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suitcase. I had 37 it there three days before. There were quite a few people waiting, and I took out my 38 to find the receipt ( 數(shù)據(jù) ) for my case. The receipt seemed not where I had placed it. No matter how 39 I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found. When my turn came, I explained the situation sorrowfully(悲傷地)to the 40 . The man looked at me 41 as if to say that he had heard this kind of story many times. He asked 42 my case was like. I told him it was an old brownlooking object no different 43 the many cases I could see in his office. The assistant then told me to 44 a list of what was mainly in the case. If they were 45 , he said, I could take the case away. I tried to remember all the things I had hurriedly 46 into the case and wrote them down as they came to me. After I had done this, I went to 47 round the office. There were hundreds of 48 there. For one fearful moment, it came to my mind that if 49 had picked the receipt he could have easily taken the case already. This had not happened fortunately, because I found the case 50 in the corner. After examining the things inside, the assistant was satisfied that it was mine, and told me I could take the case away.( )36. A. traveled B. gave C. had D. made( )37. A. held B. left C. found D. forgotten( )38. A. mirror B. mobile phone C. watch D. wallet( )39. A. often B. hard C. much D. soon( )40. A. assistant B. friend C. wife D. workmate( )41. A. now and then B. round and round C. up and down D. here and there( )42. A. how B. what C. that D. all( )43. A. from B. with C. to D. among( )44. A. take B. make C. hold D. put( )45. A. special B. wrong C. correct D. good( )46. A. left B. put C. held D. kept( )47. A. go B. walk C. run D. look( )48. A. people B. workers C. cases D. assistants( )49. A. someone B. everyone C. nobody D. none( )50. A. putting B. setting C. placing D. lying四、閱讀理解 (本題共15小題,每題2分,滿分30分) (A)Fred liked playing tricks on others. One afternoon he went to a shop and bought some bread. On his way home he saw Johnson, an old man about sixty riding a donkey (驢). The boy walked to the old man and decided to play a trick on him. He thought for a moment and then he had an idea.“Hello, my friend,” Fred said in a loud voice. “Please e and have a piece of bread.”“Thank you very much.” Johnson got off the donkey and said gladly.” “But I have already had lunch.”“I’m sorry. I’m talking to your donkey, not to you.” Fred said with a smile.Johnson understood at once that the boy was playing a trick on him. He became angry, but he didn’t show his anger. He just turned quickly to his donkey, held up the lash (鞭子) and hit it on the back.“Before we set off, I asked if you had fiends in the town. You said again and again that you hadn’t. Can you explain why the young man asked you to have the bread, then?”The more the old man said, the less he could control his anger. He finally shouted, “I’ll beat you to death if you dare fool me again!”Hearing this, Fred’s face turned red and he left away quickly.( )51. Fred __________. A. was clever but not polite. B. liked playing with donkeys C. often help others D. wasn’t clever( )52. Johnson __________ at first. A. beat his donkey to death B. was angry to meet the boy C. wanted to eat the bread D. thought the boy was talking to him ( )53. Which of the following is true? A. The old man didn’t beat the donkey. B. The old man taught Fred how to be polite. C. The old man beat the donkey to death. D. The man played a trick back on the boy.