Maureen stood by the lake. Suddenly the children came running through the trees with sharp cries of ___36___. They rushed up to the ___37___, leaning over the clear water, watching the crowds of tiny fish. Some children demanded loudly to go to the boats, but ___38___ those who had been left behind at the ice-cream stall(小摊) came running up to make some announcement or other, and they all ___39___ the water and dashed back the ___40___ they had come. With growing excitement, Maureen ___41___ them.
When she ___42___ what had been running for, she stopped running. They were ___43___ things again. The toy stall was ___44___ and they were crowded around it. Behind the ___45___ a calm middle-aged woman was selling a great variety of small rubbish. She took ___46___ from the forest of small hands in exchanging for little boats, plastic dolls, yellow pencils, anything. Maureen leaned against a ___47___, looking on. The idea of ___48___ washed against her face like a strong current(流), trying to draw her in.
Nona Parker pushed out to the edge of the group and ___49___ what she had bought on the ground so that she could see what money she had left in her white purse. Under Maureen’s ___50___ lay a boat, a mouth organ(口琴) and a brown load of bread. Maureen was so full of the ___51___ for the things like that she couldn’t bear to look at it. She turned her ___52___ sharply. Her face was against the tree. She shut her eyes and ___53___ eagerly for some money, for the price of a set toy plates. In a moment, she opened her eyes, ___54___ she didn’t turn back to the stall. It was too ___55___ to see the others buying whatever they wanted. She rubbed almost round the tree, her eyes on the ground.
36. A. fright        B. surprise      C. shout         D. excitement
37. A. space         B. hill          C. lake         D. river
38. A. what’s worse        B. all at once      C. all the time      D. more or less
39. A. left                B. polluted      C. painted        D. entered
40. A. street         B. way          C. boat         D. restaurant
41. A. ran after          B. searched for   C. glared at     D. got rid of
42. A. blamed       B. saw          C. praised        D. helped
43. A. destroying        B. stealing      C. buying        D. eating
44. A. closed        B. tall          C. dull          D. open
45. A. toy                B. stall          C. building      D. mirror
46. A. fish           B. advice        C. money            D. food
47. A. tree           B. wall               C. stall         D. car
48. A. leaving       B. running      C. sleeping       D. spending
49. A. laid           B. let           C. drew        D. tasted
50. A. feet           B. eyes               C. shoulder      D. hands
51. A. edge          B. tiredness      C. wish        D. relation
52. A. friend        B. suggestion      C. way          D. head
53. A. went          B. stood          C. prayed      D. searched
54. A. even if       B. if            C. so            D. but
55. A. painful       B. nervous      C. enjoyable      D. near-sighted

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