第二节 完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）
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Many years ago, my dad was diagnosed with a terminal illness. He was unable to work at __36__ job. He would be fine for quite a while, but would then fall suddenly __37__ and have to be admitted to the hospital.
He wanted to do something to keep himself __38__, so he decided to volunteer at the local children __39__. My dad loved kids. He would talk to them and play with them. Sometimes, he would __40_ one of his kids. In certain instances, he would give __41__ to the sad parents of these children.
One of his kids was a girl who had been admitted with a __42__ disease that paralyzed (使……瘫痪) her from the neck down. I don’t know the __43__ of the disease, but I do know that it was very sad for a little girl. My dad decided to try to help her. He started __44__ her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up __45__a backing, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his __46__ would move. He would visit her __47__ he could and paint for her. All the while he would tell her, “see, you can do __48__ you set your mind to”.
__49__, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was discharged(允许出院). My dad also __50__ the children hospital for a little while because he became ill. Sometime later after my dad had recovered and __51__ to work, he was at the volunteer counter one day and __52__the front door open. In came the little girl who had been paralyzed, but this time she was __53_. She ran straight to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave my dad a picture she had done using her __54__. At the bottom it read, “Thank you for helping me walk.”
Sometimes love is more__55__than doctors, and my dad – who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture -- loved every single child in that hospital.
36．A．an important B．a steady C．an easy D．a good
37．A．ill B．behind C．asleep D．down
38．A．well B．wealthy C．busy D．healthy
39．A．palace B．hospital C．center D．park
40．A．teach B．miss C．lose D．treat
41．A．speech B．comfort C．praise D．help
42．A．special B．curious C．strange D．rare
43．A．result B．reason C．name D．course
44．A．observing B．drawing C．painting D．visiting
45．A．with B．across C．against D．over
46．A．head B．neck C．fingers D．eyes
47．A．whoever B．whenever C．as if D．as soon as
48．A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
49．A．Basically B．Naturally C．Eventually D．Suddenly
50．A．left B．entered C．rushed to D．stayed at
51．A．stopped B．returned C．hesitated D．refused
52．A．pushed B．noticed C．observed D．kicked
53．A．shouting B．lying C．walking D．jumping
54．A．hands B．pens C．paper D．mind
55．A．thankful B．useful C．thoughtful D．powerful