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，掌握其大意，然后从36~55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。
Roland was a carpenter in America. He and Sheila had three   36  —two boys and baby Jessica. The baby had been in and out of the hospital for the last year because of infections and   37  problems. She was very weak and sick. The doctors were not   38  that she would live another year. w.w
39  Jessica was expensive. The family was deep in   40 . Things were bad. Roland saw no light at the   41  of this tunnel (隧道). Then he saw an ad in the newspaper: “Security guards   42 , $150,000 a year. ”   
He called the number. The line was busy, but he   43  calling and finally got through. He was worried that the jobs were all taken,   44  they told him plenty of jobs were still available. They said they would give him two weeks of   45  in Texas. Then they would   46  him to Iraq for his assignment.
Roland told Sheila he had to take this job. He knew it was   47 ；he might get injured or killed, but the money was too good.   48  , the family would have full medical benefits,   49  would enable the baby to get the care she needed. Roland said if he survived the first year, he would   50  work there for one more year.
Sheila was   51 . She asked, “What if you get killed? What are we going to do without you?”
“You can’t   52  like that, honey,” he said. “You’ve got to think   53 . Think about how well off we’ll be in two or three years after I bring back all that   54 . This is the best thing I could do for this family.” Sheila   55  him and sobbed (呜咽地说) . “I don’t want you to go.”
Roland flew to Houston five days later. w.w
36．A．students         B．friends           C．workmates            D．kids
37．A．other             B．another          C．puzzling         D．strange
38．A．afraid             B．satisfied          C．confident        D．sad
39．A．Thinking of     B．Getting rid of  C．knowing of            D．Taking care of
40．A．debt              B．danger            C．thought           D．surprise
41．A．top                 B．entrance         C．bottom            D．end  
42．A．sold               B．watched         C．wanted            D．welcome
43．A．stopped          B．enjoyed          C．kept                D．finished
44．A．but                B．and                 C．so                   D．because
45．A．holiday           B．training           C．work              D．rest
46．A．invite             B．drive              C．expect            D．fly
47．A．dangerous       B．easy               C．comfortable   D．interesting
48．A．However        B．Besides          C．Therefore       D．Otherwise
49．A．that                  B．which            C．who               D．where
50．A．luckily            B．happily          C．carefully         D．probably
51．A．excited          B．worried          C．satisfied         D．disappointed
52．A．think             B．guess             C．live               D．work
53．A．active             B．positive           C．hard              D．honest
54．A．time            B．news               C．money           D．paper
55．A．took              B．missed                  C．hugged           D．left