阅读下面短文，从短文所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡l上将该项涂黑。
In 1941, when my father joined the U.S. Army, he was told that, on a written test, he had showed ___36___ for preparing food. Army officials offered him a course in becoming a cook. My father ___37___ because he thought he could ___38___ the battles. As things turned out, he got good ___39___ and became head cook of an army kitchen.
All went well ___40___ he had to deal with spinach(菠菜). Because spinach is good for health, the army ___41___ it several times per week. ___42___, the soldiers refused ___43___ to look at spinach on their plates. After hours of cooking spinach, my father ___44___ that, at the end of the meal, he was throwing all of it away. To save time and effort, he decided simply to throw away the ___45___ vegetable before it was cooked.
One day an army officer saw the ___46___ spinach in the rubbish. He blamed my father, ___47___ that he was destroying government property(财产). ___48___ my father explained that he was simply ___49___ the army the trouble of cooking the unwanted vegetable, the army officer insisted on ___50___ him by taking five dollars from his pay for the next three months.
Later, one officer told him that fresh spinach was government property, but cooked spinach was not. ___51___if the spinach were cooked, it ___52___be thrown out. From then on, my father __53___ all the spinach and then immediately ___54___ it into a rubbish can to keep everyone ___55___. The government did not have its property thrown out, and the soldiers did not have spinach on their plates.
1. A. a skill B. an interest C. a gift D. an advantage
2. A. wondered B. understood C. accepted D. admitted
3. A. take part in B. carry on with C. catch up with D. stay away from
4. A. chance B. records C. experience D. grades
5. A. until B. as C. when D. so
6. A. prepared B. supplied C. checked D. ate
7. A. Carefully B. Unwillingly C. Certainly D. Unfortunately
8. A. even B. still C. only D. just
9. A. realized B. agreed C. allowed D. considered
10. A. favoured B. hated C. new D. expensive
11. A. dry B. clean C. cold D. fresh
12. A. saying B. telling C. warning D. punishing
13. A. While B. Since C. Although D. As
14. A. showing B. causing C. saving D. leaving
15. A. correcting B. punishing C. forgiving D. refusing
16. A. For example B. In this case
C. In other words D. Under this condition
17. A. could B. would C. had to D. should
18. A. bought B. kept C. hid D. cooked
19. A. turned B. made C. put D. knocked
20. A. happy B. healthy C. safe D. quiet
参考答案：
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