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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和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。                 
Early in the morning, I was taken in a nylon bag into a truck. I felt horrible as well as    36  . What would she do with me? She was almost mad after the   37   of her husband.
A few minutes later, I heard the truck   38   its engine and move fast. I kept making sounds to show my protest, but failed to make any   39  . Finally she put me down in a   40   place. Maybe she didn’t want me to die from lack of air; she untied the bag.
I   41   out and looked up, only to see many strange faces and fingers pointing at me.
It turned out that my owner meant to   42   me. I saw my owner on the truck, which was going farther and farther away. So I cast my head   43   the direction of the truck. The days we spent together were like a movie playing in front of my eyes as I ran after the truck. I saw my male owner, who suffered liver cancer, looked at me with his sad eyes. I saw myself   44   my owner everywhere; I saw him lie in his dying bed, she all   45  .
I ran as fast as I could. And the   46   I saw her wave to me, my eyes became wet. I wouldn’t blame her for treating me like this for she was such a (an)   47   lady. She seemed even somewhat   48   at his leaving her alone, trying many ways to   49   the pains of losing him. She   50   his pictures and clothes, she redecorated the whole house. Now I was the only    51   thing to remind her of him.  52   later, I am pretty sure that she would realize how mad she was to do this...
The truck finally stopped when I was almost   53  . She ran up to me and hugged me    54  . I heard her   55 : “I know you are a present he left to me.”
36. A. frightened                  B. excited                    C. delighted                 D. puzzled
37. A. death                        B. absence                   C. separation                D. departure
38. A. run                           B. begin                             C. start                        D. operate
39. A. sense                        B. difference                 C. effort                             D. trouble
40. A. usual                        B. dark                        C. familiar                   D. strange
41. A. struggled                  B. walked                    C. ran                       D. rushed
42. A. desert                       B. harm                        C. punish                     D. sell
43. A. into                          B. at                            C. in                           D. to
44. A. guide                        B. follow                     C. support                    D. bring       
45. A. in peace                    B. in silence                 C. out of breath            D. in tears
46. A. time                         B. way                         C. direction                D. moment
47. A. cruel                        B. unfortunate               C. unfavorable             D. unfriendly
48. A. depressed                  B. sad                          C. angry                             D. calm
49. A. prevent                      B. remove                    C. bear                        D. kill   
50. A. burned                             B. kept                        C. sold                        D. hid
51. A. walking                            B. moving                    C. existing                   D. blessing
52. A. But                          B. And                        C. Thus                       D. Then
53. A. made out                   B. knocked out             C. left out                    D. worn out
54. A. tightly                             B. patiently                  C. desperately               D. sadly
55. A. shout              B. whisper             C. speak                   D. talk