第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
"Daddy" Bruce Randolph was around five-feet-eight and slightly built．At the age of sixty-one, he   36   Daddy Bruce's Barbecue Restaurant in the "Five Points" area, a   37   section of Denver．There is debate about   38   his ribs（排骨） were the best in town but no debate on the man himself．He fed people - not just his   39   , but the poor and the homeless．Every Thanksgiving, Daddy and his son began  40   for the crowds of the homeless．He wanted them to have a great    41   on the one day this country celebrates Thanksgiving．
In the   42   years of his project, he paid for everything out-of-pocket．But as time went by, the   43   sky-rocketed as the crowds grew．That's when Daddy's admirers, athletes, politicians, policemen  44   others stepped in to   45  ．They donated tons of turkeys, potatoes and ribs and even donated their  46   to stand beside the old man and volunteered to cook and  47   .
It seemed there was an endless   48   of food to feed the crowds．No one ever walked away 
49   from Daddy Bruce．It was Daddy who started the whole thing and managed it   50  
a few year ago when he edged toward ninety．He had become too   51   to work anymore．He was one of die few people who lived to see a city street   52   in his honor—“Bruce Randolph Boulevard"．A couple of years later．Daddy Bruce died．When asked why he  53   to feed the thousands of poor and hungry people for over twenty-five years, his   54   was simple, "You can't beat love．If you give just one thing, you get more things   55  ．That’s why I do it．"
36．A．built        B．opened     C．passed      D．sold
37．A．poor        B．rich   C．beautiful D．lonely
38．A．what        B．why  C．where      D．whether
39．A．customers       B．admirers   C．friends     D．volunteers
40．A．cooking   B．looking     C．caring      D．waiting
41．A．holiday    B．surprise    C．dinner      D．thank
42．A．early       B．later  C．past D．recent
43．A．prices      B．foods C．customers        D．costs
44．A．as soon as B．as many as       C．as far as   D．as well as
45．A．pay     B．buy   C．interview        D．help
46．A．money     B．time  C．dinner      D．food
47．A．serve       B．pay   C．eat    D．share
48．A．supply     B．hope  C．exchange D．production
49．A．happy      B．angry       C．thankful   D．hungry
50．A．before     B．after  C．until        D．since
51．A．long        B．old    C．hopeless   D．discouraged
52．A．named     B．remembered     C．built        D．praised
53．A．helped     B．supported  C．expected D．volunteered
54．A．question   B．love  C．reply       D．plan
55．A．away       B．back  C．out   D．down