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
