第二节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，
选出最佳选项。
As a saying goes, every bean has its black. It is impossible to make no mistakes all one’s life. My grandpa Nybakken, a carpenter（木匠）, is no 41 . Several decades ago he made a mistake – a perfect mistake, 42 .
On a cold Saturday, Mother’s father was building some wooden cases for the clothes his church was sending to an orphanage (孤儿院) in China. On his way home, he reached into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. He remembered put
ting them there that morning, so he drove back to the church. His search proved fruitless.
When he 43 replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the cases, which he had nailed shut. His brand new glasses, having 44 him ￡20 that very morning, were heading for China! He had to drive home 45 .
Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report on Sunday night at my grandfather’s church, which Grandpa and his family also attended.
“But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the 46 you sent last year. You see, the bandits(土匪) had just 47 t
hrough the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses. I was desperate.”
“ 48 I had the money, there was simply no way of 49 those glasses. 50 headaches every day. Then your cases arrived. When my staff 51 the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top.”
Then, still gripped (吸引注意) with the 52 of it all, he continued: “When I tried on the glasses, it was as though they had been made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!”
The people listened, 53 for the miraculous（奇迹的） glasses. But the director surely must have 54 their church with another, they thought. There were no glasses on their 55 of items to be sent overseas.
But sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized the Master Carpenter had used him in an extraordinary way.
41．A．expectation B．success C．comment D．exception
42．A．though B．although C．as D．so
43．A．mentally B．physically C．anxiously D．directly
44．A．charged B．spent C．paid D．cost
45．A．disappointed B．pleased C．nonstop D．quick
46．A．cases B．clothes C．glasses D．wishes
47．A．cut B．swept C．pulled D．broken
48．A．Unless B．As long as C．Until D．Even though
49．A．replacing B．finding C．wearing D．changing
50．A．Except for B．Along with C．Rather than D．As for
51．A．nailed B．burnt C．removed D．took
52．A．preparation B．pleasure C．satisfaction D．wonder
53．A．pity B．happy C．curious D．eager
54．A．confused B．associated C．combined D．compared
55．A．cases B．order C．list D．orphanage
