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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。
My senior year ,I can’t believe it’s almost over .Now when I __36__ ,it was stressful ,but exciting ,the prom ,graduation ,and then of course ,college.
I started my college application process months before Christmas .My parents told me it would be __37__if I set up interviews and tours .But I was unmotivated .I wanted to go to college, but I didn’t want to deal with the __38 __.
As the day flew by, my application lay on my desk just as I had __39__ them three months before.“You are wasting __40__time ,” my parents complained .Sweeping away the gathered __41__ on the applications, I worked on them every Sunday __42__ I finished .Next came writing the essays .I had many ideas, but every school had different__43__. I changed them until I was pleased. __44__,everything was underway. Now I had to wait. In March, I started receiving letters of rejections(拒绝),I began to think that I had set myself up for__45__ .I had a letter from Salem State College stating that they wanted to see my third quarter __46__ before they made their decision .Yes !At least someone wanted to __47__ me. The beginning of April, I received a letter from Keens State.I had been rejected. Those __48__words :“We regret to inform you...”made me sit down and cry. I had __49__all hope .Then I heard from Plymouth State. Not my first __50__,but...I had been accepted. Maybe if I get my grades __51__ ,I can transfer to another school ....
The college application progress __52__ me deeply. All my friends had dozens of schools to choose from, I guess my parents were __53__ .High school grades are extremely important to your __54__.If I could do it all over again, I would take it more __55__ .
36. A.hold back B.look back C.keep back D.go back
37.A.smart B.certain C.convenient D.available
38.A.loneliness B.subjects C.stress D.tests
39.A. found B. left C. sent D. chosen
40.A.busy B. spare C. changeable D.valuable
41.A.dust B.ideas C.work D.troubles
42.A. before B.unless C. until D. when
43.A.decision B.standards C.regulations D.requirements
44.A.Suddenly B.Finally C.Generally D.Fortunately
45.A.disappointment B.achievements C.discrimination D.preparations
46.A.papers B.plans C.grades D.exams
47.A.accept B.respect C.judge D.consider
48.A.borrowed B.cheering C.heated D.opening
49.A.ruined B.gained C.lost D.seen
50.A.chance B.choice C.guess D.success
51.A.up B.out C.on D.over
52.A.hurt B.beat C.punished D.frightened
53.A.strict B.right C.kind D.upset
54.A.school history B.present familyC.final exams D.future plans
55.A.firmly B.readily C.seriously D.willingly
