第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其中大意，然后从36－56各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

I still don’t believe in ghosts even after my experience at the Rose Inn．41 I have never seen one．But stories have made me feel 42  since then．I arrived at the inn late at night and asked the landlord for a room．

“There is nothing left,” he said, “ 43 you’d like to sleep in Number 7．”

“Why not?” I said．“What’s 44 it? I am  45 that I would sleep 46 ．”

“Nothing,” he said slowly, “but something happened there a few months ago．”

Every old inn has its own strange stories, so I thought that 47 he told me about it, the better．I was willing to listen to anything for a room to 48 ．

“A man came here late at night 49 you．” the landlord said, “I thought there was something strange about him because he kept 50 while he was signing his name in the book．He asked me 51 room he could have and I offered him No．7 ．‘ 52   a man who has said he’ll 53 me,’ he said suddenly, ‘with a knife．’ He looked so frightened that I thought I had better 54 him to his room．I closed the door and left him 55．The next day we found him dead, with a knife beside him．He had cut his throat．” The landlord said, “Or 56 had done it．Do you 57 sleeping there now you know the story?”

“Well,” I said, “no one is 58 me．But I wish you had told me the story 59 ．As it is, I’ll sleep here on the floor in the bar if you have a couple of  60 ．”

41．A．Because        B．Of course     C．At all              D．Though

42．A．natural      B．unsafe         C．brave         D．uncomfortable

43．A．unless       B．if            C．since           D．whether

44．A．the price     B．wrong with     C．the matter     D．strange for

45．A．so tired     B．so hurt         C．very weak       D．too worried

46．A．somewhere      B．anywhere     C．nowhere      D．everywhere

47．A．the later      B．the quicker    C．the sooner     D．the slower

48．A．rest          B．live in       C．lie down        D．go to

49．A．like          B．with          C．behind         D．because of

50．A．looking after   B．looking into    C．looking over    D．looking back

51．A．what         B．which       C．whose       D．whether

52．A．There’s     B．He’s          C．It’s           D．That’s

53．A．harm        B．punish       C．frighten     D．kill

54．A．invite         B．take          C．bring         D．allow

55．A．by himself          B．for himself    C．at himself      D．to himself

56．A．whoever      B．nobody     C．anybody        D．someone else

57．A．like          B．mind        C．permit       D．promise

58．A．tricking      B．following      C．killing       D．frightening

59．A．at night      B．at once      C．in time      D．in the morning

60．A．chairs        B．blankets           C．books        D．swords