第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。

When our restaurant business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to have a “fresh start”.

At the   31   of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷) State Park, I   32   a job advertisement hiring park hosts. The position offered a   33  , permanent campsite in the park, and   34  , the hosts served as a link between the park’s guests and the rangers (护林人). It was the perfect solution: a rent-free place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an   35   for the following day.

The park was   36  , so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼬) walking toward our table. We   37   climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to   38   our camp.

Having survived that night, we were   39   that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our

  40   and gave us a beautiful campsite.

That evening,   41  , we learned about the canyon   42  . They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently, and we lay   43   in the dark until the winds died away.来源进步网www.szjjedu.com

  44   the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and   45 

the little money my wife   46   by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful   47  . For a time after our business   48   I thought I might lose my family as well.

Living in the tiny   49   with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening, standing under a jeweled sky, I found myself   50   for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon wal进步网ls. We had become a family!

31. A. back               B. edge                  C. centre            D. entrance

32. A. sponsored           B. published             C. noticed           D. answered

33. A. safe                B. free                  C. convenient        D. beautiful

34. A. in return            B. in time               C. in short          D. in turn

35. A. attempt               B. agreement         C. appeal              D. appointment

36. A. crowded           B. dangerous           C. ideal              D. quiet

37. A. repeatedly         B. immediately         C. eventually           D. calmly

38. A. attack             B. leave                 C. pass               D. search

39. A. satisfied             B. determined       C. confident           D. aware

40. A. responsibilities      B. requirements        C. circumstances       D. conditions

41. A. moreover           B. therefore             C. meanwhile          D. however

42. A. winds            B. snows              C. woods            D. trails

43. A. shaking            B. quarrelling      C. mourning           D. aching

44. A. After               B. Between         C. During              D. Beyond

45. A. give away       B. hand out           C. live on               D. put aside

46. A. borrowed         B. earned               C. posted            D. raised

47. A. business           B. career              C. family              D. image

48. A. started            B. failed              C. expanded          D. declined

49. A. truck              B. park              C. house             D. camp

50. A. desperate          B. ready          C. suitable           D. thankful