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。

As the train approached the seaside town where I was going to spend my holidays, I went into the corridor to __36__ my legs. I stayed there a short while, breathing in the fresh sea air and __37__ a few words with one of the passengers, whom I had met earlier on the __38__.

When I turned to go back to __39__, I happened to glance into the compartment (车厢) next to mine. Sitting there was a man who many years before had been my neighbor. He was a great __40__, I remembered; it used to take hours to __41__ him once he began a conversation. I was not at all __42__ when he went to live in another part of London. We had not met since then, __43__ did I wish to meet him now, when __44__ was about to begin.

Luckily at that moment he was __45__ busy talking to the man opposite him to catch sight of me. I slipped back into my compartment, took down my two suitcases and carried them to the far end of the corridor so as to be ready to __46__ the train as soon as it stopped． The moment the train came to a halt (停止), I called a porter, who in no time at all had carried my luggage out of the station and __47__ me a taxi. As I drove towards my small hotel on the outskirts of the town, I breathed a deep sigh of relief at my__48__. There was little chance that I should __49__ my boring ex-neighbor again.

When I reached the hotel, I went __50__ to my room and rested there until it was time for dinner. Then I went down to the dining room and __51__ a drink. I had barely raised the glass to my lips __52__ an all too familiar voice greeted me. I had not escaped from the tiresome neighbor __53__! He grasped me warmly by the hand and insisted that we __54__ a table in the dinning-room. “This is a pleasant __55__,” he said． “I never expected to see you again after all these years.”

36．A．reach       B．extend     C．stretch     D．loosen

37．A．exchanging     B．changing C．talking through       D．talking about

38．A．fruit stand       B．department store     C．bus stop    D．station platform

39．A．the station       B．my seat    C．the waiting room    D．the office

40．A．talker      B．poet        C．speaker    D．hero

41．A．get rid of        B．take care of    C．get away from        D．pay attention to

42．A．happy      B．afraid      C．sorry       D．content

43．A．so    B．no    C．not   D．nor

44．A．holiday    B．school day       C．work day        D．conversation

45．A．very  B．too    C．so     D．much 

46．A．get on      B．stay on     C．catch       D．get off

47．A．found      B．gave        C．offered     D．stopped

48．A．good luck       B．nice choice      C．narrow escape D．bad fortune

49．A．keep in touch with B． run into

       C．knock down           D． catch up with

50．A．carelessly        B．aimlessly C．idly   D．straight

51．A．ordered    B．requested  C．fetched    D．asked

52．A．while       B．before      C．when       D．after

53．A．above all B．after all    C．first of all       D．in all

54．A．spare       B．rent C．reserve     D．share

55．A．surprise   B．interview        C．appointment     D．party

阅读文章后，从第50至53题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

       For the first 10 years after the Wright brothers' original flight in 1903, flying was only a sport．It was a pastime for daredevils （不怕死的人）．One very determined daredevil was Bessie Coleman．She was the first black woman to fly an airplane．

       Coleman, born in Texas in 1892, the tenth of 13 children, dreamed of becoming a pilot．To earn money for flying lessons, she washed other people's laundry．At the age of 19 she took a train to Chicago, where she began to study in a beauty school．For five years she worked in a barbershop, and then she looked for a flying school．There were none in the United States that would teach women, but Coleman heard that there were schools in France that would．So she studied the language and sailed off to France．

       When she returned to the United States in 1921, Coleman was the first licensed black woman pilot．Her "aerial acrobatic （航空特技）exhibitions" impressed audiences．She took her airplane through loop-the-loops and flew upside down．She did slow rolls and sharp rolls．Audiences were amazed when she performed a move called "falling leaf．"

       Coleman became a famous person．She performed her acrobatic flights all over the country．She also spoke to African-American audiences in schools, churches, and theatres．Fly, she told them．Be a part of the new aviation（航空） industry．Many young African-American men listened to her．Some became honored military pilots during World War II．Many others made their careers in aviation．

       On April 29, 1926, Coleman was flying when a tool carelessly left in the airplane hit the control stick．The plane went into a dive and did not recover．The daring 34-year-old pilot was killed．

Bessie Coleman went to France to ____．

       A．work in a barbershop             B．study the language

       C．look for a flying school            D．take flying lessons

Which of the following is probably an "aerial acrobatic"?

       A．Flying upside down．               B．Speaking to audiences．

       C．Getting a pilot's licence．         D．Impressing audiences．

The underlined word "exhibition" in paragraph 3 means _____．

       A．a holding back           B．a public show      

       C．falling leaf                 D．loop-the-loops

What would be the best title for the passage?

       A．An early daredevil           B．The first flying woman

       C．A pioneer in aviation               D．The first licensed black pilot

The driver drove _______ hit at a big tree and the car came to s stop.

　 A. too carelessly to　　　 B. carelessly enough to　　

　 C. so carelessly that he 　 D. so careless that he

_____, your composition is full of mistakes.

   A. Writing carelessly         B. Written carelessly

   C. Having written carelessly  D. Being written carelessly

A certain student passed all his examinations. Then he went to college to  21  his studies. There he wrote down his  22 for a course in English, but after the first 23 , he didn’t go to it any more.
The English lecturer 24_this student was always absent (缺席的) and thought he had  25_to another course, so he was  26  when he saw the boy’s name on the list of students who wanted to take the English  27at the end of this year.
The lecturer had  28 a difficult paper, which followed his  29 closely, and he was eager (热切的) to see  30 this student would answer the questions. He  31__the boy’s answers would be very bad, but when they  32 him and he examined them  33 , he was able to find only one small mistake in them. As this surprised him greatly, he  34 the paper repeatedly but still couldn’t find more than one mistake, so he  35 for the student to question him about it.
When he came and sat down, the lecturer asked him, “I  36 you came to my first lecture and you’ve been absent from all the others. But I’ve examined your  37 carefully and I’ve found only one small mistake in it. I’m curious (好奇的) to know your  38 .”
“I’m very  39  about that mistake,” answered the student. “After the examination, I  40  what I should have done. I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your first lecture.”