第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出选项。
All the World Asks
On my first day in a college classroom, I felt like an overgrown child returning to civilization（文明世界）after having been lost in the forest for thirty years. There I sat, ______36______ enough to be a father to most of the students in the room, ______37______ unconfident enough to be their baby brother. We were crowded elbow（肘部）to elbow, listening to a ______38______ who looked even younger than the students. I felt uncomfortable and out of place as the professor carefully ______39______ what she expected us to learn. As I listened, I couldn’t help but ______40______ of my own oldest daughter who was now beginning her first year in ______41______, just like me. I remembered how hard I had tried to help build self-confidence in her and my other children. So why did I suddenly feel like a scared ______42______ myself? When I walked out of that classroom, I had serious ______43______ about my ability to make it ______44______ college. Not until late that night did my thinking ______45______. It was a long-distance ______46______ from my daughter, my fellow college freshman（新生）, that did the trick. She spoke on the phone about the doubts, worries and anxieties she was ______47______. She was certain that she’d never ______48______ at college. How ______49______ her worries sounded. In my most confident parental ______50______, I said, “Doing your best is all the world ______51______.”The next day in class, those words still repeated in my head. When the professor raised a ______52______ for the class, nobody, including me, ______53______ to answer. When I looked around at the ______54______ and uncertainty on the young faces in that room, I knew ______55______ what I had to do: my best. That’s all the world asks. So I raised my hand, and the professor called my name. I spoke.
36．A．big B．tall
C．old D．stron
37．A．and B．so
C．or D．yet
38．A．professor B．teacher
C．lecturer D．instructor
39．A．showed B．explained
C．designed D．offered
40．A．think B．speak
C．talk D．hear
41．A．school B．office
C．classroom D．college
42．A．father B．parent
C．child D．son
43．A．fears B．doubts
C．opinions D．ideas
44．A．over B．on
C．with D．through
45．A．stop B．turn
C．change D．continue
46．A．call B．talk
C．report D．discussion
47．A．obtaining B．gaining
C．experiencing D．feeling
48．A．fail B．succeed
C．win D．pass
49．A．common B．ordinary
C．regular D．familiar
50．A．sound B．whisper
C．word D．voice
51．A．hopes B．asks
C．wants D．expects
52．A．request B．problem
C．question D．demand
53．A．dared B．preferred
C．tried D．prepared
54．A．sorrow B．joy
C．fear D．anger
55．A．exactly B．roughly
C．gradually D．certainly