38．D从上下文看，作者认为周围不停的对话特别无聊，故选meaningless。
39．B下车后，穿过车站大厅，walk across"穿过，走过”；wander "徘徊；漫步；闲逛”。
40．C从下文看作者要在出口处买一份杂志，所以从口袋里寻找零钱，change符合意义。
41．A作者知道在出口处会有人买(卖)杂志(the Big Issue)。
42．D当拥挤的人群在大厅里散开时，故选连词as。
43．B sleep rough是固定搭配，意为“露宿(在公园过夜)；睡得难受”。
44．A根据上下文可知买杂志的妇女衣衫褴褛，故正确答案是ragged。
45．C approached "接近，靠近”．符合意义。
46．D当走近出口时，看见买杂志的妇女身体在左右摇摆，故选项D为正确答案。
47．C开始我认为她也许是为抵御刺骨的寒风而摆动身体保持温暖。keep warm"保持温暖”。
48．B但事实并非如此．她是在准确地随着曲．周而舞动。tune意思是“曲调，旋律”。
49．C根据下文“…and went tapping off along the pavement(用拐杖敲打着沿人行道离去)”及凹陷的眼睛
(sunken eyes)，可判断出她是一位盲人，故手肘部位挂着的应是一根拐棍(stick)。
50．D根据上文看见买杂志的妇女手肘部位挂着的白色拐棍和凹陷的眼睛(sunken eyes)。故可判断出
她是一位盲人。
51．A当我走得更近一点时，透过交通的喧闹声。
52．D根据下一段最后的“still staging”可知她在唱一首不朽的歌词。
53．C我从她那里以两倍的价格买了我原本就想买的最后一本的杂志。intend“打算，想要”。
54．A她收拾起她的东西，用拐杖敲打着沿人行道离去，嘴里还哼着那首歌曲。pick up在此是“收拾”
的意思。
55．B根据第一段便知答案应选memory，文章结尾与开头呼应，作者找到了这一天快乐的记忆。
B
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Many years ago, there was a king in China. He 36 a beautiful girl named Chang Er and
made her stay in the palace so that he could see her 37 he wanted. However, the girl did
not like the frightened figure of the king. She 38 spoke a word in the palace. Each time the
king went to her place, he 39 show her some treasures and brough some gifts to 40
her.
On every full moon, the girl would light candles to worship the moon. People believed that
there was a god living in the moon that made the moon 41 .
One day, the full moon of the eighth month, the king 42 three pills to show her. “ This is
from the priest(道士) of the palace. If we eat them up, we can live forever.” He 43 .
Because the king was afraid that the pills would have side effects. He forced the girl to take
the 44 first. If nothing wrong with her after taking the pill, he would take it immediately.
45, the girl recognized that if she took all three of them, the king would 46 her
eventually. Therefore, she 47 the king for the first time, “ Let me have a look at the pills
first. Otherwise, I will not try at all.”
The king was 48 that the girl talked to him. So he 49 the pills to the girl. She did not
say 50 but eat all of them. The king was extremely angry. He wanted to kill her.
At this moment, the girl started to 51 . She could fly for the sake of the 52 of the pills.
The king could not catch her but had to watch her fly 53 the moon and disappear.
After that, people 54 . that there was a beautiful girl stay in the moon with a little old man
and a bunny. The old man was believed to be the god inside the moon and bunny was his 55 .
Day after day, Chinese believed that there were people lived in the moon.
36.A.met B.married C.inspected D.loved
37.A.wherever B.however C.whatever D.whenever