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。

Should You Pay a Kid for Getting Good Grades?

Summer is always bonus(红利)season at our house.

One of my daughters chose a stylish raincoat. One bought a necklace and one got a new camera. It’s all part of the academic(学术的) encouragement program I’ve been 36 since they entered first grade. I don’t 37 cash, but I do promise outings or objects of desire for straight A’s or similar 38 at school.

Am I bribing(贿赂)our kids for good 39 ? Yes, I am.

I admit that it would be best if all children (and adults) could be 40 by a natural drive for high achievement and a thirst for  knowledge. But I also believe it’s 41 to get good grades after experiencing them.

42, I admire the courage and confidence it takes to 43 oneself to something difficult and unfamiliar until you become its master and make it serve your needs in turn. If not for some material 44, a rare person take on such challenges(挑战).

My husband, John, however, thinks this is 45.

“If they don’t 46 learning, they’re not going to learn, no matter how many 47 you give them,” he says. “It hasn’t 48 any difference.”

So I thought I’d ask the people who kno w best our 49. What do the rewards mean to them?

“Honestly, I would have worked hard 50 the rewards but they were really positive (积极的)for me,” Jamie, our rising senior says. “I felt you were proud of me, 51 meant a lot.” Anna, just starting ninth grade, says, “It’s not a bribe, it’s a reward.” A bribe, she points out, comes with bad results. A reward, on the other hand, is a 52 bonus.…

I am really comforted to learn 53 had a clear understanding of my program.

54 John admits that our girls haven’t been ruined by it, he thinks that’s because we have done other things right. He 55 feels strongly that a rewards program has too many disadvantages to recommend(推荐)for most people.

36 A searching    B attending    C running D Writing

37 A pay   B have C receive D raise

38 A punishment    B exercise C activity D improvement

39 A value B desire C objects D grades

40 A pushed       B broken C treated   D discouraged

41 A harder             B easier   C slower   D stronger

42 A However   B Besides C Therefore D Thus

43 A devote B lead   C  relate D compare

44 A condition   B information    C promise D world

45 A harmful B reasonable C silly D smart

46 A join in B care about    C pick up D suffer from

47 A rewards B skills C challenges   D scores

48 A told B made C admitted D contained

49 A adults B children   C teachers D officials

50 A with    B without   C for D against

51 A it B who C which D what

52 A nice   B bad C similar D different

53 A she B he C we   D they

54 A When B Since C If   D Although

55 A still B even C ever D yet