完形填空(共20小題；每小題I. 5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空内处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He was walking home from the village, where he had   21  to buy what he needed  22    his next day’s work. His legs were tired, but he felt almost happy. He was looking forward to  23  ,when he would bring out his gold. Tonight he had an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat hot meat, which was  24    for him. And it would 25   him nothing, because someone had given him a piece of meat as a present. He left it  26   over the fire. The door key was needed to hold it safe in place, but Cass was not at all   27   about leaving his gold in the cottage with the door  28  . He could not imagine that a thief would  29   his way through the mist, rain and darkness to the little cottage by the quarry (釆石场).
When he reached his cottage and opened the door, he did not notice   30    anything was different. He  31    his wet coat, and pushed the meat  32   the fire.  33    he was warm again, he began to think about his gold. It seemed a long time to wait until after super, when he usually brought out coins to look at.  34    he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking.
But when he  35  the floorboards near the loom (织布机)，and saw the 36    hole ,he did not understand  37   . His heart beat violently as his trembling hands felt all round the hole. There was  38    ！ He put his hands to his head and tried to think. Had he put his gold in a different place, and forgotten about it? He 39   every corner of this small cottage, until he could not pretend to himself any more. He had to accept the truth 一 his gold had been   40  ！

A．arrived B．been C．left D．gone

A．to B．in C．for D．with

A．holiday B．home C．supper-time D．meat

A．ordinary B．unusuall C．normal D．common

A．boiling B．cooking C．smoking D．making

A．interesting B．worried C．interested D．worrying

A．unlocked B．uncovered C．discovered D．locked

A．go B．lead C．find D．lose

A．whether B．that C．because D．as

A．turned off B．threw into C．threw off D．got off

A．away from B．farther on C．on to D．closer to

A．As soon as B．As well as C．As far as D．As long as

A．But B．As C．So D．For

A．took down B．took off C．took over D．took up

A．dark B．empty C．small D．deep

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

A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything

A．searched B．gathered C．researched D．found

A．Gone B．missing C．lost D．stolen