阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

  I was shown into the waiting-room which, as I had expected, was full．Any waiting-room, especially a dentist’s , is not the best place in the world to __36___ an afternoon．No matter how hard a dentist（牙医）tries to make his waiting–room look __37___, it always has an atmosphere of its own----the unpleasant smell and disordered（混乱的）__38___ in the room．

       This waiting-room was no exception．There were ___39__ pictures on the wall and the magazines on the table __40__ like a great pile of waste paper．I took my __41__ and decided to pass the time ___42___ the people around me．

       A little man beside me was ___43__ the pages of a magazine quickly and nervously．It was __44___ to understand what he was looking at, for __45__ three minutes or so he would throw the magazine onto the __46___, take another, and sink back into his chair．Opposite me there was a young mother who was trying to __47__ her son from making a ___48__．He had placed an ash-tray（烟灰缸）on the floor and was making plane-noises _49___he waved a pencil in his hands．The boy had clearly become uninterested in ___50___．Near him, and old man was fast asleep, and the boy’s mother was __51___ sooner or later her son would __52__ the gentleman up．There was a deep silence in the room as the door opened and a nurse __53__．The people looked __54___ with hope in their eyes, then murmured something as the next lucky __55___ was led out of the room．

36．A．spend                                              B．take               C．cost               D．stay

37．A．unpleasant      B．happy             C．funny              D．pleasant

38．A．teeth             B．people             C．things              D．books

39．A．dirty              B．nice               C．valuable           D．modern

40．A．tasted            B．sounded          C．looked             D．felt

41．A．chair             B．seat               C．bench             D．desk

42．A．talking with         B．watching           C．thinking about      D．listening to

43．A．turning over       B．counting           C．looking up          D．looking at

44．A．interesting         B．possible            C．easy              D．hard

45．A．each                                               B．every              C．about             D．certain

46．A．chair             B．floor                C．bed               D．table

47．A．prevent         B．allow               C．forbid              D．fight

48．A．song                                               B．noise              C．mistake            D．model plane

49．A．as              B．if                   C．so                D．though

50．A．reading         B．talking              C．waiting             D．singing

51．A．sure            B．sorry               C．angry             D．afraid

52．A．make                                              B．wake              C．call                D．turn

53．A．left               B．entered            C．smiled             D．spoke

54．A．down                                               B．around            C．up                D．behind

55．A．patient           B．doctor             C．boy               D．mother

I was shown into the waiting-room which, as I had expected, was full．Any waiting-room, especially a dentist’s , is not the best place in the world to __36___ an afternoon．No matter how hard a dentist（牙医）tries to make his waiting–room look __37___, it always has an atmosphere of its own----the unpleasant smell and disordered（混乱的）__38___ in the room．

       This waiting-room was no exception．There were ___39__ pictures on the wall and the magazines on the table __40__ like a great pile of waste paper．I took my __41__ and decided to pass the time ___42___ the people around me．

       A little man beside me was ___43__ the pages of a magazine quickly and nervously．It was __44___ to understand what he was looking at, for __45__ three minutes or so he would throw the magazine onto the __46___, take another, and sink back into his chair．Opposite me there was a young mother who was trying to __47__ her son from making a ___48__．He had placed an ash-tray（烟灰缸）on the floor and was making plane-noises _49___he waved a pencil in his hands．The boy had clearly become uninterested in ___50___．Near him, an old man was fast asleep, and the boy’s mother was __51___ sooner or later her son would __52__ the gentleman up．There was a deep silence in the room as the door opened and a nurse __53__．The people looked __54___ with hope in their eyes, then murmured something as the next lucky __55___ was led out of the room．

36．A．spend          B．take                   C．cost            D．stay

37．A．unpleasant      B．happy              C．funny              D．pleasant

38．A．teeth           B．people             C．things        D．books

39．A．dirty              B．nice               C．valuable      D．modern

40．A．tasted            B．sounded           C．looked       D．felt

41．A．chair             B．seat               C．bench        D.desk

42．A．talking with        B．watching           C．thinking about      D listening to

43．A．turning over       B．counting           C．looking up          D looking at

44．A．interesting        B．possible            C．easy               D.hard

45．A．each            B．every              C．about              D.certain

46．A．chair             B．floor            C．bed           D.table

47．A．prevent        B．allow                C．forbid        D.fight

48．A．song           B．noise         C．mistake            D．model plane

49．A．as             B．if               C．so                 D．though

50．A．reading        B．talking          C．waiting             D．singing

51．A．sure           B．sorry           C．angry              D．afraid

52．A．make          B．wake                 C．call                 D．turn

53．A．left           B．entered         C．smiled              D．spoke

54．A．down          B．around        C．up                 D．behind

55．A．patient         B．doctor               C．boy                D．mother

When it is Tom’s turn for a cut, Mr. Smith places a wooden board covered with a piece of red leather across the arms of the chair, so that the barber doesn’t have to bend to cut the boy’s hair.

“Hey, young man, you’re       , you won’t need this soon, you’ll be able to sit in the chair.” the barber says.

“Wow,” says Tom, turning round to look at his dad. “Dad, Mr. Smith said I could be sitting in the chair soon, not just on the      !”

“So I hear,” his father replies. “I expect Mr. Smith will start       me more for your hair then.”

In the       Tom sees a little head sticking out of a long nylon cape. Occasionally he       glances at the barber as he works. He smells a(n)       of smelly sweat and aftershave as the barber moves around him, combing and cutting.

Tom feels like he is in another world,       except for the sound of the barber’s shoes rubbing on the plastic carpet and the       of his scissors. In the       from the window he could see through the window, a few small clouds moved slowly through the frame, moving to the       of the scissors’ click.

Sleepily, his eyes dropping to the front of the cape where his hair       softly as snow and he       sitting in the chair just like the men and older boys, the special       left leaning against the wall in the corner.

When Mr. Smith has      , Tom hops down from the seat.      , he sees his own thick,       hair mixed among the browns, greys and blacks of the men who have sat in the chair before him. For a moment he wants to reach down and       the broken blonde hair, to       them from the others, but he does not have time.

They reach the pavement outside the shop. “I tell you what, boy, let’s get some fish and chips to take home,       your mum from cooking tea,” says Tom’s dad.

Tom is excited and catches his dad’s hand. He is surprised to find, warming in his father’s palm, a handful of his own       .

1.A. building up        B. sending up                       C. bringing up D. shooting up

2.A. desk                     B. board                               C. couch                      D. sofa

3.A. paying                  B. blaming                            C. charging                  D. accusing

4.A. mirror                           B. book                                C. shelf                      D. catalogue 

5.A. steals                   B. discovers                         C. returns                    D. transforms

6.A. lack                     B. memory                           C. mixture                   D. expression

7.A. helpless               B. noiseless                          C. fearless                   D. thoughtless

8.A. control                B. direction                          C. effect                     D. click

9.A. immigration        B. opposition                       C. reflection               D. assumption

10.A. rhyme               B. trail                                  C. pattern                    D. sound

11.A. falls                   B. covers                              C. melts                       D. explodes

12.A. considers                   B. succeeds                         C. approves                D. imagines

13.A. package            B. bench                               C. scissors          D. carpet

14.A. treated              B. compromised                 C. finished                   D. entertained

15.A. Looking into     B. Looking forward             C. Looking up             D. Looking down

16.A. blonde              B. red                                    C. black                        D. white

17.A. send for            B. find out                            C. gather up                D. show off

18.A. punish               B. separate                           C. deliver                    D. confirm

19.A. persuade          B. save                                  C. excuse                   D. relax

20.A. money               B. tip                                    C. fish                           D. hair