第二节 完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最

第二节 完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡l上将该项涂黑。

Lately I have been noticing the great number of electrical appliances（电器）on the market.It seems to me that there are (36) now than a few years ago .I'm not really (37) why this is so. (38 I do have a few (39) .The first is that we are just too (40) to do things by hand (41). For every little job we once had to do there is now a (42) . The second is that electrical appliance companies are just trying to make (43) 0ut of people ' s laziness.

(44) all of these electrical appliances around for us to use now， 1 (45) how I would have lived fifty years ago. (46) ，how would I have cleaned my floor？ I guess I could have (47) one of those things called a "broom" ，which I (48) see now.

I'm not trying to say I don't (49) electrical appliances; I certainly (50) . It is hard for me to imagine (51) I would do without my hair dryer!(52) ，I do think a lot of modern appli-ances are needless and (53) may become even lazier by using them. (54) we' ll have a cata-strophicc灾难的) electric failure some day and (55) just how much we really have beer depen-

ding on our electrical appliances !

36.

(A)fewer

(B)too many

(C)more

(D)no more