III. 完形填空 通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從后面各題所給的四個選項中，選擇最佳一項。(每題2分，共40分。)

　　After I had been waiting there much more than ten minutes, I felt certain I __31_C_ have missed the bus. There was only __32A__ thing I could do __33C__ that, I __34D__ just have to walk home. Of course it was entirely my own fault. Lan __35_D_ me the last bus always __36_C_ Little Sutton at ten thirty exactly and it was now ten __37_B_ eleven. It would take me at __38A__ an hour and a half and possibly more to walk to my home in Forest End. But there was _B_39__ moon in the sky and I was quite C__40__ to walking much farther than that. Perhaps I __41D__ not take the short cut through the woods. I might easily lose my __42__C in the darkness.

　　I was halfway home when I heard a car __43A__ slowly behind me. Could it be my imagination __44_B_ was it actually following me down the hill? Why __45__C should it be making __46A__ slow progress? __47B__ my opinion firm action is better than anxiety so I stood still __48_C_ if I were waiting for it to pass me. It stopped just beside me, the door opened and a man __49D__, who said anxiously, “Have you any __50_D_ where we can get petrol at this time of night? We’ve just run out completely.”

　　31. A. could B. might C. must D. should

　　32. A. one B. another C. the other D. other

　　33. A. for B. of C. about D. on

　　34. A. will B. shall C. ought D. would

　　35. A. had said B. tell C. said D. had told

　　36. A. got B. arrived C. left D. reached at

　　37. A. pass B. to C. of D. over

　　38. A. least B. more C. less D. most

　　39. A. full B. a full C. the full D. full the

　　40. A. getting B. coming C. used D. use

　　41. A. had thought B. had felt C. had planned D. had better

　　42. A. road B. path C. way D. street

　　43. A. moving B. move C. come D. run

　　44. A. and B. or C. but D. still

　　45. A. more B. much C. else D. some

　　46. A. such B. much C. so D. too

　　47. A. Of B. In C. About D. For

　　48. A. even B. like C. as D. seem

　　49. A. went out B. got away C. got on D. got out

　　50. A. thought B. massage C. information D. idea

　　參考答案

　　1、C 2、A 3、A 4、D 5、B

　　6、C 7、C 8、D 9、C 10、D

　　11、B 12、B 13、B 14、A 15、A

　　16、A 17、B 18、C 19、B 20、A

　　21、A 22、C 23、B 24、A 25、D

　　26、B 27、D 28、B 29、A 30、A

　　31、C 32、A 33、C 34、D 35、D

　　36、C 37、B 38、A 39、B 40、C

　　41、D 42、C 43、A 44、B 45、C

　　46、A 47、B 48、C 49、D 50、D