Question

I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life.
　　My friends told us that taking the “hard　 36　”to Beijing would be really terrible. So we didn’t know what to　 37　. But we were pleasantly surprised when we finally boarded the　 38　 , which was relatively modern and　 39　 . During the 14 - hour ride we ate peanuts and talked. It was not　 40　 at all.
　　It was morning when we arrived. We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much　 41　 . However, We had energy, First we tried to get return tickets to Shanghai, but the tickets seller　 42　 us that tickets would not be on　 43　 for another two days. We were a little worried about getting　 44　 , but we made up our minds to　 45　 for the hotel to put our bags down. After fighting our way　 46　 the“ gypsy” taxi drivers that tried to　 47　 us one hundred yuan for the ride, we found a taxi and it　 48　 cost us thirty yuan to get　 49　 we had planned to go. When we reached the hotel, there was a window for airplane and train tickets.　 50　 the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we　 51　 . The most important lesson about China I ever　 52　 , is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much　 53　 . We were not able to get tickets, but the　 54　 agents（代理）could.
　　While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of interest, most of which were very　 55　 . It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place, There aren’t any words to describe it.
36．A. chair             B. bed                 C. seat                 D. bench
37．A. provide          B. expect              C. happen               D. think
38．A. plane             B. bus                 C. ship                 D. train
39．A. quick             B. clean               C. simple               D. long
40．A. bad               B. good               C. easy                 D. hard
41．A. trouble           B. food               C. sleep                 D. help
42．A. promised          B. informed            C. advised              D. persuaded
43．A. time             B. show               C. duty                 D. sale
44．A. behind            B. out                 C. through              D. back
45．A. start              B. ask                 C. look                 D. pay
46．A. towards           B. into                 C. across               D. past
47．A. offer              B. charge              C. bargain              D. share
48．A. even              B. still                C. also                 D. only
49．A. what             B. which              C. where               D. how
50．A. Somehow          B. However            C. Therefore            D. Otherwise
51．A. wouldn't          B. couldn't             C. shouldn't             D. needn't
52．A. learned            B. taught              C. offered               D. heard
53．A. harder             B. earlier              C. later                 D. easier
54．A. business           B. transport            C. travel                D. hotel
55．A. interesting         B. crowded             C. famous              D. noisy

Answer 1

36.C。37.B。38.D。39.B。40.A。41.C。42.B。43.D。44.D。45.A。46.D。47.B。48.D。49.C。50.A。51.B。52.A。53.D。54.C。55.B。

36.C。hard seat“火車中的硬座”　
37.B。what to expect　what作expect的賓語
38.D。根據(jù)下文可知此處應(yīng)為“火車”
39.B。此處表示與原來相反，因此為即“modern”又“clear”
40.A。bad概括了前面所提到的所有的缺點，hard只是硬這一方面
41.C。坐硬座的結(jié)果就是不能睡覺，而非其它
42.B。inform此處等于tell
43.D。on sale“正在出售”　
44.D。get back“返回”
45.A。start for“去旅館”　
46.D。past介詞，“從……身邊走過”
47.B。charge sb some money for sth“因為某物向某人索價”　
48.D。與前面的100元相比，30元要少得多，所以用only
49.C。where表示地點，我們打算去的地方
50.A。somehow“無論如何，不管怎樣”　
51.B。與前面的could對應(yīng)，意為“他能，而我們不能”
52.A。此處的learned意為“得到的、學(xué)到的”　
53.D。讓別人代你做工作，那似乎更容易
54.C。此處為travel agent專門幫旅客辦事的人，諸如買票，訂票之類
55.B。名勝當(dāng)然著名而有趣，也會很擁擠，但不會喧鬧