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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，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。
Most people hate rock music. 36 I am not by nature an unpersonable or biased (有偏见的)person, two personal 37 of rock music during the past two weeks have 38 me that it has become a 39 for those of us with enough common sense to see its potential dangers to 40 . My first experience was the 41 that if I spoke to my teenage son when he was listening to rock music through headphones, he replied in an 42 loud voice, as if there was something wrong with his 43 . The second occurred when I went with him to a “ 44 ” and saw for myself what these affairs are like.
45 I went to that concert, I had always taken the “live-and-let-live” 46 that rock music was simply not my taste but that other people had every 47 to enjoy it if it was theirs. But what I saw and heard made me believe that we are 48 something very powerful to take possession of the younger generation. In the first place, I noticed a collective madness, brought about by the 49 level. But secondly, and far more 50 , I observed that after a time everyone was 51 by the noise. By the end I was in the middle of a faceless 52 who clapped and stamped and jumped around like 53 . I seriously believe that in time to come our 54 younger generation would thank us if we managed to put a 55 to it now.
36. A. If B. While C. When D. Even
37. A. happenings B. hearings C. experiences D. affairs
38. A. persuaded B. treated C. punished D. encouraged
39. A. job B. problem C. pleasure D. duty
40. A. let them out B. pick them up C. find them out D. point them out
41. A. satisfaction B. realization C. excitement D. disappointment
42. A. unnaturally B. unfairly C. unfortunately D. unexpectedly
43. A. hearing B. mind C. voice D. thought
44. A. lecture B. party C. concert D. ball
45. A. Since B. Until C. After D. As
46. A. attitude B. decision C. chance D. opinion
47. A. position B. reason C. right D. time
48. A. inviting B. leading C. allowing D. preventing
49. A. dance B. music C. sound D. noise
50. A. safely B. obviously C. naturally D. dangerously
51. A. carried along B. carried out C. taken on D. brought up
52. A. team B. crowd C. group D. people
53. A. artists B. dancers C. monkeys D. sportsmen
54. A. modern B. former C. lovely D. present
55. A. measure B. stop C. praise D. start