I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life.
My friends told us that taking the “hard 36 ”to Beijing would be really terrible. So we didn’t know what to 37 . But we were pleasantly surprised when we finally boarded the 38 , which was relatively modern and 39 . During the 14 - hour ride we ate peanuts and talked. It was not 40 at all.
It was morning when we arrived. We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much 41 . However, We had energy, First we tried to get return tickets to Shanghai, but the tickets seller 42 us that tickets would not be on 43 for another two days. We were a little worried about getting 44 , but we made up our minds to 45 for the hotel to put our bags down. After fighting our way 46 the“ gypsy” taxi drivers that tried to 47 us one hundred yuan for the ride, we found a taxi and it 48 cost us thirty yuan to get 49 we had planned to go. When we reached the hotel, there was a window for airplane and train tickets. 50 the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we 51 . The most important lesson about China I ever 52 , is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much 53 . We were not able to get tickets, but the 54 agents（代理）could.
While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of interest, most of which were very 55 . It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place, There aren’t any words to describe it.
36．A. chair B. bed C. seat D. bench
37．A. provide B. expect C. happen D. think
38．A. plane B. bus C. ship D. train
39．A. quick B. clean C. simple D. long
40．A. bad B. good C. easy D. hard
41．A. trouble B. food C. sleep D. help
42．A. promised B. informed C. advised D. persuaded
43．A. time B. show C. duty D. sale
44．A. behind B. out C. through D. back
45．A. start B. ask C. look D. pay
46．A. towards B. into C. across D. past
47．A. offer B. charge C. bargain D. share
48．A. even B. still C. also D. only
49．A. what B. which C. where D. how
50．A. Somehow B. However C. Therefore D. Otherwise
51．A. wouldn't B. couldn't C. shouldn't D. needn't
52．A. learned B. taught C. offered D. heard
53．A. harder B. earlier C. later D. easier
54．A. business B. transport C. travel D. hotel
55．A. interesting B. crowded C. famous D. noisy36.C。37.B。38.D。39.B。40.A。41.C。42.B。43.D。44.D。45.A。46.D。47.B。48.D。49.C。50.A。51.B。52.A。53.D。54.C。55.B。
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(答案→)36.C。37.B。38.D。39.B。40.A。41.C。42.B。43.D。44.D。45.A。46.D。47.B。48.D。49.C。50.A。51.B。52.A。53.D。54.C。55.B。
解析：36.C。hard seat“火车中的硬座”
37.B。what to expect what作expect的宾语
38.D。根据下文可知此处应为“火车”
39.B。此处表示与原来相反，因此为即“modern”又“clear”
40.A。bad概括了前面所提到的所有的缺点，hard只是硬这一方面
41.C。坐硬座的结果就是不能睡觉，而非其它
42.B。inform此处等于tell
43.D。on sale“正在出售”
44.D。get back“返回”
45.A。start for“去旅馆”
46.D。past介词，“从……身边走过”
47.B。charge sb some money for sth“因为某物向某人索价”
48.D。与前面的100元相比，30元要少得多，所以用only
49.C。where表示地点，我们打算去的地方
50.A。somehow“无论如何，不管怎样”
51.B。与前面的could对应，意为“他能，而我们不能”
52.A。此处的learned意为“得到的、学到的”
53.D。让别人代你做工作，那似乎更容易
54.C。此处为travel agent专门帮旅客办事的人，诸如买票，订票之类
55.B。名胜当然著名而有趣，也会很拥挤，但不会喧闹