I was shown into the
waiting-room, which as I had expected, was full. There were dirty ___36____ on
the wall, and the tattered(撕碎) magazines on the table ____37____ a great
pile of waste paper. I took my seat and decided to ____38___ the time watching
people around me.
A young man beside me was
turning over the ____39____ of a magazine quickly and nervously. It was
____40___ to understand what he was looking at for every three minutes or so he
would ____41____ the magazine on to the table, seize ____42___, and sink back
into his ____43____. Opposite me there was a young mother who was trying to
keep her son from ____44____. The boy had clearly grown tired of ____45____. He
had placed an ash-tray on the floor and was making plane sounds as he waved a
pencil in his hand. Near him an old man was fast ___46____, and the boy’s
mother was afraid ___47____ sooner or later her son would ____48____ the
gentleman. At the same time the ____49___ man next to me kept sighing(叹气) loudly. At last he got up, walked towards the door
and began ___50____ the pictures on the wall. Soon growing ___51____, he
snatched(抓起) one magazine out of the bottom of the
pile and dropped tiredly into a chair. Even the boy had become quiet and was
sleeping in her mother’s arms.
There was a complete ____52___
in the room as the door opened and a nurse ___53____. . The people looked up
with a ray of ____54___ in the eyes, then settled down again as the next
___55____ patient was let out of the room.
36. A. notice B.
pictures C.
maps D.
holes
37. A. were made of B. changed
into C. looked
like D. were
same as
38. A.
cost B.
take C.
pass D.
use
39. A.
stories B.
articles C.
books D.
pages
40. A.
easy B.
possible C.
useless D.
hard
41. A.
throw B.
take C.
drag D.
push
42. A.
the others B.
other C.
another D.
the other
43. A.
chair B.
pocket C.
sleep D.
picture
44. A.
hurting himself B.
tearing the magazine
C.
falling asleep D.
making a noise
45. A.
sleeping B.
waiting C.
reading D.
playing
46. A. in sleep B.
asleep C.
sleepy D. sleeping
47. A.
what B.
that C.
then D.
before
48. A. do harm to B.
knock into C.
turn against D.
wake up
49. A.
old B.
kind C.
young D.
handsome
50. A.
drawing B.
taking down C.
examining D.
putting up
51. A.
glad B.
unhappy C.
angry D.
uninterested
52. A.
loneliness B.
hopelessness C.
tiredness D.
silence
53. A. entered B.
turned out C.
entered in D.
came out
54. A.
success B.
satisfaction C.
joy D.
hope
55. A.
unlucky B.
tired C.
lucky D.
happy
