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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读短文，掌握其大意，从36-50各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C及D)中选出一个最佳选项。 I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “I’m sorry!” was my reply. Then he said, “Excuse me too… I wasn’t 36 watching for you.” We were very polite, this stranger and I. Then we went 37 our way after saying goodbye. But at 38 , a different story is told. How we treat our loved ones, young and old. Later in the kitchen, as I 39 our meal, my daughter walked up to me, very quietly. When I turned, I 40 knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I shouted with a frown. She stepped away silently, with her little heart 41 . I didn’t realize how rudely I had spoken. That night, when I lay 42 in bed, God’s quiet voice spoke to me and said, “While 43 with a stranger, you are calm and polite, but with those you love, you are QUICK to excite...Go look around on the kitchen floor, you’ll find some flowers there by the 44 . Those are the flowers she brought for you. She 45 them herself --- pink, yellow, and your favorite blue. She stood there quietly, and you never saw the 46 in her eyes. But this time, I felt sad and small and now my own tears had begun to fall. I quietly went and knelt(跪) by her 47 : “Wake up, my dear,” I said, “Are these the flowers you picked up for me?” She smiled. “I found them put by the tree. I 48 them in a napkin, just for you. I knew you’d like them, especially the 49 .” I said, “I am so sorry that I missed them today…And I 50 have treated you that way.” And she said softly, “Mommy, that’s OK…I still love you 51 .” I hugged her and said, “I love you, too and I LOVE flowers.” Do you know that: if you die tomorrow, the 52 you are working for could easily replace you in a matter of days. But the family you leave 53 will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into our 54 than into our families --- an unwise investment indeed. Remember that 5