第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)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，选出可

第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
About 10 years ago my daughter studied in Ayrlie Beach, about 2 500 kilometers from Newcastle. She rang me one day crying because of an emotional trauma(创伤) she was16. She told me that she needed17, and my arms around her would be the best thing!18I couldn’t do that at that exact moment, I asked her to describe her19to me and told her that if she hadn’t heard from me in about 30 minutes she should20me back.
After21up the phone, I just sat for a few seconds. After only a very short time a phone number22into my head. I rang the number and it was a23who had bought a house from me about 18 months before, when I24in Real Estate. To my surprise, my25words to her were these, “Oh, it’s you Liz, I have no idea26I’m calling you in particular, but my daughter is in27in Ayrlie Beach, and I just got the28to ring you and tell you that. Have you any idea why?”
“It could be because my29lives there,” says Liz.
“Oh really, that’s got to be it,” I said. “Do you30giving me his phone number, Liz?”
“Of course not, and I can only hope that he can be31!”
Liz gave me his mobile number and I rang straight away. 32, he answered immediately, and I told him the33of who I was, and why I’d rung.
I gave him the34of the place where my daughter was standing; and that she needed emotional support if he could find it in his heart to help out so unexpectedly like this.
“Oh yes, I can go and35her,” he said... “She’s right across the street from where I’m standing!” He walked across the street and told my daughter that her Dad had sent him to help her!
16.A.curing           B.facing         C.finding               D.treating
17.A.food              B.money        C.support                     D.clothes
18.A.If                  B.When          C.Whether             D.Because
19.A.surroundings  B.feelings       C.difficulties      D.problems
20.A.pay               B.send            C.follow                D.ring
21.A.hanging         B.looking              C.talking               D.putting
22.A.walked          B.jumped              C.divided                     D.turned
23.A.girl               B.man            C.woman               D.boy
24.A.visited           B.stopped       C.appeared            D.lived
25.A.kind              B.sweet          C.funny                 D.exact
26.A.how                     B.where         C.why                   D.what
27.A.silence           B.trouble        C.surprise              D.danger
28.A.thought         B.strength       C.decision             D.permit
29.A.son               B.daughter      C.husband             D.sister
30.A.mind             B.kind            C.sweet                 D.funny
31.A.brave            B.helpful        C.valuable             D.important
32.A.Clearly          B.Surely         C.Fortunately         D.Unluckily
33.A.story             B.trick           C.news                  D.lesson
34.A.examination   B.description  C.expression          D.condition
35.A.like               B.know          C.see                     D.punish