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各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My elder brother Steve, in the absence of my father who died when I was six , gave me important lessons in values that helped me grow into an adult. For example, Steve taught me to face the results of my 36 . Once when I returned in_ 37 from a Saturday baseball game. it was Steve who 38 the time to ask me what happened . When I 39 that my baseball had flown through Mrs. Holt's house windows, 40 the glass with a loud noise , Steve encouraged me to apologize to her. 41 , I should have been playing in the park down Fifth Street and not in the path between buildings. Although my knees knocked as I explained to Mrs. Holt, I offered to 42 the window from my pocket money if she 43 return my ball.
