(单词翻译:单击)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I had applied for the nuclear submarine program ,and Admiral Rickover was interviewing
me for the job .It was the first time I met Admiral Rickover ,and we sat in a large room ___36___ ourselves for more than two hours ,and he let me ___37__ any subjects I wished to ___38___ . 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 ___39___ . In each case, he soon ___40___ that I knew relatively ___41___ about the subjects I had chosen.
He always looked right ___42___ my eyes , and he never smiled. I was wet with cold ___43___
Finally, he asked me a question and I thought I could regain ___44___. He said, “How did you ___45___ in your class at Georgia Tech before ___46___ our Annapolis as a plebe （军校新生）?”I had done very well, so I answered with pride, “Sir, I stood fifty-ninth in a class of 820! “I sat back to wait for the ___47__— which never came. ___48___ , the question : “Did you do your best?” I started to say , “Yes ,Sir ,”but I remembered who this was ,and ___49___ several of my times at Georgia Tech ___50___ I could have learned more about our friend ,our enemies ,weapons strategy , and so forth .I was just human . I ___51___ my throat and finally said , “No ,Sir . I didn’t always do my ___52___.”
He looked at me for a long time, and then turned his chair around to ___53___ the interview. He asked one final question, which I have never been able to forget ___54___ to answer. He said, “Why not ?”I sat there for a while, ___55___ ,and then slowly left the room.
36. A. beside B. with C. for D. by
37. A. choose B. consider C. elect D. search
38. A. learn B. confirm C. discuss D. concern
39. A. humor B. difficulty C. interest D. ability
40. A. proved B. showed C. meant D. imagined
41. A. much B. anything C. little D. everything
42. A. for B. into C. back D. up
43. A. sweat B. air C. water D. weather
44. A. consideration B. permission C. self-confidence D. self-defence
45. A. stand B. deal C. behave D. go
46. A. leaving B. reaching C. choosing D. entering
47. A. celebrations B. expectations C. evaluations D. congratulations
48. A. Thus B. Instead C. However D. Therefore
49. A. recalled B. tried C. analyzed D. examined
50. A. where B. that C. when D. which
51. A. cleared B. examined C. cleaned D. treated
52. A. worst B. best C. fewest D. least
53. A. star B. control C. interrupt D. end
54. A. so B. and C. or D. but
55. A. moved B. excited C. frightened D. shaken
第三部分：阅读理解（共20题；每小题2分，共40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
（A）
Erik Weihenmayer was born with an eye disorder. As a child hi
