第二节完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分２0分)The train stopped and a girl got

第二节完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分２0分)
The train stopped and a girl got on. As I had become   36   by then, I could not tell what the girl looked like, but I could say she was a pretty girl.
“Are you going to Dehra Dun?” I asked her as the train   37  . Maybe my voice   38   her. She screamed in a low voice and said, “I don’t know anyone else here.” Well, it often    39  that people with good   40   fail to see what is right in front of them. “I didn’t see you either at first,” I said. “But I   41   you come in.” I wondered if I would be able to   42   her from discovering that I couldn’t see. I thought,   43   I kept to my seat, it shouldn’t be too difficult.
She was silent. Then I made a   44  . “What is it like outside?” I asked. She seemed to find something   45   in the question. Had she already noticed that I could not see? But her next question   46   my doubts. “Why don’t you look out of the window?” she asked quite   47  . I smiled, “You have an interesting face.” I thought it was a   48   remark as few girls could be tired of hearing that.
She laughed pleasantly. “It’s   49   to be told that,” she said. “But I’m so tired of people telling me that I have a   50   face.” Oh, so you did have a pretty face, thought I, and aloud I said, “Well, an interesti ng face   51   also be pretty.” “You are a good   52  ,” she said. “But why are you so serious?” Just then, the train   53   slowly into the next station, and the girl said goodbye to me.
“She was an interesting girl,” I said to a new   54   and then I asked him, “Did she keep her hair long or short?” “I don’t remember,” he replied, sounding   55  . “But she was completely blind. Didn’t you notice?”
36. A. sleepy  B. blind   C. hungry       D. dull
37. A. pulled out                  B. pulled in           C. left off                     D. sent out
38. A. annoyed      B. cheered      C. shocked      D. touched
39. A. appears B. turns   C. proves D. happens
40. A. intension     B. eyesight     C. power D. ability
41. A. watched       B. heard  C. observed    D. forgot
42. A. prevent B. cheat   C. protect       D. hold
43. A. unless   B. until   C. if        D. though
44. A. promise       B. plan    C. trick   D. mistake
45. A. interesting      B. difficult            C. strange           D. unfamiliar
46. A. removed         B. canceled         C. disappeared               D. added
47. A. simply                B. naturally        C. nervously     D. calmly
48. A. special  B. popular      C. safe    D. familiar
49. A. boring                B. fortunate    C. confusing      D. nice
50. A. pretty   B. common     C. similar       D. blind
51. A. must    B. should      C. can     D. shall
52. A. liar             B. talker  C. neighbor    D. passer-by
53. A. dragged       B. slipped       C. entered       D. drew
54. A. conductor     B. passenger           C. waiter         D. policeman
55. A. excited      B. disappointed        C. puzzled        D. indifferent