III、第二节：完形填空(共20小题，每题1.5分)
One day, I happened to talk to a stranger on a bus. When he  36  that I was from Chicago, he told me that one of his good 37  lived there and he wondered if I 38  know him. At first I wanted to say that it was  39  to think that, out of all the millions of people in Chicago, I could 40  meet his friend. But, instead, I just smiled and said that  41  was a very big city. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he began to  42  me about his friend.
He told me that his friend was an excellent   43  player, and that he even had his own tennis court. He  44  that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools,   45  that he knew two people in the country who had their own tennis courts. His friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I  46  several people like that, for example,47  and my next door neighbour. I told him that my brother was a doctor and he lived in Chicago. Then he asked  48  my brother lived in Chicago. When I said Sacramento, he said that last year his friend   49   the summer in Sacramento and lived  50  to a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court. I said that my next door neighbour went to Sacramento last summer and  51  in the house next to my brother’s. For a moment, we looked at each other, but we did not say  52  .
“Would your  53  name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He laughed and said, “Would your   54  name happen to be Dr. Ray Hunter?” It was my  55  to laugh.
36. A. turned out    B. made out    C. took out        D. found out
37. A. friends  B. classmates  C. brothers        D. teachers
38. A. managed to  B. happened to       C. tried to         D. got to
39. A. clever   B. wise    C. foolish         D. kind
40. A. likely   B. friendly      C. luckily         D. possibly
41. A. New York    B. Chicago     C. California      D. Edmonton
42. A. tell       B. learn   C. know           D. talk
43. A. football       B. tennis  C. basketball       D. swimming
44. A. decreased     B. increased    C. added         D. pluses    
45. A. and      B. however     C. so             D. therefore
46. A understood               B. knew C. met            D. saw
47. A. my sister      B. my friend   C. my brother     D. my teacher
48. A. Which  B. What  C. Why           D. Where
49. A. spent    B. took    C. paid            D. cost
50. A. above   B. below C. next door       D. behind
51. A. worked B. studied       C. researched       D. lived
52. A. anything      B. something  C. someone        D. anyone
53. A. brother’s      B. friend’s      C. teacher’s        D. family’s
54. A. friend’s B. family’s     C. brother’s        D. teacher’s
55. A. way      B. road    C. mouth         D. turn