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，掌握其大意，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Mr. Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday. The day after her birthday Mrs. Smith went shopping. She got on   16   and sat down next to an old lady.   17  she noticed that the old lady’s handbag was   18   .  Inside it, she found a wad（沓）of pound notes   19   the one her husband had given her. She quickly   20  her own bag—the notes were   21   . Mrs. Smith was now sure that the old lady sitting   22   her must have stolen them. She thought   23 not have to call the   24  as she didn’t like getting people   25  . 

So she decided to take back the money   26   the lady’s handbag and say   27    about it. She looked around the bus to make sure   28  was watching, then she carefully put her hand into   29   handbag, took out the notes and   30  her own handbag． 

When she got home that evening, she showed   31   the beautiful hat she had bought. “How did you  32  it?” he asked. “ 33   you gave me for my birthday, of course.” “Oh,   34  then?” he asked, as he   35   a wad of pound notes on the table. 

16. A. a bus          B. a train         C. an old ship        D. a plane

17. A. In a minute      B. After a while    C. For a second       D. On the moment

18. A. good           B. old            C. open             D. shut

19. A. the same that    B. perhaps was      C. probably as        D. exactly like

20. A. looked at       B. watched carefully  C. saw to            D. looked into

21. A. gone           B. missed        C. disappear          D. found

22. A. close          B. next to              C. before             D. behind

23. A. she would      B. he can         C. she must          D. he may

24. A. driver         B. old lady             C. police            D. husband

25. A. to difficulty     B. into trouble     C. out of work       D. seeing her

26. A. into           B. out           C. away           D. from

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

28. A. nothing       B. somebody            C. nobody            D. neither

29. A. the old lady’s   B. her husband’s    C. the police’s        D. her own

30. A. gave it away   B. put them into    C. brought them out  D. took it to

31. A. the driver     B. the police            C. the old lady       D.her husband

32. A. pay for       B. spend on            C. cost in            D. take to

33. A. Use them     B. With the money   C. With that              D. Using it

34. A. how is it      B. what’s that      C. where is it         D. why is this

35. A. put up       B. held out             C. pointed to          D. handed up

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The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists. Descriptions like "Paleolithic Man", "Neolithic Man", etc. , neatly sum up the whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label "Legless Man". Histories of the time will go something like this: "in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. This situation was forced upon earth dwellers of that time because of miles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didn’t use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were marred by the presence of large car parks. "
The future history books might also record that we were deprived of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird’s eye view of the world—or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the countryside constantly smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of the great motorways, or what And as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: " I joined the navy to see the world, and what did I see I saw the sea. "The typical twentieth century traveler is the man who always says, " I’ve been there. " You mention the remotest, most evocative place names in the world like E1 Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say," I’ve been there"—meaning, "I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else. "
When you travel at high speed, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you suspend all experience; the present ceases to be a reality: you might just as well be dead. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present. For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing : he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical weariness. He knows that sound. Satisfying sleep will be his : the just reward of all true travelers.

Why does the author say "we are deprived of the use of our eyes"

A. People won’t use their eyes.
B. In traveling at high speed, eyes become useless.
C. People can’t see anything on their way of travel.
D. People want to sleep during travelling.