It was Tom’s first visit to England, and he was looking forward to his first journey on London’s Underground Railway. And against his friends’ 39  , he was determined to travel  40 .

    He entered the station shortly after five o’clock in the afternoon. This is a  41  time to travel in London,  42  crowds of people go home from work at this hour. He  43  to join a long line of people waiting for tickets. When at last his 44   came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by the ticket seller.  45 , he got the right ticket in the end and by asking people the  46 , he also found the right platform. It was 47 with people. He did not 48  in getting on the first train, but he was able to move nearer to the platform so as to be in a better  49  to get on the next one. When this train came in, Tom was  50  forward onto the train by the 51  of people from behind. The doors closed and the train moved off. He was unable to see the 52   of the stations where the train   53 , but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth  54  along the line. When the train reached the sixth station, Tom got off, feeling   55  that his journey  had been so easy. But he suddenly realized that he had come to a station he had never__56 . He explained his  57  to a man who was standing on the platform. With a  58  on his face, he told Tom that he had caught a train going in the opposite direction.

39. A. thought B. advice      C. relation         D. favor

40. A. alone      B. abroad      C. along          D. away

41. A. short      B. certain         C. possible        D. bad

42. A. for         B. and                C. so               D. but

43. A. planned     B. had              C. happened       D. hoped

44. A. luck        B. time         C. chance        D. turn

45. A. Thus      B. Instead      C. Therefore      D. However

46. A. question     B. way              C. place           D. condition

47. A. packed          B. caught       C. covered      D. seized

48. A. succeed           B. try          C. agree            D. expect

49. A. situation   B. state         C. position        D. seat

50. A. fought            B. swept             C. drawn             D. brought

51. A. speed           B. support        C. strike          D. push

52. A. signs      B. points        C. names           D. numbers

53. A. left         B. stopped            C. started       D. moved

54. A. part            B. pause          C. stop           D. arrived

55. A. glad            B. sick             C. sorry        D. tired

56. A. heard of       B. talked about   C. thought of   D. arrived at

57. A. result       B. mistake             C. difficulty      D. ticket

58. A. joke            B. smile           C. surprise       D. pity

The reason ______ at the meeting is not reasonable.

   A. he gave       B. what he gave    C. how he gave    D. why he gave

You’d better start early, for the work is not easy ______. 

   A. finishing     B. to finish       C. finishes       D. finished

—What’s the _______ of this weekend?

   ---The opening ceremony of our school’s Art Festival will be held.

   A. item          B. schedule        C. journey        D. step

 The man insisted ________ a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby.

   A. find          B. to find         C. on finding     D. in finding

 His wife ________ him to give up smoking last year and his health has been improving since then.

   A. persuaded     B. hoped           C. advised       D. suggested

 I know you are very ________ ice-cream, but you will gain weight if you eat too much.

   A. fond of       B. tired of       C. full of        D. afraid of

 The mid-term exam _______, and everyone is trying hard to study.

   A. was coming   B. came            C. has come       D. is coming

 In order to support his study, his brother can’t wait _________ money.

   A. to earning    B. to earn        C. for earning    D. of earning

 ---Don’t you think that was a ______ night?

   ---Yes, we were almost ______ to death by the shaking of the earth.

   A. frightened; frightened         B. frightening; frightening

   C. frightening; frightened        D. frightened; frightening