完形填空（共20小題；每小題1．5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

After graduation from college, I started to sell. Soon I discovered that the  36  expression I had been wearing since childhood meant sure  37  ．I knew it wasn’t going to be easy to   38  that expression on my face left by so many years of hardship. It   39   a complete change in  my view on life. Here is the   40  I tried．

Each morning during a fifteen－minute bath, I  41  to cultivate（培養(yǎng)）a big, happy  smile. I found out,   42  , that it couldn’t be a forced smile  43  just for the purpose of putting dollars in my   44 . It had to be an honest－to－goodness smile from down deep   45 ，an outward expression of happiness from within!

Let’s see  46  starting with a good fifteen－minute workout of the smile muscles    47    me during the day. Before entering an office I  48   think of the many things I had to be  49  for, work up a big smile and then enter. Seldom did it fail to get the same smile    50   from  the person I met. I also found that it   51  people when passed them on the street to give them  a   52   smile．

Give every living soul you meet the best smile you have    53   smiled in your life, and  see how much better you  54   and look. It’s one of the best ways I know to  55   worrying，and start living. When I began doing this, I found I became more welcome everywhere.

36．A．happy         B．worried          C．curious              D．surprised

37．A．success      B．friendship          C．failure               D．wealth

38．A．wear          B．show            C．change            D．see

39．A．made up        B．brought in           C．turned over           D．called for

40．A．way         B．example          C．idea                 D．thought

41．A．determined     B．hurried            C．failed                D．pretended

42．A．therefore       B．however            C．instead             D．otherwise

43．A．introduced      B．developed        C．discovered           D．left

44．A．opinion        B．honor              C．bill                  D．pocket

45．A．outside        B．upward            C．inside               D．forward

46．A．when        B．how               C．whether              D．why

47．A．helped       B．upset            C．satisfied           D．disappointed

48．A．could        B．might              C．should              D．would

49．A．ready        B．eager            C．thankful             D．famous

50．A．in general      B．in public               C．in return          D．in advance

51．A．greeted      B．pleased          C．puzzled            D．welcomed

52．A．cheerful      B．forced             C．strange           D．bitter

53．A．never        B．just               C．a(chǎn)lready             D．ever

54．A．prove          B．a(chǎn)ppear                     C．feel                D．remain

55．A．keep          B．stop              C．hate               D．protect

At the sight of the policeman, ____ from behind the door.

   A. did the boy rush out                 B. the boy was rushing out   

C. out rushed the boy                  D. rushing out was the boy

Everyone has a form in his hand, but no one knows which office ___.

A. to have it sent    B. to send it           C. to send it to             D. to be sent to

He is naughty sometimes, but ____ he is a good boy.

A. yet                   B. otherwise          C. although            D. already

—Will you please tell us how you can seize the robbers?

—I will spend a whole week ____ in your room to wait for their coming.

A. looking            B. to look              C. looked              D. being looked

—I should have gone to the wonderful concert with you yesterday.

—_____. If possible, I wish I would have another such chance.

A. Yes, you should   B. Take it easy     C. What a shame        D. Don’t worry

This is such a wonderful film ______ we have never seen before.

A. that                  B. as                     C. which               D. what

____ road may lie ahead, that road will take me home.

A. What                B. That                  C. Which        D. Whatever

—Which tie do you prefer, sir?     —I’ll take ____ to have a change sometimes.

A. all them            B. them all            C. both them          D. them two

— Are you going to the ball tonight? —It’s too late now. How I wish ___ about it earlier.

A. I’ll know          B. I’ve known        C. I know              D. I’d known