When I woke next morning, I was dying of 36 . I seemed to have a hole instead of

 When I woke next morning, I was dying of _36__. I seemed to have a hole instead of a _37__.  I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper I had ever seen! _38_, I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better __39__ there than in any other hotel; and that was _40__ I wanted just then.

   The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared __41__ carefully for what I must __42_. I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure __43__ “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right _44_ and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.

   The waiter asked me _45__ I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a _46 way. so I repeated it. Still he did not understand. It was _47_ that English people didn’t understand their language.. The waiter _48__ his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter--- enough to feed a small army--- and went away. But I was hungry, and I left __49__. When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little __50__, but you can never __51_. What a waiter’s face really shows. In another minute he brought _52__ tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He _53_ have misunderstood me, but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language, so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate.

   Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room- at least five pound __54_. I never believed until then that any meal could _55__ me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).

36. A hunger             B. cold            C.. anger                D. illness

37. A. stone             B. head            C. breast                D. stomach

38. A. Therefore         B. Otherwise       C. So                    D. However

39. A. received          B. fed            C. cared                 D. eating

40. A. just              B. what          C. that                   D. why

41. A. English           B. meal           C. questions              D. myself

42. A. speak          B. answer         C. say                   D. explain

43. A. that              B. about         C. of                    D. to

44. A. pronunciation      B. meaning        C. form                  D. spelling

45. A. whether        B. something      C. when                 D. what

46. A. surprised          B. friendly       C. puzzled                  D. touched

47. A. unbelievable    B. true             C. thought                D. a pity

48. A waved            B. shook         C. bowed                D. patted

49. A. much          B. a little         C. nothing                D. empty

50. A. pleasure        B. surprise       C. pride                  D. satisfaction

51. A. tell               B. guess          C. design                D. express

52. A. other            B. another        C. more                  D. me

53. A. should            B. might          C. would                D. must

54. A. lighter         B. heavier         C. weightier              D. more

55.A. hurt              B. fat             C. defeat           D. please

试题答案

36---40 ADDBB    41---45 DCAAB   46---50 CABCB   51---55 ABDBC