It was early spring. The sun was strong and warm. I went over the hillside fields behind my village,    36    buntings and linnets, the birds I loved most.

I turned along a bush between two fields where I had seen the birds before, but on this fine day almost the first birds that I saw were winter visitors. I was    37    not to see a bunting straightaway, but I went on, stopping occasionally to look at the black-thorn (黑刺李) flowers in the bush, and    38    I did hear a bunting singing. Or was it? Was I not perhaps turning a note of skylark (云雀) song into that of the song I was hoping to hear?

But the bunting’s song was pretty clear, and within a few minutes I was proved

   39   . The song was coming from the bush, and as I approached    40    I saw the brown bird resting in a small tree. It opened its mouth, and    41    once more. Then it flew off. It was the only one I saw that day, but at least I had found one of the birds I had

   42   .

It was not until I was on my way back home that I caught sight of some    43   . I saw five of them gathering on the ground when I was just coming back beside the

   44    where I had found the bunting. As I came nearer, they flew up, spreading their tails so that their white edges    45    to look like a white fan in the sky. Then, to my

   46   , some big pigeons suddenly came flying and joined the linnets.

A moment later they had all    47   — but I had fulfilled my hopes for the day.

36．A. looking at                    B. looking for                  C. looking up                  D. looking after

37．A. disappointed              B. dismissed                   C. dissatisfied                D. disturbed

38．A. directly                        B. gradually                   C. suddenly                    D. immediately

39．A. proper                          B. right                            C. useful                        D. true

40．A. sadly                             B. hurriedly                    C. proudly                      D. quietly

41．A. danced                         B. ate                                C. sang                            D. shouted

42．A. observed                    B. noticed                        C. expected                    D. described

43．A. linnets                        B. skylarks                      C. pigeons                     D. buntings

44．A. bush                            B. road                            C. grass                           D. black-thorn

45．A. widened                      B. enlarged                     C. lengthened                D. expanded

46．A. knowledge                 B. pleasure                      C. amusement             D. honour

47．A. gathered                     B. lost                               C. missed                        D. gone

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I   36 disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something   37 will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that   38 disappointment.”

Mother was right,   39 I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to   40 a job in radio, then work my way up to sports   41 . I hitchhiked（搭便车） to Chicago and   42 on the door of every station—and got turned   43 every time.

In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an   44 person –“Go out in the sticks（偏远地区） and find a small station that will give you a   45 ,” she said.

I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.   46 there was no radio—announcing job in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to   47 its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football. I   48 . The job   49 just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.

My disappointment must have   50 . “Everything happens for the best,” Mom   51 me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, my frustration   52 . I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”

I was waiting for the elevator   53 I heard MacAethur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to stand before a microphone and to broadcast a (an)   54 game.

On my way home, once again I thought of my mother’s words. I often wonder what   55 my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.

57. Yesterday I was       in the rain on my way back home, and I got a bad could and coughed very badly.

　短文改错（共l0小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

　　此题要求改正所给短文的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

　　该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉；在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉；该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）；在该行右边横线上写出该加的词；该行错一个词，在错的词下划一个横线；在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：原行没有错的不要改。

I went to see the film after supper.On my way to the                      76.______

cinema.I met an English woman,who lost her way.                          77.______

I gave up the chance see the film and took her to her                     78.______

hotel.While go there,I told her about great changes                          79.______

that had been taken place here in the past few years                          80.______

and she had told me something about her country.                            81.______

Although I missed the film,but I still felt very happy,for                  82.______

I had not only helped her out of trouble but practiced                83.______

my spoken English.If I had not worked hard on                        84.______

English,I would not have been able to help him.                       85.______

 －I’m sorry I’m late. I got held up in the traffic on my way here.

    －          .

A. Don’t be late next time             B. You should be blamed

C. It doesn’t matter, I’m also late           D. Never mind. Come and sit down