this person. 38  she tried hard, she could come up with no good idea.
One Saturday morning, she woke up and had a 39  desire to bake a cake for
the trouble-maker. She had no idea  40. this thought had come to her or what cake
she could bake. The only thing that she had ever heard this woman say about what she
liked was  41  So that morning my friend  42  her day by baking a chocolate cake. After  43  the woman's address in the phone book, she took the cake to her  44 .
You can imagine the trouble-maker's __45  when she opened the door. "What
are you  46  here?" the woman asked.
"Well," my friend said, "it is kind of hard to  47  . I know you like chocolate
and I woke up this morning  48  to bake you a cake, so I did." She held the cake out
  49
The woman smiled very slightly and  50 her to go in. They spent the next
hour together at the kitchen table. They did not talk about the woman's  51 or her
behavior toward team members. They simply  52  small talk and ate the cake.
On Monday morning the woman arrived at work as usual, but she was  53  to my friend.  54 by my friend, the woman  55 started becoming friendly to others.
The change took months, but it did happen.
36. A. feared         B. disliked        C, knew          D. disagreed
37. A. ready          B. tired           C. close          D. right
38. A. So            B. As            C. Since          D. Although
39.A. clear          B. funny          C. sudden        D. bad
40. A. why           B. when          C. what           D. where
41. A. milk          B. vegetable      C. fruit         D. chocolate
42. A. started        B. spent          C. planned        D. reached
43. A. pointing out    B. looking up     C. looking in      D. settling down
44. A. office          B. house         C. team           D. school
45. A. anger          B. worry          C. surprise        D. relief
46. A. doing          B. asking         C. finding         D. Trying
47. A. begin          B. pretend        C. admit          D. explain
48. A. choosing      B. wanting        C. advising       D. learning
49. A. proudly        B. silently        C. carefully       D. gratefully
50. A. invited         B. refused        C. expected       D. ordered
51. A. opinion        B.hobby         C. feeling         D. attitude
52. A. gave           B. enjoyed        C. joined         D. organized
53. A. rude           B. selfless         C. hopeful        D. nice
54. A. Educated      B. Protected       C. Forced         D. Encouraged
55. A. slowly        B. easily        C. swiftly        D. Quietly