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题各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The Hymnbook（赞美诗集）
I watched attentively as my little brother was caught in the act. He sat in the corner of the living room, a (an) 36 in one hand and my father’s hymnbook in the other. As my father walked into the room, my brother cowered（畏缩）slightly. He 37 that he had done something 38 . From a distance, I saw that he had opened my father’s brand-new book and scribbled（乱写）across the length and width of the entire first page with a pen. Now staring at my father 39 , he and I both waited for his punishment.
