III.完形填空(共 20 小题;每小题 1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处 的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The start of a new school year always brings a return to routine at my house. It’s the 36 routine practiced all across the country: wake up the 37 , get them out of bed, m ake sure everyone has 38 , check to see that the five-year-old has her shoes on, see their teeth are brushed, 39 lunches or lunch money, grab the book bags, and 40 for the door. Life goes like this and 41 thought is required for such a routine. As a 42 , I just get in the zone and get it all done. The mental clock is 43 ticking the whole time.

One recent morning proved a(n) 44 . “The trees are dancing, mom!” shouted the five-year-old as we pulled out of the driveway. Her conversation about dancing trees went on for several minutes 45 I finally came out of my “accomplish the routine” mindset (心态) and noticed the 46 that day.

Oh! The trees were dancing! I was so 47 with my daily routine that I 48 to notice the world around me. Once I started paying attention to the 49 of the leaves and the beauty of the trees “dancing”, it changed my whole mindset.

50 life through the eyes of a five-year-old brought 51 back to my morning. I often find it easy to 52 the sense of wonder that I had as a child. The 53 I’ve been in “the routine”, the more likely I am to lose some of the wonder and the freshness. My young child 54 me that I need to 55 and enjoy the wonder of my life.

36. A. special

A. neighbors

A. eaten

A. hand in

A. wait

A. little

A. doctor

A. usually

A. example

A. once

A. sunshine

A. busy

A. hesitated

A. color

A. Ending

A. beauty

A. learn

A. higher

A. forced

A. study B. same

B. parents

B. left

B. hand over

B. look

B. quick

B. mother

B. slightly

B. exception

B. while

B. rain

B. angry

B. failed

B. shape

B. Hating

B. kindness

B. lose

B. longer

B. persuaded

B. work C. new

C. children

C. recovered

C. hand down

C. search

C. much

C. student

C. ever

C. success

C. before

C. cloud

C. unsatisfied

C. loved

C. movement

C. Experiencing

C. anger

C. talk

C. less

C. reminded

C. refuse D. flexible

D. friends

D. disappeared

D. hand out

D. race

D. active

D. teacher

D. never

D. disaster

D. after

D. wind

D. comfortable

D. began

D. size

D. Devoting

D. sadness

D. show

D. better

D. requested

D. stop