第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为31~40的相应位置。
When someone says “Well, I guess I’ll face the music.”, he doesn’t mean that (31)_______
is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less happy, as you are (32)________ (call) in by your boss to explain why you did this or did that, or (33)______you did not do this or that.
At some time (34)______ another, every one of us has to “face the music”, (35)________
(especial) as children, we can all remember father’s angry words “I want to talk to you!” And it was only because we did not listen to him. (36)_____ a bad thing it was!
In the middle or at the end of every term, some students have to “face the music”. The result of the exam will decide (37)______they will have to face the music or not. There might be parents’ blame and the contempt (轻视) of the teachers and other (38)___________(classmate).
The phrase “to face the music” is well known to every American, (39)_____ or old. It is at least 100 years old. It originally means that you have to do something (40)_______ (brave), no matter how terrible the whole thing might be, because you know you have no choice.