第二节完形填空（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、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。 Columnist Dave Barry says this about his father:'My dad would try anything - carpentry(木匠活),electrical wiring,roofing and so on.From watching him,I learned a lesson that still 36 to my life today:no matter how difficult a task may seem, 37 you're not afraid to try it,you can do it.' I learned from my parents the value of 'going for it'.' 38 ventured(冒险),nothing lost' is the motto of too many of us.Many people are so afraid to 39 that they never venture beyond the familiar.'Better to be safe than sorry',has 40 too many people in the cocoon(保护膜) of their 41 zones. A delightful 42 tells that Col.Robert Johnson of Salem,New Jersey,announced that he would take a 43 risk.He let the town know that he would 44 a wolf peach on the steps of the country courthouse at noon on September 26,1820. 'Why would he take such a chance?' asked the 45 people. Scientists and doctors had long declared the wolf peach to be 46 .If the wolf peach was too ripe and warmed by the sun,they told him he would be exposing himself to brain fever.Should he somehow 47 the experience,the skin of the 48 would stick to the lining of his stomach(他的胃黏膜) and 49 cause cancer. Nearly 2,000 people 50 the square to see Col.Johnson eat the 'poisonous' peach - now known as the tomato. Col.Johnson believed his 51 was small,but it must be take if the 52 about the peach were to be 53 .Who has accompished anything worthwhile 54 taking a risk? Much like the tortoise it makes 55 only when it sticks its neck out. 36.A.refers         B.applies       C.tends          D.leads 37.A.if            B.since         C.although       D.unless 38.A.Anything      B.Something    C.Nothing        D.Everything 39.A.fail           B.win          C.succeed        D.leave 40.A.turned        B.trapped       C.forbidden      D.orced 41.A.comfortable    B.miserable     C.surprising     D.unimportant 42.A.novel         B.message      C.joke          D.story 43.A.private        B.public       C.secret        D.national 44.A.buy          B.sell          C.eat           D.cut 45.A.puzzled       B.disappointed   C.angry        D.happy 46.A.delicious       B.smelly        C.salty        D.poisonous 47.A.enjoy         B.survive         C.understand  D.know 48.A.wolf         B.seed           C.peach      D.body 49.A.eventually     B.firstly          C.lately       D.hardly 50.A.reached      B.decorated         C.surrounded  D.crowded 51.A.audience     B.risk            C.fruit        D.size 52.A.myths        B.ingredients    C.truths         D.prices 53.A.changed      B.adopted        C.removed      D.grasped 54.A.without      B.for            C.with         D.except 55.A.sense        B.trouble         C.room        D.progress