‘Well,’ he answered, ‘it is a strange true story. About ten years ago I was walking along a quiet London street one evening   39   it suddenly rained. I had no   40   and no umbrella. No buses   41    that street and there were no taxis in sight. As I was on my way to a party I didn’t want to get   42    . So I stood in a doorway and waited for the rain to stop. By and by it grew quite    43    , there wasn’t a person around, and still it rained and rained.    44     a young man came to the place where I was standing,    45     a large umbrella over his head. As I hoped he would    46     me to walk to the next corner with him,    47    I could have got a taxi, I stepped    48    the dark doorway where I had been standing, and said,    49     , where are you going with that umbrella?

        50     by my sudden appearance, the young man    51   the umbrella which I am afraid, he had just stolen, ran away, and    52    into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and    53   my walk. I knew it would be   54   in this big city to try and discover the owner and so I’ve kept it   55  .’

36. A. for months    B. for years    C. since childhood    D. since then

37. A. used         B. cost        C. taken            D. spent

38. A. very little  B. only a few pounds  C. not a penny D. not a great deal

39. A. when        B. then        C. before            D. as

40. A. car          B. hat         C. raincoat          D. friend

41. A. moved through   B. ran through   C. went across  D. passed across

42. A. tired         B. back        C. wet           D. away

43. A. dark         B. wet        C. late             D. helpless

44. A. At once      B. At last      C. Strangely        D. Secretly

45. A. raising       B. carrying     C. holding         D. lifting

46. A. allow        B. let         C. agree           D. promise

47. A. there        B. where      C. from which       D. in which

48. A. into         B. out of      C. towards          D. from behind

49. A. By the way   B. Pardon     C. Excuse me        D. Sorry

50. A. Encouraged   B. Forced     C. Warmed         D. Frightened

51. A. shut         B. took       C. dropped         D. forgot

52. A. disappeared   B. wandered   C. marched        D. came

53. A. stopped      B. started      C. continued       D. delayed

54. A. endless      B. interesting    C. exciting       D. hopeless

55. A. ever since    B. forever     C. long enough     D. in the end

My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella. He has had it   16   and he is very careful with it. It still looks as good as new. ‘That umbrella must have   17   you a great deal of money, Uncle,’ I said to him one day. ‘No,’ he replied, ‘  18  .’ ‘Was it a present?’ I asked again. ‘No,’ said he. ‘Then how did you get it?’ I asked.

   ‘Well,’ he answered, ‘it is a strange true story. About ten years ago I was walking along a quiet London street one evening   19  it suddenly rained. I had no  20   and no umbrella. No buses   21    that street and there were no taxis in sight. As I was on my way to a party I didn’t want to get   22    . So I stood in a doorway and waited for the rain to stop. By and by it grew quite    23    , there wasn’t a person around, and still it rained and rained.    24     a young man came to the place where I was standing,    25   a large umbrella over his head. As I hoped he would   26     me to walk to the next corner with him,    27   I could have got a taxi, I stepped    28    the dark doorway where I had been standing, and said,   29     , where are you going with that umbrella?

        30     by my sudden appearance, the young man    31  the umbrella which I am afraid, he had just stolen, ran away, and    32   into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and    33   my walk. I knew it would be   34   in this big city to try and discover the owner and so I’ve kept it   35 .’

1.

A. for months    B. for years    C. since childhood    D. since then

2.

 A. used         B. cost        C. taken            D. spent

3.

A. very little  B. only a few pounds  C. not a penny D. not a great deal

4.

A. when        B. then        C. before            D. as

5.

 A. car          B. hat         C. raincoat          D. friend

6.

 A. moved through   B. ran through   C. went across  D. passed across

7.

 A. tired         B. back        C. wet           D. away

8.

  A. dark         B. wet        C. late             D. helpless

9.

 A. At once      B. At last      C. Strangely        D. Secretly

10.

A. raising       B. carrying     C. holding         D. lifting

11.

A. allow        B. let         C. agree           D. promise

12.

  A. there        B. where      C. from which       D. in which

13.

A. into         B. out of      C. towards          D. from behind

14.

A. By the way   B. Pardon     C. Excuse me        D. Sorry

15.

  A. Encouraged   B. Forced     C. Warmed         D. Frightened

16.

A. shut         B. took       C. dropped         D. forgot

17.

 A. disappeared   B. wandered   C. marched        D. came

18.

 A. stopped      B. started      C. continued       D. delayed

19.

  A. endless      B. interesting    C. exciting       D. hopeless

20.

A. ever since    B. forever     C. long enough     D. in the end