Passage 3  (06·山东)  完形填空

One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked __36__ better than driving our truck, __37__ this time I was not happy. My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit(赊账) at the store.

Sixteen is a __38__ age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly __39__ of racial discrimination was __40__ a fact of life. I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner __41__ whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were __42__ like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.

My family was __43__. We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner __44__ us ?

At Davis’s store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded __45__ I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my __46__ to the caskh desk, I said __47__ , “I need to put this on credit.”

The farmer gave me and amused, distrustful __48__ . But Buck’s face didn’t change. “Sure,” he said __49__ . “Your daddy is __50__ good for it.” He  __51__ to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams’s sons.”

The farmer nodded in a neighborly __52__ . I was filled with pride. James William’s son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.

That day I discovered that the good name my parents had  __53__  brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew what to __54__ from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself __55__ much to do wrong.

36. A. something         B. nothing                 C. anything          D. everything

37. A. and              B. so                      C. but              D. for

38. A. prideful           B. wonderful               C. respectful         D. colorful

39. A. intention          B. shadow                 C. habit             D. faith

40. A. thus              B. just                    C. still              D. ever

41. A. guessed           B. suspected               C. questioned         D. figured

42. A. watched           B. caught                  C. dismissed          D. accused

43. A. generous          B. honest                   C. friendly           D. modest

44. A. blame            B. excuse                  C. charge            D. trust

45. A. until             B. as                      C. once              D. since

46. A. purchases         B. sales                    C. orders            D. favorites

47. A. casually          B. confidently               C. cheerfully         D. carefully

48. A. look             B. stare                    C. response          D. comment

49. A. patiently          B. eagerly                   C. easily            D. proudly

50. A generally          B. never                     C. sometimes        D. always

51. A. pointed          B. replied                    C. turned           D. introduced

52. A. sense            B. way                      C. degree           D. mood

53. A. earned             B. deserved              C. given              D. used

54. A. receive            B. expect                 C. collect             D. require

55. A. very              B. so                     C. how              D. too

答案  36.B  37.C  38.A  39.B  40.C  41.C  42.A  43.B  44.D  45.B  46.A  47.D  48.A  49.C  50.D  51.C  52.B  53.A  54.B  55.D