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　　My neighbor's children love playing hide－and－seek(捉迷藏) as all children do, but 1 expected(预料) that a game they played last week would be 2 in the local newspaper.

　　One afternoon, they were 3 in the street just outside the 4 . Young Tom, who is only five years old, found the perfect place to 5 in. His sister, Mary, had 6 her eyes and was counting up to ten when Tom noticed that the small metal door of the letter－box 7 . The postman had just 8 all the letters out and had gone into the post－office to see if there were any parcels(包裹). Tom 9 into the letter－box and 10 the door from inside so hard that it 11 . Soon, realizing 12 he had done, he became 13 and started crying. At the same time, Mary was looking for him everywhere but could not 14 him. It was lucky she 15 to stop 16 the letter－box and hear her brother's cries. She immediately ran to 17 the postman who hurried out to unlock the metal door. Tom was now free, but he had had 18 a bad fright(惊骇) that he could not stop crying. The postman, however, soon 19 a way of making him laugh again. He told him that 20 he wanted to hide in letter－box he should remember to stick(粘贴) a stamp on himself.

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Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trams, or even cars can be a terrible trouble— especially when they are insects. As for this, there is a great ___36___ between human beings; and insects. The former ___37___ every possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly ___38___ attention to themselves.

We can only show mercy to the ___39___ man who had to slop his car soon after ___40___ from a country village to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the ___41___of the car, he naturally got out to ___42___ the wheels carefully, but he found nothing wrong, so he ___43___ his way. Again the noise began, ___44___ and became even louder. Quickly ___45___ his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great ___46___ cloud following the car. When he stopped at a village further on, he was told that a queen bee must be hidden in his car as there were thousands of bees ___47___.

On learning this, the man drove away .as quickly as possible. After an hour’s ___48___ driving, he arrived safely in London, where he parked his car outside a ___49___ and went in- It was not long ___50___ a customer who had seen him arrive ___51___ in to inform him that his car was ___52___ with bees. The poor driver was ___53___ that the best way should be to call a ___54___. In a short time the man arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger hidden near the wheels at the back. of the car. Very thankful to the driver for this ___55___ gift, the bee-keeper took the queen and her thousand of followers home in a large box.

36. A. connection   B. difference   C. communication  D. similarity

37. A, do B. take    C. make  D. try

38. A. give     B. keep     C. pay      D. draw

39. A. unfortunate  B. careless      C. unpleasant  D. hopeless

40. A. passing by   B. leaving out   C. setting out     D. getting up

41. A. front    B. back     C. left      D. right

42. A. clean    B. change       C. test      D. examine

43. A. drove   B. continued C. pushed    D. forced

44. A. normally     B. gently C. actually      D. immediately

45. A. hiding  B. turning       C. shaking      D. raising

46. A. black    B. beautiful    C. white  D. colorful

47. A. below   B. ahead  C. nearby       D. behind

48. A. boring  B. careful       C. exciting      D. hard

49. A. hotel    B. museum     C. hospital      D. school

50. A. when    B. after   C. until   D. before

51. A. broke   B. moved       C. hurried       D. dropped

52. A. crowded      B. covered      C. filled  D. equipped

53. A. advised B. required     C. ordered      D. requested

54. A. bee-keeper B. policeman    C. waiter D. repairman

55. A. unfamiliar   B. unknown    C. unexpected D. uncertain