II．完形填空：（30分滿分，每小題1.5分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從41到60各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)選出最佳答案。
I had applied for the nuclear submarine program, and Admiral Rickover interviewed me for the job. It was the first time I met Admiral Rickover, and we sat in a large room 41 ourselves for more than two hours, and he let me
42 any subjects I wished to 43 . Very carefully, I chose those about which I knew most at the time – current events, seamanship, music, literature, naval tactics, electronics, gunnery – and he began to ask me a series of questions of increasing
44 . In each instance, he soon 45 that I knew relatively
46 about the subjects I had chosen.
He always
looked right 47 my eyes，and he never smiled. I was wet with cold
48 .
Finally, he asked me a question and I thought I could regain 49 . He said, “How did you
50 in your class at Georgia Tech before 51 our Annapolis as a plebe (軍校新生) ?” I had done very well, and I swelled my chest with pride and answered, “Sir, I stood fifty-ninth in a class of 820!” I sat back to wait for the
52 --- which never came. 53 , the question: “Did you do your best?” I started to say, “Yes, Sir,” but I remembered who this was, and
54 several of my times at the academy 55 I could have learned more about our supporters, our enemies, weapons strategy, and so forth. I was just human. I
56 my throat and finally said, “No, Sir. I didn’t always do my 57.”
He looked at me for a long time, and then turned his chair around to 58 the interview. He asked one final question, which I have never been able to forget
59 to answer. He said, “Why not?” I sat there for a while, 60 , and then slowly left the room.
41．A．beside B．with C．for D．by
42．A．choose B．consider C．elect D．search
43．A．learn B．confirm C．discuss D．concern
44．A．humor B．knowledge C．difficulty D．a(chǎn)bility
45．A．.proved B．showed C．meant D．imagined
46．A．much B．a(chǎn)nything C．little D．everything
47．A．for B．into C．back D．up
48．A．sweat B．a(chǎn)ir C．water D．weather
49．A．consideration B．permission C．self-confidence D．self-defense
50．A．stand B deal. C．behave D．go
51．A．leaving B．reaching C．choosing D．entering
52．A．celebrations B．expectations C．evaluations congratulations
53．A．Thus B．Instead C．However D．Therefore
54．A．recalled B．tried C．a(chǎn)nalyzed D．examined
55．A．where B．that C．when D．which
56．A．cleared B examined. C cleaned. D treated.
57．A．worst B．best C．fewest D．least
58．A．start B．continue C．interrupt D．end
59．A．so B．a(chǎn)nd C．or D．but
60．A．moved B．excited C．frightened D．shaken
Last night, when I was driving back home, I noticed a hitchhiker(搭便車(chē)的人) who was having no luck getting a ride. I rolled down my 36 and signed to the man to my car. I asked him where he was 37 and he told me he needed a 38 to his doctor’s office which would close in 15 minutes. I told him to 39 and he gratefully did so.
aking full moon. I allowed my senses to soak (浸泡) in every second — the sweet smell of flowers, the sound of every cricket (蟋蟀), the moon’s reflection dancing off the water — it was a perfect night.
continued my midnight adventure. During the next two hours I caught seventeen bass, all between two and five pounds. Although I’ve fished for almost fifty years, no fishing memory can top that night.