第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A young school teacher had a dream that an angel appeared to him and said, “You will be given a child who will grow up to become a world 36 . How will you prepare her so that she will realize her intelligence, grow in confidence, develop both her confidence and sensitivity, be open-minded, yet 37 in character? In short, what kind of education will you 38 so that she can become one of the world's truly great leaders?”
The young teacher 39 in a cold sweat. It had never occurred to him before ---any one of his present or future students could be the person 40 in his dream. Was he preparing them to rise to any position which they may 41 ? He thought, “How might my 42 change if I knew that one of my students were this person?” He 43 began to formulate (规划;想出)a plan in his mind.
This student would 44 experience as well as instruction. She would need to know how to solve problems of various kinds. She would need to know the value of lifelong learning in order to keep a curious and 45 mind.
His teaching 46 . Every young person who walked through his 47 became, for him, a future world leader. He saw each one, not 48 they were, but as they could be. He 49 the best from his students, yet tempered（使缓和）it with pity. He taught each one as if the future of the 50 depended on his instruction.
After many years, a woman he knew 51 to a position of world fame. He realized that she must 52 have been the girl described in his dream. Only she was not one of his 53 , but rather his daughter. For of all the 54 teachers in her life, her father was the best.
Where and how you will 55 this child is a mystery. But believe that one child's future may depend upon the influence only you can provide, and something remarkable will happen.
36. A. leader B. destroyer C. rescuer D.protector
37. A. bad B. weak C. special D. strong
38. A. afford B. provide C. receive D. have
39. A. awaken B. feared C. awoke D. stood
40. A. described B. appeared C. imagined D. lived
41. A. buy B. send C. make D. desire
42. A. performance B. teaching C. acting D. learning
43. A. gradually B. gladly C. suddenly D. finally
44. A. like B. have C. need D. mean
45. A. actual B. dependent C. absent D. active
46. A. worked B. changed C. developed D. finished
47. A. classroom B. office C. house D. mind
48. A. like B. unlike C. likely D. as
49. A. begged B. expected C. forced D. learned
50. A. world B. school C. class D. family
51. A. appeared B. stood C. rose D. raised
52. A. completely B. nearly C. hardly D. surely
53. A. children B. students C. friends D.followers
54. A. male B. wise C. various D. language
55. A. raise C. help C. love D. meet