第二节 完形填空 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡1上将该项涂黑。 My father believed that there were mysterious forces（神秘的力量）at work in the world. One day, he was lecturing me on these mysterious forces （36) suddenly the door opened, and a woman entered,（37) two geese. She smiled （38) and looked frightened. "Yusef , I have a very （39) problem. These dead geese, they keep shrieking（尖声叫 )insuch a sad voice. . . " （40) hearing this, my father turned pale. "（41)dead geese don' t shriek," my mothercut in. "You' II hear for yourself ,"replied the woman. It is impossible t0 （42) what I heard. Myhands grew （43 and I wanted to run from the room. Father was no less （44 ) than I was. He jumped away from the table. " Yusef ,what shall I do？"the woman cried. "（45)？ I' m a poor woman. Two geese! They （46) me a fortune! " Father did not know what to answer. （47)face was growing sharper and more （48 ) . "I want to hear it again ,"she said. And so for the second and the third time, the shrieks were （49).Nobody said anything. The woman asked ,"Well ,l didn' t （50) it, did I？" Suddenly my mother laughed. "Did you （51 the windpipes（气管)？"my mother asked. " The windpipes？ No. . . " " Let me （52) ,"said Mother. She took hold of one of the geese, and pulled out the windpipe She did the same with the other one. I was surprised by my mother' s （53) . "Now, try it again. "I was （54) to hear the geese shriek, but they were dead silent. "There is always （55). Dead geese don't shriek,"said my mother. "Now go home and cook them for the meal. They won ' t make a sound in your pot. "

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