40. A. 从上下文可知。
39. C. 从上文 “The parents tied our feet together ”和 “One little boy got me for a partner”可知。
38. D. no big deal 没什么大不了。从下文 “but when you’re six and you’ve lived in a town of 300 people all your life, going to a big town of a couple of thousand people is really something.”可看出。
37. C. 由常识得知。棒球打脑袋。
36. A. 从上文 “In sports, I was never a blue-ribbon person” 得知.
47. A. depends B. counts C. supports D. worthy
解析:
36-40:ACDCA 41-45:CABDD 46-47:BB
46. A. warning B. reminder C. gift D. notice
45. A. lay B. slowed C. moved D. reached
44. A. strong B. brave C. clever D. close
43. A. Obviously B. Unbelievably C. Secretly D. Undoubtedly