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，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　The printed word is just about the most important way we have of communicating with one another. Look around you at the 36 in school, at the newspapers at home, at the posters 37 walls and the stamps you 38 on envelops before posting them. Considering too, the 39 of being able to understand the instructions 40 on packets of food and medicine 41 in shops.

　　In these 42 in many other ways, the printed word has become so important that it is 43 to imagine how life could go on without it. In everyday life there are hundreds of situations 44 which people need to communicate with on another, and the printed word is nearly 45 the best method of communication 46 large numbers of people involved.

　　47 you may know, communication intend to reach a large 48 of people is called “mass communication”. The main present-day 49 of mass communication using the printed word are newspapers, magazines and books.

　　The 50 known forms of modern mass communication which do not use the printed word 51 television and radio. Television or radio broadcasts, like newspapers, 52 also reach millions of people 53 a time.

　　Printing is so important nowadays that it is difficult to imagine how people could 54 without it. In fact, though, it was many centuries 55 man even had a language. Early cave men communicated with one another by sign language or by drawing on the walls of their caves.

　　36. A. libraries B. desks C. classrooms D. book

　　37. A. on B. in C. over D. for

　　38. A. store B. stick C. stuff D. for

　　39. A. instance B. important C. indifference D. intention

　　40 A. stuck B. rested C. drawn D. prominence

　　41. A. sell B. sold C. selling D. sale

　　42. A. but B. and C. or D. if

　　43 A. easy B. difficult C. fair D. possible

　　44. A. of B. by C. from D. in

　　45. A. meanwhile B. seldom C. sometimes D. always

　　46 A. which B. where C. that D. lest

　　47 A. Although B. As C. Because D. Yet

　　48. A. sum B. amount C. number D. figure

　　49. A. cases B. letters C. words D. forms

　　50. A. best B. less C. worst D. more

　　51. A. is B. are C. means D. mean

　　52. A. must B. should C. may D. need

　　53. A. for B. at C. on D. by

　　54. A. win B. inform C. manage D. see

　　55. A. when B. after C. while D. before