第二節  完形填空（共 20 小題；每小題 1. 5 分，共 30 分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的 A、B、C、D 四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Hannah Taylor is a schoolgirl form Manitoba, Canada. One day, when she was five years old, she was walking with her mother in downtown Winnipeg. They saw a man ___36___ out of a garbage can. She asked her mother why he did that and her mother said that the man was homeless and hungry. Hannah was very ___37___. She couldn’t understand why some people had to live their without shelter or enough food. Hannah started to think about how she could ___38___, but, of course, there is not a lot one five-year-old can do to solve (解決) the problem of homelessness.

Later, when Hannah attended school, she saw another homeless person. It was a woman, ___39___ an old shopping trolley (購物車) which was piled with ___40___. It seemed that everything the woman owned was in them. This made Hannah very sad, and even more ___41___ to do something. She had been talking to her mother about the lives of homeless people ___42___ they first saw the homeless man. Her mother told her that if she did something to change the problem that made her sad, she wouldn’t ___43___ as bad.

Hannah began to speak out about the homelessness in Manitoba and then in other provinces.

She hoped to ___44___ her message of hope and awareness. She started the Ladybug Foundation, an organization aiming at getting rid of homelessness. She began to ___45___ “Big Bosses” lunches, where she would try to persuade local business Leaders to ___46___ to the cause. She also organized a fundraising (募捐) drive in “Ladybug Jars” to collect everyone’s spare change during “Make Change” month. More recently, the foundation began another ___47___ called National Red Scarf Day-a day when people donate $20 and wear red scarves in support of Canada’s ___48___ and homeless.

There is an emergency shelter in Winnipeg called “Hannah’s Place”, something that Hannah is very ___49___ of. Hannah’s Place is divided into several areas, providing shelter for people when it is so cold that ___50___ outdoors can mean death. In the more than five years since Hannah began her activities, she has received a lot of ___51___.

For example, she received the 2007 BRICK Award recognizing the ___52___ of young people to change the world. But ___53___ all this, Hannah still has the ___54___ life of a Winnipeg schoolgirl, except that she pays regular visits to homeless people.

Hannah is one of many examples of young people who are making a ___55___ in the world. You can, too!

36. A. jumping     B. eating               C. crying              D. waving

37. A. annoyed    B. nervous            C. ashamed         D. upset

38. A. behave      B. manage            C. help                 D. work

39. A. pushing     B. carrying            C. buying              D. holding

40. A. goods         B. bottles               C. foods              D. bags

41. A. excited       B. determined      C. energetic         D. grateful

42. A. since          B. unless              C. although            D. as

43. A. sound        B. get                     C. feel                   D. look

44. A. exchange  B. leave                 C. keep                 D. spread

45. A. sell             B. deliver               C. host                  D. pack

46. A. contribute  B. lead                   C. apply                D. agree

47. A. campaign  B. trip                     C. procedure       D. trial

48. A. elderly        B. hungry              C. lonely                D. sick

49. A. aware         B. afraid                C. proud               D. sure

50 A. going          B. sleeping           C. traveling           D. playing

51. A. praises       B. invitations        C. replies             D. appointments

52. A. needs        B. interests           C. dreams             D. efforts

53. A. for               B. through            C. besides             D. along

54. A. healthy      B. public                C. normal              D. tough

55. A. choice      B. profit                  C. judgment          D. difference