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。

If you have a watch, don't repair it! I know it   36  . Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch   37   perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to   38   it up. Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to   39   by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said: "The regulator (校准器) is to be pushed up   40   your watch is four minutes   41  ."

I tried to stop him, tried to   42   him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.

My beautiful watch began to gain time. It   43   faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it   44   all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.

What did I have to do? To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately   45   he asked me to come in a week's time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to   46   down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners.

Now I went to   47   watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he  48 it to pieces and said that he could finish this work   49   three or four days. I could do nothing but   50  . That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.

So I kept   51   my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.

And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not   52   the time by my watch. The thing was getting   53  . My watch had   54   two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred. At last I decided to buy   55   watch, which I did.

36．A．for reality      B．for truth       C．for certain    D．for certainty

37．A．kept          B．told           C．observed            D．struck

38．A．turn          B．wind          C．pick          D．put

39．A．be turned      B．be taken        C．be put        D．be set

40．A．as          B．as if     C．when      D．if

41．A．fast         B．slowly         C．faster        D．slow

42．A．get                 B．persuade        C．make        D．explain

43．A．gained       B．lost        C．went          D．won

44．A．had remained         B．had left         C．had stayed    D．had fallen

45．A．however     B．and            C．but                 D．therefore

46．A．go          B．walk           C．slow                D．take

47．A．the third     B．the second      C．the first      D．the fourth

48．A．broke         B．took           C．tore          D．cut

49．A．after          B．before          C．over                D．in

50．A．to agree       B．agree          C．agreeing             D．agreed 

51．A．taking       B．bringing        C．carrying             D．fetching

52．A．recognize      B．tell            C．know        D．understand

53．A．seriously     B．pleasant       C．badly       D．serious

54．A．spent      B．took        C．cost        D．paid

55．A．another  B．the other        C．one   D．one more

--What’s the time ___ your watch?---On, my watch ___ “A quarter to five”

A. by, says    B. on, talks   C. on., tells    D.by,  speaks

--Excuse me, I want to have my watch fixed, but I can't find a repair shop.

--I know___________ nearby. Come on, I'll show you.

A. one              B. it           C. some             D. that

3. I can’t find my watch. I must have______it in the hotel.

A. lost   B. missed   C. left   D. forgotten

There were smiling children all the way. Clearly they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved.

I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.

It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight. Immediately I came alive; I decided to wave back.

From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.

The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug (拥抱). I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car.

I looked forward to the return journey.

1. The author expected the train trip to be________ .

2. What did the author remember most fondly of her train trip?

3. Which of the following words can best take the place of the word "relish" in the second paragraph?

4. Where was the writer going?

5. What can we learn from the story?