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第二节、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
An interesting experience of my life
I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life.
My friends told us that taking the “hard   41  ” to Beijing would be really terrible. So we didn’t know what to   42   .But we were pleasantly surprised when we finally boarded the   43  ,which was relatively modern and   44  .During the 14-hour ride we ate peanuts and talked. It was not   45   at all.
It was morning when we arrived. We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much   46   . However, we had energy. First we tried to get return tickets to shanghai, but the tickets seller   47   us that tickets would not be on   48   for another two days. We were a little worried about getting   49   , but we made up our minds to   50   for the hotel to put our bags down. After fighting our way    51   the “gypsy” taxi drivers that tried to   52   us one hundred yuan for the ride, we found a taxi and it   53   cost us thirty yuan to get   54    we had planned to go. When we reached the hotel, there was a window for airplane and train tickets.  55   the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we   56  . The most important lesson about China I ever   57  , is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much   58   . We were not able to get tickets, but the   59   agents(代理人) could.
While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of interest, most of which were very   60   . It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place. There aren’t any words to describe it.

41. A. 42. A. 43. A. 44. A. 45. A. 46. A. 47. A. 48. A. 49. A. 50. A. 51. A. 52. A. 53. A. 54. A. 55. A. 56. A. 57. A. 58. A. 59. A. 60. A.	chair	B.	bed	C.	seat	D.	bench
provide	B.	expect	C.	happen	D.	think
plane	B.	bus	C.	ship	D.	train
quick	B.	clean	C.	simple	D.	long
bad	B.	good	C.	easy	D.	hard
trouble	B.	food	C.	sleep	D.	help
promised	B.	informed	C.	advised	D.	persuaded
time	B.	show	C.	duty	D.	sale
behind	B.	out	C	through	D.	back
start	B.	ask	C.	look	D.	pay
toward	B.	into	C.	across	D.	past
offer	B.	charge	C.	bargain	D.	share
even	B.	still	C.	also	D.	only
what	B.	which	C.	where	D.	how
Somehow	B.	However	C.	Therefore	D	Otherwise
wouldn’t	B.	couldn’t	C.	shouldn’t	D.	needn’t
learned	B.	taught	C.	offered	D.	heard
harder	B.	earlier	C.	later	D.	easier
business	B.	transport	C.	travel	D.	hotel
interesting	B.	crowded	C.	famous	D.	noisy