【2011·山东济南市二模】
完形填空（20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。
For a few years, I have been wearing a ring on my right hand. It’s not always the 36 ring, but it’s always a ring that has 37 on it so that when I look at it, I’m 38 or reminded of something important. I have made a 39 of buying rings like this whenever I see one in a store. Sometimes I give them away as 40 to someone like Jennie.
I first met Jennie in the 41 waiting room and we had talked several times. One night I sat down beside her and 42 how her son was doing because I knew that he was in very 43 condition. She told me that she didn’t know what to do any more because it seemed none of the 44 from the doctors was good. They weren’t at all sure her son was going to 45 the accident that had hurt him so badly. With 46 in her eyes she said, “They’re 47 my hope.”
I knew then that it was 48 just a coincidence that I was wearing the ring that I had on that day. As she 49 to talk, I 50 slipped the ring off my finger and placed it in Jennie’s hand. I told her to wear it to member that God loved her and He would be with her 51 all of this. 52 Jennie looked down at the ring, she got excited and then held it tightly, 53 the word written on the ring was “HOPE”.
The last day I was at the hospital, I saw Jennie in the distance as I got on the lift. She 54 and held up the hand with the ring on it as she called out to me saying, “Look, I 55 have Hope!”
36．A．special B．expensive C．same D．valuable
37．A．words B．pictures C．names D．symbols
38．A．admired B．encouraged C．trusted D．puzzled
39．A．plan B．point C．list D．habit
40．A．gifts B．prizes C．awards D．thanks
41．A．railway B．school C．hospital D．airport
42．A．asked B．explained C．thought D．found
43．A．favorable B．normal C．serious D．excellent
44．A．advice B．news C．instructions D．comfort
45．A．defeat B．experience C．predict D．survive
46．A．apologies B．tears C．anger D．doubt
47．A．keeping up B．bringing down C．cutting off D．taking away
48．A．other than B．rather than C．more than D．les than
49．A．continued B．refused C．attempted D．started
50．A．cautiously B．quietly C．nervously D．shyly
51．A．over B．beyond C．through D．within
52．A．Until B．While C．Since D．When
53．A．for B．so C．yet D．and
54．A．shouted B．waved C．cheered D．hesitated
55．A．ever B．only C．still D．just
