完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
It was Lin Tao’s first visit to England. He was looking   36   to his first journey on London’s Underground Railway. Against   37   of his friends he decided to go alone.
He   38   the station shortly after five o’clock in the afternoon. This is a   39   time to travel in London because too many people go home   40   work at this hour. He had to join a long line of people   41   were waiting for tickets. When   42   his turn came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by the man   43   tickets. However, he got the right   44   in the end and by asking people the   45   he also found the right platform. It was crowed with people. He did not manage to get on the first train,   46   he was able to move nearer the edge of the platform so as to be in a better position to   47   the next one.
When this train came in, Lin Tao was swept forward on to the train by the rush of people from behind. The doors   48   and the train moved off. He was   49   to see the names of the stations   50   the train stopped, but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth stop along the line. When the train reached the sixth station, Lin Tao got off,   51   glad that his journey had been so easy. But he suddenly   52   that he had come to a station he   53  ! He explained his difficulty to a man standing on the platform. With a smile   54   his face, the man told Lin Tao that he   55  a train going in the opposite direction. The train had come to a small town, the name of which sounded very strange.

A．forward B．toward C．upward D．downward

A．an advice B．the advice C．advice D．advise

A．arrived B．got C．hurried D．entered

A．short B．well C．good D．bad

A．for B．at C．from D．before

A．who B．whom C．whose D．which

A．at first B．at last C．at least D．at most

A．sell B．to sell C．selling D．sold

A．platform B．station C．ticket D．taxi

A．road B．way C．path D．means

A．and B．or C．but D．so

A．get on B．get off C．get up D．get down

A．open B．opened C．close D．closed

A．able B．unable C．sure D．possible

A．which B．that C．before D．where

A．feeling B．felt C．fell D．fallen

A．recognized B．understood C．realized D．felt

A．have never listened to B．had never heard of C．had never listened D．has never heard

A．in B．on C．of D．to

A．had bought B．had sat C．had driven D．had caught