45．A．street            B．place            C．way         D．answer

（A）

One day ,Mr．Smith went to a dinner party．He was wearing very old clothes．He came into the room．But people in the room didn’t look at him．They didn’t ask him to sit at the table．He wasn’t happy．But he said nothing．

Mr．Smith went home quickly and put on．（穿上）his best clothes．He went back to the party．Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him．They gave him good food to eat．

Mr．Smith took off his coat，and put it on the food and said．“Eat．coat!”

The other people were surprised and asked．“What are you doing ?Why do you do that?”

Mr．Smith answered，“I am asking my coat to eat food．When I wore old clothes．you didn’t look at me．You didn’t ask me to sit down．Now I am wearing these nice clothes．And you give me good food．Now I see．you give the food to my coat．not to me．”

44．A．listening       B．to listen        C．listened    D．listen

43．A．boring          B．tired             C．awful           D．funny

42．A．in                B．down            C．outside     D．along

41．A．lots of          B．a lot             C．kinds of   D．think of

40．A．took             B．spent            C．paid         D．asked

39．A．watching      B．1ooking        C．seeing      D．reading

38．A．the               B．a                  C．an           D．／

37．A．afternoon      B．morning       C．evening    D．night