3. A. hoped　　　 B. thought　　 C. considered　　 D. expected

2. A. signing　　 B. showing　　 C. shaking　　　 D. nodding

1. A. late　　　 B. dark　　　　 C. raining　　　 D. snowing

20、选D。prepare for意为“为……作好准备”。余者不合逻辑。

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I am used to taking a bus home, but last night it was 1_____ and I decided to ride in a taxi. I stood on the side-walk 2_____ to each car that passed. I 3_____ each one to 4_____, but none would. Then I 5_____ that it was the time of day when one group of taxi drivers stopped and another began work. I began to wish that I hadn’t had the idea of taking a 6______. I was all wet. I 7_____ my hat to pour 8_____ the water that had collected in the brim(帽边).

At that moment, a taxi stopped in front of me and the driver said something that I didn’t 9_____. I quickly jumped in and sat down. “Where do you want to go ?” he asked me. I gave him my 10_____. “That’s uptown (向住宅区), sir,” he said. “I’m 11_____ duty now. I was just to 12_____ you up if you were going my 13____. “14_____ this time it was raining harder. Cars were stopped 15_____ the taxi. Their knocking horns(喇叭)were beginning to 16_____ that we move. I 17_____ I had known what to do! I felt like insisting that the taxi driver 18______ me home. But at the same time, I knew that I 19____ have gotten into the taxi without understanding what the driver had said to me. Two more blasts(鸣笛)from somebody’s horn made the driver demand that I make up my mind. I got out, 20_____ I didn’t want to.

19、选B。根据空格后的内容可排除C、D，另从与介词搭配这一角度考虑可排除A(这里的path与along连用)。

18、选A。day和hour在语气上并不是并列关系，故后三项应予排除。

17、选D。由a river may overflow its banks可推知，雨或雪可能不少，答案应在C、D之间。表示雨、雪之大一般用heavy，而不用large。

16、选B。这里强调的是可能性，而不是必要性，故应排除A、C，might表示的可能性太小，不符合语境，也应排除。

15、选A。根据后面的代词he可排除B，根据常识可排除D，C(person)比较笼统，不及pilot具体，亦应舍去。

14、选A。B不合逻辑，C、D不合语境和常识。