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。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day, when Little Tom was playing in the sandbox, he happened to find a rock in it.
He dug (挖) around the   16   , trying to move it out from the dirt. With much effort, he tried to   17   the rock out of the sandbox. When the boy   18   the rock to the edge of the sandbox,   19   , he found that he couldn’t raise it up and over the little wall, because the rock was too   20   for his small body.
As he   21   to accept his failure, the little boy dug and pushed, but every time he thought he had made some   22   , the rock rolled and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy   23   again and again, but the only   24   was to have the rock roll back.
  25   he burst into tears. All this time the boy’s father   26   him from his living room. At the moment the tears   27   , a large shadow covered across the boy and the sandbox. It was his father.   28   but firmly he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the strength that you had?” The boy replied with   29   , “But I did, Daddy, I did! I   30   all that I had!”. “ No, my son, you didn’t,”   31   the father kindly. “You didn't   32   me to help you.” With that the father picked up the rock and   33   it out of the sandbox.
Are you   34   that sometimes you don’t have the strength to move your “rocks” away? There is one who is always willing to   35   you with the help you need. Don’t forget that!
16. A. rock     B. sandbox     C. road      D. sand
17. A. break   B. enjoy    C. leave     D. push 
18. A. lifted        B. carried    C. got     D. picked
19. A. however     B. still      C. thus      D. even 
20. A. special   B. large    C. hard      D. rough
21. A. decided        B. continued   C. refused    D. planned
22. A. success        B. mistakes     C. changes    D. progress 
23. A. jumped   B. tried      C. thought      D. cried
24. A. failure   B. goal     C. wish    D. result 
25. A. Finally      B. Immediately     C. Easily         D. Gradually
26. A. watched     B. helped         C. followed       D. taught
27. A. pulled   B. fell    C. happened   D. shook
28. A. Gently       B. Surprisedly   C. Excitedly       D. Angrily
29. A. words    B. judgment   C. tears      D. excitement
30. A. wasted   B. brought         C. carried    D. used 
31. A. added    B. shouted      C. corrected        D. praised
32. A. advise    B. force     C. beg      D. ask 
33. A. kept    B. kicked    C. removed        D. knocked
34. A. meeting   B. discovering   C. marking   D. hitting
35. A. fill    B. provide     C. combine      D. please
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