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It was already late when we set out for the next town,   36   according to the map was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the   37  ．There we felt   38   that we would find a bed   39  the night．Darkness fell soon after we left the village, but luckily we met   40  as we drove fast along the narrow winding road that__41_ the hills．As we climbed  42  , it became colder and rain began to fall,   43  it difficult at times to see the road．I asked John, my companion, to drive more  44 ．

After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town which was   45  on the map．We were beginning to get   46  ．Then without warning, the car stopped．A quick   47  showed that we had run out of petrol（汽油）．Although we had little food with us, we decided to  48  the night in the car．

Our meal was soon over．I tried to go to sleep at once,   49  John, who was a   50  sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk   51   the hills．Soon he came back．From the top of the hill he had seen, in the valley below, the   52  of the town we were looking for．We at once unloaded（卸）all our luggage（行李）and with a great effort（努力）,  53  to push the car to the top of the hill．Then we went back to the luggage, loaded the car again and set off down the hill．  54   less than a quarter of an hour we were in the town, where we found a 55   quite easily．

36．A．where              B．it                    C．which               D．that

37．A．rivers                     B．villages          C．towns              D．hills

38．A．surprised           B．sure             C．pleased             D．afraid

39．A．for               B．in                    C．through             D．at

40．A．everybody          B．somebody            C．anybody             D．nobody

41．A．got to              B．led to                 C．arrived             D．belonged to

42．A．taller               B．lower                 C．higher              D．faster

43．A．．making           B．thinking               C．causing            D．getting

44．A．certainly           B．carefully              C．surely            D．slowly

45．A．built          B．set                  C．marked           D．drawn

46．A．excited             B．warm                 C．cold                D．worried

47．A．attention            B．examination          C．operation           D．information

48．A．spare              B．live                 C．spend              D．stay

49．A．since               B．but                    C．so                  D．though

50．A．quick               B．fast                 C．heavy              D．poor

51．A．across             B．through              C．up                 D．down

52．A．situation            B．map                C．bus                 D．lights

53．A．ought               B．tried                 C．managed            D．succeeded

54．A．Since              B．For                 C．In                  D．At

55．A．policeman           B．hotel                  C．friend              D．cinema

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36--40 CDBAD 41—45 BCADC 46—50 DBCBD 51—55 CDCCB