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

　 驾车热闹走出驾驶室来检查车轮。易错点: C项“test”强调测试。

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

　 四个选项均为方位，前、后、左、右。由46题“following the car"可知，“a strange noise”是由后面传来。

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

　 leaving out”为忽略、遗漏，考生如望文生意，则可能选择B项。

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

　 由后文驾车者出现的麻烦事可知，此处形容词应填“unfortunate”。“unpleasant”意为不高兴的，“hopeless"意为无希望的，均不符合上文意思。

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

　 由后文蜂后引来大批蜜蜂可知，后者自己常引起别人的注意。

37. A. do　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. take　　　　　　　　　 C. make　　　　　　　　　　 D. try

　 “make every possible efforts”为固定短语。

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

由第一段最后一句可知，人与昆虫有极大“不同”。

46. A　 　47. C　 48. D　 49. A　　 50. D 　51. C　 52. B　 53. A　 54. A　 　55. C

36. B　 37. C　 38. D　 39. A　 　40. C　 41. B　 　42. D　 　43. B　 44. D 　45. B 　

40. A. as if　　　　　　　　　 B. just as　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. just after　　　　　　　　 D. even though

由上题可知。　

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Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trains, 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 stop 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 been 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 beekeeper took the queen and her thousands of followers home in a large box.