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。
 Everyone enjoys a fitting reply; it is wonderful to say the right thing at the right time! 
When I was a senior in high school, I    36    knew I wanted to pursue writing as a career.
 Writing had basically    37    me when I was only 7 years old,    38    since that time, I’d been bombarded by guidance counselors and career planners who all    39    me to have “a back-up plan” in case writing didn’t work out.
 I’d never even    40    a different career path, so I was very    41    and worried. After much thought, I decided    42    would be my “back-up plan,” and I signed up for a class through my high school.
 This    43    that every morning, I would serve as a teacher’s helper for my favorite 6th grade teacher, Mr. Ralston. Morning after morning, I showed up in Mr. Ralston’s classroom and
   44    papers for him.
 Sometimes, I even    45    a lesson or two. It was fun, and the students seemed to like me, so I was surprised when it came time for my    46   . Mr. Ralston looked me right in the eyes and asked, “Do you really want to teach?”
 “Had I really been that    47   ?” I thought.
 “Don’t misunderstand. You’ll do fine in teaching,” he continued. “But, is your    48    really in it?”
 “Not really,” I    49   . “I want to write. I want to write news stories and fiction and poetry and so much more…but I’ve been told it’s tough to make it as a writer    50    I thought maybe I would teach and then use my summers    51    to pursue writing.”
 As I shared with Mr. Ralston my hopes, dreams and carefully plotted-out back-up plan, he smiled and said, “Why are you preparing to    52    with this back-up plan? If you want to be a writer, go for it! Pursue writing!”
 Mr. Ralston’s    53    to follow my dreams was the little nudge I needed to help me push past my    54    of not making it as a writer and simply “Go for it!”
 That’s what an encouraging word will do when spoken in love in    55    season. So, let’s try and be like Mr. Ralston and speak that word of encouragement at just the right time and make a difference in someone’s life today.
36. A. even    B. never    C. already   D. also
37. A. reminded   B. entertained   C. accompanied  D. chosen
38. A. or     B. and    C. for    D. but
39. A. urged    B. forced    C. taught    D. persuaded
40. A. created    B. taken    C. considered   D. examined
41. A. embarrassed   B. confused   C. annoyed   D. frightened
42. A. writing    B. teaching   C. studying   D. compiling
43. A. meant    B. indicated   C. suggested   D. revealed
44. A. read    B. set    C. graded    D. composed
45. A. reviewed   B. skipped   C. took    D. presented
46. A. application     B. evaluation   C. instruction   D. qualification
47. A. transparent   B. shallow   C. superior   D. ambitious
48. A. eye    B. mind    C. heart    D. focus
49. A. interrupted   B. joked    C. admitted   D. apologized
50. A. unless    B. if     C. because   D. so
51. A. up     B. apart    C. along    D. off
52. A. fail     B. follow    C. depart    D. compete
53. A. encouragement  B. determination  C. tendency   D. attempt
54. A. dreams    B. fears    C. regrets    D. mistakes
55. A. peak      B. low    C. due        D. new
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