It was a market day, so people and traffic had been pouring into the town since early morning. 36 it was an old town, even the main street was very 37 and soon became overcrowded. There was not enough 38 for all the people on the sidewalk at the roadside, 39 they overflowed into the road, 40 danger to their lives from 41 cars and buses, the drivers of 42 were constantly blowing their horns to 43 people to get out of their 44 .
Yet it was a(n) 45 scene. Peasants walked along the street, their heads piled high with baskets or beautifully woven blankets which they hoped to 46 to the townsfolk. Men with carts 47 their way along, shouting their goods at the top of their 48 . They were selling apples, oranges and grapes ---- the 49 of their fields. 50 it all, women in bright summer clothes made their way, laughing and talking, 51 children rushed in and out of the crowds screaming with laughter when they didn’t ask for something they could not have, or crying with 52 because they were lost.
The noise went on all day. People did not even stop for a meal, but preferred to buy bits of meat cooked over a fire or bread or ice-cream from the street sellers. The 53 from this and from all the activities of the day began to collect in the street. And finally, when night at last came, the street 54 and only the rubbish 55 sadly blowing in the cooling night wind.
36. | A. Although | B. For | C. But | D. As |
37. | A. small | B. crowded | C. narrow | D. short |
38. | A. land | B. area | C. ground | D. room |
39. | A. and | B. however | C. or | D. then |
40. | A. having | B. causing | C. throwing | D. being |
41. | A. passing | B. taking | C. catching | D. driving |
42. | A. them | B. which | C. whom | D. that |
43. | A. persuade | B. order | C. stop | D. wait |
44. | A. road | B. way | C. sight | D. place |
45. | A. strange | B. usual | C. colorful | D. interesting |
46. | A. give | B. sell | C. take | D. send |
47. | A. forced | B. walked | C. found | D. took |
48. | A. voices | B. prices | C. heads | D. carts |
49. | A. crops | B. result | C. harvest | D. productions |
50. | A. Through | B. Across | C. Above | D. After |
51. | A. while | B. as | C. when | D. whose |
52. | A. teas | B. sorrow | C. sadness | D. fear |
53. | A. people | B. noise | C. rubbish | D. business |
54. | A. emptied | B. silenced | C. calmed | D. changed |
55. | A. remained | B. left | C. lay | D. piled |