第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mr. Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday．The day after her birthday Mrs. Smith went shopping．She got on   36   and sat down next to an old lady． 37   she noticed that the old lady’s handbag was  38  ．Inside it, she found a wad（沓）of pound notes  39  the one her husband had given her. She quickly   40   her own bag—the notes were  41  .Mrs. Smith was now sure that the old lady sitting  42   her must have stolen them．She thought  43  not have to call the  44  as she didn’t like getting people   45 ． 
So she decided to take back the money  46   the lady’s handbag and say  47   about it．She looked around the bus to make sure   48  was watching, then she carefully put her hand into  49   handbag, took out the notes and  50  her own handbag． 
When she got home that evening, she showed  51  the beautiful hat she had bought．“How did you   52   it?”he asked．“  53  you gave me for my birthday, of course．”“Oh,   54   then?”he asked, as he   55  a wad of pound notes on the table． 
36． A．a bus        B．a train        C．an old ship          D．a plane   
37． A．In a minute  B．After a while         C．For a second     D．On the moment
38． A．good       B．old                 C．open           D．shut
39． A．the same that        B．perhaps was     C．probably as      D．exactly like
40． A．looked at          B．watched carefully C．saw to         D．looked into
41． A．gone        B．missed        C．disappear       D．found
42． A．close       B．next to         C．before          D．behind
43． A．she would   B．he could       C．she must        D．he might
44． A．driver      B．old lady        C．police          D．husband
45． A．to difficulty  B．into trouble    C．out of work     D．seeing her
46． A．into         B．out            C．away          D．from
47． A．something   B．everything     C．anything       D．nothing
48． A．nothing     B．somebody       C．nobody         D．neither
49． A．the old lady’s B．her husband’s   C．the police’s      D．her own
50． A．gave it away B．put them into    C．brought them out D．took it to
51． A．the driver    B．the police      C．the old lady           D．her husband
52． A．pay for      B．spend on      C．cost in         D．take to
53． A．Use them    B．With the money  C．With that       D．Using it
54． A．how is it    B．what’s that     C．where is it      D．why is this
55． A．put up      B．held out       C．pointed to      D．handed up