Ⅱ. 语言知识及运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
Cheerful Charlie was a very special boy. When he was still in his mother’s tummy, she had an accident, which meant that Charlie couldn’t walk. But that had never been a(n) 16 for him; they had started calling him Cheerful Charlie because of his joyful and 17 nature. He really brightened everything up for those around him.
There wasn’t a postman, or a taxi driver who wasn’t 18 to see Charlie. “Cheer up, Mr. Postman, that way you’ll 19 more letters today!” he would say, or “That was great, Mr. Taxi Driver. You 20 that thing better than anyone else. ”
He also had great ideas and 21 for everything; and he shared them so generously that, just about every day in that town, someone did a great job, or 22 something new, thanks to Charlie’s ideas.
One day, though, he came up against a real 23 . A young boy came to town on his holidays. He was known as Waterworks and was a real crybaby. No matter what Charlie said to him, Waterworks would always
