阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第31至40小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案写到答题卡上。
a popular French writer, Jules Verne is regarded as the father of science fiction, which is a combination of scientific truth and     . His famous science fiction stories, such as Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World In Eighty Days, are liked by people of all       all over the world no matter whether they are old or young.
The book Around the World In Eighty Days centers around a rich English gentleman and his French servant. The gentleman regularly pays a visit to a club made up of       men. Once he      to get into a heated discussion about whether it is possible to complete the journey      the world in eighty days. It’s a bit little challenging at that time. So they bet a lot of money. He accepts the challenge. In the course of his travels, he is held up by many surprising adventures along the way, so he thinks he has lost the bet.      , he gains one more day. Because he doesn’t take into consideration the fact that he is travelling westward. Thus he reaches the place a full day earlier.      , he wins and finds himself a beautiful wife, too.
This work by Jules Verne is one of his classics. It has been made into several movies, including the 1956 version (版本) by the same     . Certainly no writer before Jules Vern has been made widely known in English-speaking countries. It is his early love for scientific knowledge that       his success.

A．As B．Like C．Unlike D．With

A．knowledge B．experiment C．research D．imagination

A．ages B．abilities C．senses D．tastes

A．poor B．wealthy C．ordinary D．clever

A．seems B．wants C．happens D．decides

A．in B．around C．over D．through

A．Besides B．Still C．So D．However

A．Luckily B．Carefully C．Sadly D．Disappointingly

A．time B．place C．name D．story

A．turns to B．leads to C．points to D．adds to