55．A．With a hat                  B．In a hat                C．Putting on a hat      D．Wearing a hat

（A）

Maria is a cashier（收银员）in a big shop in New York．People can buy medicine，watches，sweets，and many other things．They pay Maria for the things they buy．

At the shop people can also buy lottery tickets（彩票）．They pay one dollar for a lottery ticket．There are pictures on the tickets．Some pictures are winning pictures，and some pictures are losing pictures．Most people win nothing．Some people win two dollars．Only a few lucky people win thousands of dollars．

One day Maria was working at the shop．She sold three lottery tickets to a woman．The woman looked at the pictures on the tickets．Then she threw the tickets on the counter and left．“These are losing tickets，” she said to herself．

Maria picked up the tickets and looked at them．To her great surprise，one of them was a winning ticket!

“Excuse me!” Maria called to the woman．“You won $50,000!”

54．A．be noticed            B．be invited            C．be stopped              D．let

53．A．any                     B．all                       C．anyone                   D．a

52．A．after                    B．while                   C．before                    D．as soon as