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完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分,满分30分）
     阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55题各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
     As the train approached the seaside town where I was going to spend my holidays, I went into the corridor to __36__ my legs. I stayed there a short while, breathing in the fresh sea air and __37__ a few words with one of the passengers, whom I had met earlier on the __38__.
     When I turned to go back to __39__, I happened to glance into the compartment (车厢) next to mine. Sitting there was a man who many years before had been my neighbor. He was a great __40__, I remembered; it used to take hours to __41__ him once he began a conversation. I was not at all __42__ when he went to live in another part of London. We had not met since then, __43__ did I wish to meet him now, when __44__ was about to begin.
     Luckily at that moment he was __45__ busy talking to the man opposite him to catch sight of me. I slipped back into my compartment, took down my two suitcases and carried them to the far end of the corridor so as to be ready to __46__ the train as soon as it stopped．The moment the train came to a halt (停止), I called a porter, who in no time at all had carried my luggage out of the station and __47__ me a taxi. As I drove towards my small hotel on the outskirts of the town, I breathed a deep sigh of relief at my__48__. There was little chance that I should __49__ my boring ex-neighbor again.
     When I reached the hotel, I went __50__ to my room and rested there until it was time for dinner. Then I went down to the dining room and __51__ a drink. I had barely raised the glass to my lips __52__ an all too familiar voice greeted me. I had not escaped from the tiresome neighbor __53__! He grasped me warmly by the hand and insisted that we __54__ a table in the dinning-room. “This is a pleasant __55__,” he said． “I never expected to see you again after all these years.”
36．A．reach  B．extend  C．stretch  D．loosen
37．A．exchanging  B．changing  C．talking through  D．talking about
38．A．fruit stand  B．department store  C．bus stop D．station platform
39．A．the station  B．my seat  C．the waiting room  D．the office
40．A．talker  B．poet   C．speaker  D．hero
41．A．get rid of  B．take care of   C．get away from  D．pay attention to
42．A．happy  B．afraid  C．sorry  D．content
43．A．so  B．no  C．not  D．nor
44．A．holiday  B．school day  C．work day  D．conversation
45．A．very B．too C．so D．much 
46．A．get on  B．stay on C．catch  D．get off
47．A．found  B．gave  C．offered D．stopped
48．A．good luck  B．nice choice  C．narrow escape  D．bad fortune
49．A．keep in touch with  B． run into  C．knock down   D． catch up with
50．A．carelessly  B．aimlessly  C．idly D．straight
51．A．ordered  B．requested C．fetched  D．asked
52．A．while  B．before  C．when  D．after
53．A．above all  B．after all  C．first of all  D．in all
54．A．spare  B．rent  C．reserve  D．share
55．A．surprise  B．interview  C．appointment D．party

【答案解析】
     这是一篇记叙文。作者不喜欢爱唠叨的前邻居，他已搬家，这是一件大好事。作者外出度假在火车上与他不期而遇，幸好作者还是侥幸逃脱了他的唠叨。令他没有想到的是，在他住宿的旅馆里又碰面了，真可谓“冤家路窄”。
36．C    我走到过道里去伸伸腿。stretch one’s legs：伸伸腿 ，引申为放松一下。
37．A    与一个原来在站台上遇到的乘客聊了几句。exchange a few words with：与……说了几句话。change 改变；talk sth. through 畅叙衷肠；talk about sth. 谈论某事。
38．D    由上文得知：火车站站台。
39．B    由上文“走到过道里”，很显然此处指“回到座位上去”。
40．A    从下文可知：我原来的邻居是个爱唠叨的人。
41．C    他一开始和你讲话，你就要花上几个小时才能把他甩开。get away from：走开，躲开。
42．C    他搬走，我根本不觉得遗憾。
43．D    从上文We had not met since then可知，此处是倒装句，所以将否定词置于句首。
44．A    由上文可知，这时我的假期就要开始了。
45．B    此处是too…to 句型，表示“忙于谈话没有看见我”。
46．D    我很快走回到车厢，把它们搬到走道的另一端，以做好准备，火车一停就下去。the far end of the corridor走廓的远端。get off 下车。
47．A    搬运工立刻给我找来了出租车。find sb. sth给某人找来某物。
48．C    我乘车去我在郊区的小旅馆的路上，为我能侥幸逃走而宽慰在舒了一口长气。a narrow escape 侥幸逃脱。
49．B    run into碰到，不期而遇。句意为：我不大可能再碰到我那令人厌恶烦的邻居了。
50．D    我直接往自己的房间走去。
51．A    （在旅馆娱乐室或饭店）点菜或其它东西，常用order。此处意为：要了一杯饮料。
52．C    我刚举到嘴边，就听到一个再熟悉不过的声音向我打招呼，用when表示“突然”。
53．B    从上文可知：我终究没有逃出这位烦人的邻居手掌。
54．D    并主张我们在一起用餐。
55．A    由下文I never expected to see you again after all these years可知：这的确是件惊奇的事。