完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20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、D中

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20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、D中，选出最佳选项。
When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to go to face the music.” It doesn’t mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is  36  less pleasant, like   37  in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you did not do this  3 8   that. Terrible music, indeed, but it has to  39   . At some time or  40  , every one of us has had to “face the music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s   41  voice, “I want to talk to you!” and only  42  we did not obey  him. What an unpleasant business it   43  !
The phrase “to face the music” is known  44  every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the   45  come from?
The first  46  comes from American novelist James Fennimore Cooper. He said, in 1851,   47  the expression was first  48  by actors while waiting in the   49  to go on stage. After they got their clue (暗示) to go on, they often said, “It’s time to go to face the music.” And this is  50  what they did face — the orchestra (管弦乐队) which was just below the stage.
An actor might be frightened or  51  as he moved on to the stage in front of him. The audience might be friendly, or perhaps unfriendly, especially   52  he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So, “to face the music”  53  to mean: having to go   54  something, no matter how unpleasant the 55  might be, because you knew you had no choice.
36. A. anything         B. something     C. nothing            D. everything  
37. A. call             B. called         C. calling                 D. being called
38. A. or                   B. and           C. but               D. with    
39. A. face            B. facing         C. being faced        D. be faced      
40. A. another         B. the other       C. an other          D. others  
41. A. loud            B. angry         C. calm             D. worried      
42. A. because          B. since          C. unless            D. in case 
43. A. is              B. had been       C. was               D. has been     
44. A. by              B. for             C. to                    D. of
45. A. question             B. proverb         C. information             D. expression   
46. A. saying         B. method         C. explanation       D. point    
47. A. when           B. why           C. whether            D. that     
48. A. used            B. said          C. taken            D. sent     
49. A. clothes         B. wings         C. masks            D. words 
50. A. perhaps         B. exactly             C. mainly            D. also   
51. A. satisfied              B. proud         C. nervous             D. mysterious
52. A. if                   B. while         C. before             D. until  
53. A. went          B. came           C. continued          D. got    
54. A. through        B. by          C. on                 D. into   
55. A. problem              B. event         C. incident             D. experience