A. need B. should C. must D. will

第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

　　请阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　Danielle was living in a new city with no local bank of her own. She desperately needed to 36 a bank to cash her paycheck. For more than two weeks, she made 37 one after another but in vain. How could she continue to 38 herself and her two children as a single mother?

　　Taking a break from her 39 , Danielle decided to attend a meeting at the local women's resource center. The women there had been a strong source of encouragement since she fled her home 40 for her safety. Sitting next to Danielle, Amy began to share the details of her 41 situation. She was just days away from 42 her home and her car. Her phone and electric services were both scheduled to be 43 . Her husband had gambled away their money. She had nothing left. Nothing!

　　As Amy described the degree of the situation, Danielle 44 God's soft whisper in her heart: "After the meeting, give Amy twenty dollars." Danielle immediately thought, "But I can't. I only have forty dollars." She heard the 45 again. Danielle knew she needed to follow. When the meeting 46 , she reached into her purse and 47 handed twenty dollars to Amy. Knowing Danielle's situation, Amy was 48 to accept it at first. But as a crowd of women 49 to give Amy hugs of support, Danielle told her that God wanted her to have it. Then Danielle left.

　　Now with just twenty dollars left in her wallet, Danielle decided to 50 cashing her paycheck at just one more bank before heading home. 51 she expected the rejection she had received at so many other banks, she was 52 filled with renewed confidence and optimism. Hopefully, she walked into the bank next to the women's center. Moments later, the bank 53 her paycheck with no questions asked. Wearing a big smile, Danielle returned home.

　　As for Danielle, it has been three years since that day. Realizing true hope has no 54 , she continues to be 55 for the lifetime supply that she received for just twenty dollars.

36．A．select B．find C．consult D．search 

37．A．decisions B．choices C．appointments D．attempts 

38．A．encourage B．believe C．support D．comfort 

39．A．ambitions B．struggles C．failures D．experiences 

40．A．in fear B．in debt C．in public  D．in doubt 

41．A．similar B．unique C．desperate  D. social 

42．A．ruining B．leaving C．missing D．losing 

43．A．cancelled B．reduced C．abolished D．charged 

44．A．received B．found C．heard D．felt   

45．A．story B．advice C．order D．voice 

46．A．followed B．lasted C．concluded D．agreed 

47．A．quietly B．politely C．happily D．sadly 

48．A．unlikely B．unwilling C．eager D．embarrassed 

49．A．intended B．approached C．managed D．continued 

50．A．avoid B．try C．consider D．risk 

51．A．If B．But C．Since D．While 

52．A．anyhow B．somehow C．therefore D．otherwise 

53．A．counted B．checked C．cashed D．tested