第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5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、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book ___36___ hand. Of course, we may ___37___ with our guide-books the history and___38___developments of a town and get to know them. ___39___ then, if we take out time and___40___in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we ___41___ it as a whole, we begin to have some___42___, which even the best guide-books do not answer. Why is the town just___43___this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets___44___ in this particular way, and not in any ___45___ why?
Here even the best guide-book___46___us. One can’t find in it the information about how a town has developed to the___47___appearance. It may not describe the original (最初的) ___48___ of a town. However, one may get some idea of what I___49___look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine___50___the town was first planned and built. Then one can learn more about in what direction the town___51___to develop.
What is the___52___of studying towns in the way? For me, it is___53___that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A___54___visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive___55___just reading about it in a guide-book.
36. A. in B. to
C. by D. on
37. A. write B. study
C. tell D. remember
38. A. strange B. similar
C. separate D. special
39. A. But B. Before
C. Since D. Until
40. A. march B. work
C. stay D. sail
41. A. look at B. look after
C. look for D. look up
42. A. ideas B. opinions
C. feelings D. questions
43. A. of B. for
C. like D. as
44. A. open B. are
C. begin D. move
45. A. one B. more
C. other D. such
46. A. helps B. tricks
C. fails D. satisfies
47. A. old B. normal
C. first D. present
48. A. capital B. meaning
C. design D. change
49. A. used to B. seemed to
C. had to D. happened to
50. A. what B. how
C. when D. where
51. A. stops B. appears
C. starts D. continues
52. A. point B. view
C. problem D. difficulty
53. A. nearly B. simply
C. generally D. badly
54. A. costly B. formal
C. group D. personal
55. A. from B. than
C. through D. with