第三部分：完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。
One day I took a bus with my girlfriend. It was so____36____ that we stood for several stops until a vacant seat was  ____37_____  for her.
Then a pretty girl rushed towards me, saying, “Hi, where are you going?” I was so struck by the stranger that I had a hard time trying to  ____38____ her. Clearly she had taken me ____39____ somebody else. I returned her greeting with politeness, ____40____ to give explanation to my girl later.
Noticing my dialogue with somebody else, my girl ____41____ her eyes and found she was pretty. She asked jealously, “Who’s she?” The pretty girl, quite ____42____ of the situation, spoke out first, “Hi, let me ____43____ myself. I’ m Nancy, used to be ____44____. Very glad to meet you.” She behaved very ____45____.
But I was  ____46____ to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors. I was worrying how to explain this to my girlfriend ____47____ the pretty girl again turned to me, “Will you give me your cell phone number so that we ____48____ keep contacts(联系) later?”I had to submit to her ____49____.
Then the girl got off the bus at the next stop.
A minute later I got a short ____50____ on my phone—from a stranger. My girlfriend  ____51____ my phone and read the note. It was from the girl, who said, “Just now, two thieves tried to ____52____ your pocket. I had to act as an acquaintance to draw your attention. I should have left at the ____53____ stop but gave up as I noticed these two thieves also ____54____ to leave at the same stop. Because of the ____55____ I delayed my departure. Now you’ ll understand all I have done to you. Wish you luck.”
36. A. tiring              B. slow              C. crowded               D. messy
37. A. ready              B. available           C. special                D. suitable
38. A. identify             B. realize             C. remind                D. judge
39. A. on                 B. by                C. with                  D. for
40. A. preferring           B. planning           C. managing             D. promising
41. A. fixed                B. Opened            C. raised                 D. focused
42. A. proud               B. careful            C. afraid                 D. aware
43. A. explain             B. enjoy             C. introduce              D. help
44. A. partners            B. neighbors          C. friends                D. colleagues
45. A. naturally            B. generously         C. cautiously             D. normally
46. A. in a hurry           B. at a loss           C. at ease                D. in time
47. A. while               B. before             C. when                 D. until
48. A. would               B. can               C. should                D. must
49. A. request              B. question           C. command             D. opinion
50. A. suggestion            B. warning           C. notice                D. message
51. A. removed             B. seized            C. found                 D. caught
52. A. steal                 B. reach             C. get                    D. pick
53. A. terminal             B. former            C. previous              D. latter
54. A. pretending           B. intending                C. demanding             D. announcing
55. A. incident             B. matter             C. accident                D. affair