第二节 完形填空（共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、D)中,选出最佳选项。
Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since childhood, spent the weekend with me．Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we’ve both always looked forward to the few 36 a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up 37 into the night, talking about the people she was 38 ．She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was 39 other self-destructive behavior．I was blown away! She told me 40 she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even 41 out to see the guy．No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved 42 , she didn’t believe me．Her self-respect seemed to have 43 .
I tried to 44 her that she was ruining her future and heading for big 45 , but she thought it acceptable to have such a boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and 46 by the experience．It had been so frustrating, I had come 47 to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just 48 too far apart to continue our friendship—but I didn’t．I put the 49 of friendship to the final test．We’d been friends for far too long．I had to hope that she 50 me enough to know that I was trying to save her from __51 herself．I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer 52 .
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our __53 , and then she told she had broken up with her boyfriend．I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of 54 running down my face．It was one of the truly 55 moments in my life．
36．A．instants B．times C．weeks D．scenes
37．A．straight B．ahead C．late D．long
38．A．hanging with B．dealing with C．trading with D．comparing with
39．A．of B．above C．through D．into
40．A．how B．why C．when D．where
41．A．coming B．stealing C．hurrying D．driving
42．A．worse B．higher C．better D．poorer
43．A．improved B．changed C．strengthened D．disappeared
44．A．recommend B．advise C．convince D．introduce
45．A．chance B．trouble C．destination D.ambition
46．A．exhausted B．satisfied C．encouraged D．accustomed
47．A．almost B．forward C．close D．nearby
48．A．kept B．moved C．settled D．grown
49．A．power B．difference C．quality D．wisdom
50．A．praised B．blamed C．valued D．followed
51．A．hurting B．cheating C．criticizing D．concerning
52．A．everybody B．nobody C．something D．anything
53．A．friendship B．conversation C．relationship D．decision
54．A．surprise B．sorrow C．joy D．disappointment
55．A．regretful B．rewarding C．vital D．urgent