II．完形填空：（30分满分，每小题1.5分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41到60各题所给的四个选项选出最佳答案。

II．完形填空：（30分满分，每小题1.5分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41到60各题所给的四个选项选出最佳答案。
I had applied for the nuclear submarine program, and Admiral Rickover interviewed me for the job. It was the first time I met Admiral Rickover, and we sat in a large room 　41　ourselves for more than two hours, and he let me 　42 　 any subjects I wished to 　43　. Very carefully, I chose those about which I knew most at the time – current events, seamanship, music, literature, naval tactics, electronics, gunnery – and he began to ask me a series of questions of increasing 　44 　 . In each instance, he soon 　45　that I knew relatively 　46 　 about the subjects I had chosen.
He always looked right 　47　my eyes，and he never smiled. I was wet with cold 　48 　 .
Finally, he asked me a question and I thought I could regain 　49　. He said, “How did you 　50 　 in your class at Georgia Tech before 　51　our Annapolis as a plebe (军校新生) ?” I had done very well, and I swelled my chest with pride and answered, “Sir, I stood fifty-ninth in a class of 820!” I sat back to wait for the 　52 　 --- which never came. 　53　, the question: “Did you do your best?” I started to say, “Yes, Sir,” but I remembered who this was, and 　54 　 several of my times at the academy 55 I could have learned more about our supporters, our enemies, weapons strategy, and so forth. I was just human. I 56 my throat and finally said, “No, Sir. I didn’t always do my 　57.”　　
He looked at me for a long time, and then turned his chair around to 　58　the interview. He asked one final question, which I have never been able to forget 　59 　 to answer. He said, “Why not?” I sat there for a while, 　60　, and then slowly left the room.
41．A．beside      B．with  C．for    D．by
42．A．choose      B．consider    C．elect　　  D．search
43．A．learn　     B．confirm    C．discuss　  D．concern
44．A．humor      B．knowledge       C．difficulty　      D．ability
45．A．.proved　 B．showed　 C．meant       D．imagined
46．A．much       B．anything　       C．little　     D．everything
47．A．for    B．into   C．back  D．up
48．A．sweat       B．air     C．water D．weather
49．A．consideration   B．permission          C．self-confidence D．self-defense
50．A．stand B deal.    C．behave      D．go
51．A．leaving     B．reaching   C．choosing   D．entering
52．A．celebrations     B．expectations     C．evaluations       congratulations
53．A．Thus B．Instead     C．However   D．Therefore
54．A．recalled    B．tried  C．analyzed   D．examined
55．A．where       B．that   C．when       D．which
56．A．cleared     B examined.   C cleaned.      D treated.
57．A．worst       B．best　      C．fewest      D．least
58．A．start　      B．continue   C．interrupt   D．end
59．A．so　  B．and　       C．or     D．but
60．A．moved      B．excited     C．frightened D．shaken