阅读下面短文.掌握其大意.然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中.选出最佳选项. Mr Fox had spent the last 20 years of hi

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Mr Fox had spent the last 20 years of his working life as manager of Dougal's，the gentleman's tailor in the High Street．When he retired（退休），he 1 an old farm cottage，with a yard and a small field some five miles 2 the town．There he planned to 3 a few chickens，grow his own vegetables and pretend he earned his 4 from agriculture．In fact his pension（退休金）was quite enough to 5 for the simple life that suited his wife Amelia，and himself．

It was while 6 the old barn（谷仓）on the far side of the yard that he 7 an interesting discovery．In a corner，under some old boxes，he found some large pieces of an antique（古董） 8 ．Curiously，he took them into the kitchen and，much to the unhappiness of his wife， 9 the dirt off them in the kitchen sink（洗涤槽）．That evening he 10 newspapers over the kitchen table and carefully stuck the pieces 11 ．Two pieces were missing，but even Mr Fox's wife，who did not share his 12 in antiques，had to 13 that the bowl looked rather splendid．

Two days later，having pulled down the barn，Mr Fox was digging over the ground in preparation for fitting a greenhouse 14 he discovered the two missing pieces．When he had stuck them in 15 the bowl looked so fine that Amelia 16 to its being placed in the sitting-room，in front of the 17 ．

A few days later two police officers knocked at the door and pointed to the bowl in the window．Amelia 18 her husband．

“Yes，I found this bowl recently．Is there anything 19 ？”Mr Fox looked nervously at their 20 faces．

“The fact is，”one officer said，“that it disappeared from a museum in 1965．”

试题答案

答案：C,A,B,B,D,B,C,D,C,A,B,C,D,B,C,A,B,D,D,C