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      Certainly dustmen prefer to be known as "Reuse Collection and Disposal Officers". You may think that this is rather    36  , and it is better to call a spade a spade. But dustmen can be as    37   as people of any other occupation, though we must     38    that their job is not a    39     one in the worl d. We often take dustmen for granted. Perhaps because they usually come very early in the morning, before most people are     40    .We are likely to forget their     41    . Our dustbins are    42    regularly, but we    43     stop to think about the men who do this. However, it is one of the most important jobs in the world, and when there are no dustmen to     44    the rubbish, the general    45    soon becomes aware that something is wrong. Recently, the dustmen of England went on strike for higher wages.
      During the first few days it was regarded as a    46   . But when the first two weeks had passed, and the dustbins were overflowing in nearly every backyard in the country, the joke did not seem so    47    any more.    48    the strike continued, people could not    49    the hills of rubbish around their dustbins, and they looked for other places in which to    50   it. Even Leicester Square, in the heart of West End of London, was    51    high with plastic bags full of smelly rubbish. This was a（n）    52    attraction that the people of London were not at all     53    to see. Even when the strike was over, it took several weeks for the country to get cleaned up completely. Perhaps now the English people appreciate the work of    54   dustmen rather more    55    and won't take them for granted any more.
36. A.clever          B.silly            C.interesting      D.reasonable
37. A.sensitive       B.careless        C.hopeful          D.shy
38. A.realize          B.believe        C.know             D.admit
39. A.necessary      B.difficult        C.romantic        D.heavy
40. A.away           B.up               C.down             D.in
41. A.existence      B.presence       C.absence          D.performance
42. A.cleaned        B.filled            C.emptied          D.burned
43. A.generally      B.frequently      C.sometimes     D.seldom
44. A.take away     B.take off         C.take up          D.take on
45. A.society         B.citizen          C.public           D.community
46. A.trick            B.joke            C.trouble           D.show
47. A.pleasing       B.excited         C.stupid            D.funny
48. A.When          B.While              C.As               D.Because
49. A.bear           B.contain          C.manage         D.control
50. A.keep off       B.give up         C.take care of     D.get rid of
51. A.crowded       B.piled            C.fixed              D.put
52. A.business       B.industrial       C.tourist            D.agricultural
53. A.disappointed   B.serious         C.nervous          D.happy
54. A.its              B.her           C.his                D.their
55. A.highly         B.eagerly         C.lowly            D.entirely

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36-40 BADCB      41-45 ACDAC 
46-50 BDCAD     51-55 BCDDA