第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。
Michael was always in a good mood. He was a natural motivator(乐天派). One day I asked him, “How can you be  36   all the time.” Michael replied, “Each morning I   37   up and say to myself, ‘Mike, you have two  38   today. You can choose to be in a good mood  39   you can choose to be in a bad mood.’ I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something  40   happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. I choose the positive side of life.”
Later, I heard Michael was  41  in a serious accident, falling off 60 feet from a tower.
After 18 hours of  42   , and weeks of intensive care, Michael left the hospital with rods(钢棒)  43  in his back. I saw Michael about six months after the  44 . I asked him what had  45  his mind as the accident took place.
“As I  46  on the ground, I remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live.” “Weren’t you  47 ?” I asked. Michael continued, “They kept telling me I was going to be fine.  48   When they wheeled me into the operation room and I saw the  49  on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got  50  scared. In their eyes, I read ‘He’s a dead man’. I knew I  51    to take action. ‘What did you do?’ I asked. Well, a big nurse asked me if I was allergic(过敏) to  52 . ‘Yes,’ I said. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they     53  my reply. I took a deep breath and cried, ‘Gravity.’ Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I’m choosing to live. 54  on me as if I am alive, not dead.’”
Michael  55 ,thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing positive attitude.
36.A. negative          B. passive                C. positive               D. native
37.A. wake              B. pick                    C. stay                    D. turn
38.A. ways               B. jobs                    C. lives                   D. choices
39.A. and                 B. or                       C. besides                D. nor
40.A. good              B. bad                     C. lucky                  D. urgent
41.A. involved         B. divided               C. separated             D. packed
42.A. work              B. rest                     C. surgery               D. flight
43.A. placed             B. lain                     C. cut                      D. removed
44.A. incident          B. event                  C. item                    D. accident
45.A. got through     B. broken through    C. seen through        D. gone through
46.A. lay                 B. laid                     C. lied                     D. stood
47.A. excited            B. thrilled                C. afraid                  D. encouraged
48.A. So                  B. But                     C. Otherwise            D. Therefore
49.A. impressions     B. expressions          C. attractions           D. tears
50.A. really              B. slowly                 C. even                   D. slightly
51.A. used               B. supposed             C. dared                  D. needed
52.A. nothing           B. something           C. anything              D. anybody
53.A. called for        B. ran for                C. waited for           D. rushed for
54.A. Operate           B. Turn                   C. Search                D. Jump
55.A. disappeared     B. endangered          C. died                    D. survived