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、掌握其大意，

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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、掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、 B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项、并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The poachers-illegal hunters-had finally found a buyer for their stolen goods．A meeting was 3 6 ,and when the buyer asked to see the goods, they brought out a small duffel bag and un-zippedh．Inside was a 37  one-year-old baby gorilla．The poachers had likely killed the little female's parents and  3 8  her in the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Africa．Then they took her across the border into Rwanda,  39  to sell her as a pet．

But the buyer didn't bring  40   ;he brought the police．The Rwandan authorities    41 the young gorilla to the nearby headquarters of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project．The vets（兽医）there realized that she had not been given 42 food or water, but they were much more worried about something else．"Baby gorillas simply don't  43  without their mother's constant body contact," says vet Chris Whittier．If they didn't quickly establish a  44  relationship with the baby gorilla, which her caretakers named Dunia, she  45  not survive．

Dunia needed contact, but she resisted  46  at first, shying away from people who reached  for her．Three caretakers worked in shifts, taking  47  holding her, carrying her around on their backs, and cradling her while she slept．48 she became stronger,a month after she was res-cued her  49   revealed the psychological stress she carried inside-much of her hair fell out． That was a delayed  50  to the combined traumatic experiences of losing her parents and being kept-with a poor diet-by the poachers．

After six months ofloving care that included around-the-clock attention,a good diet, and a  5 1    home at the project's headquarters, Dunia was looking and acting like a  52  ,happy young gorilla should． "Dunia is sort of a shy show-off," says Whittier． "Her  53  lsgrowing and she's becoming more independent, but when she is  54  ,the first thing she does is run back to her  55 ,just like she would to her mother．"

36．A．attended      B．held        C．arranged       D．delayed

37．A．energetic     B．terrified       C．dangerous      D．fierce

38．A．freed       B．followed       C．tricked          D．caught

39．A．intending     B．pretending          C．remembering    D．wondering

40．A．luck        B．benefit         C．profit               D．money

41．A．introduced          B．persuaded    C．presented      D．rushed

42．A,local          B．delicious      C．enough         D．fresh

43．A．complain     B．develop       C．survive        D．grow

44．A．social       B．physical       C．mental          D．special

45．A．would         B．should         C．might           D．must

46．A．eating          B．attention      C．rescue           D．love

47．A．turns       B．efforts         C．time          D．advice

48．A．If            B．As           C．Although      D．Because

49．A．health          B．mind       C．behavior       D．appearance

50．A．reaction       B．action          C．expression     D．description

51．A．comfortable  B．natural        C．private          D．ordinary

52．A．shy         B．healthy        C．strange         D．typical

53．A．satisfaction  B．confidence    C．interest         D．patience

54．A．touched       B．left          C．wamed         D．scared

55．A．home        B．forest        C．caretakers      D．comer