When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He was walking home rom the village, where he had 36 to buy what he needed 37 his next day’s work. His legs were tired, but he felt almost happy. He was looking forward to 38 , when he would bring out his gold．Tonight he had an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat hot meat, which was 39 for him. And it would 40 him nothing, because someone had given him a piece of meat as a present. He left it 41 over the fire. The door key was needed to hold it safe in place, but Cass was not at all 42 about leaving his gold in the cottage with the door 43 . He could not imagine that a thief would 44 his way through the mist, rain and darkness to the little cottage by the quarry ( 采石场 ).
When he reached his cottage and opened the door, he did not notice 45 anything was different. He 46 is wet coat, and pushed the meat 47 he fire. 48 he was warm again, he began to think about his gold . It seemed a long time to wait until after super, when he usually brought out coins to look at. 49 he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking.
But when he 50 he floorboards near the loom, and saw the 51 hole, he did not understand 52 . His heart beat violently as his trembling hands felt all round the hole. There was 53 !he put his hands to his head and tried to think . Had he put his gold in a different place, and forgotten about it? He 54 every corner of this small cottage, until he could not pretend to himself any more. He had to accept the truth----his gold had been 55 !
36．A．arrived B．been C．left D．gone
37．A．to B．in C．for D．with
38．A．holiday B．old C．supper-time D．meat
39．A．ordinary B．unusual C．normal D．common
40．A．pay B．spend C．take D．cost
41．A．boiling B．cooking C．smoking D．making
42．A．interesting B．worried C．interested D．worrying
43．A．unlocked B．uncovered C．discovered D．locked
44．A．go B．lead C．find D．lose
45．A．whether B．that C．because D．as
46．A．turned off B．threw into C．threw off D．got off
47．A．away from B．farther on C．on to D．closer to
48．A．As soon as B．As well as C．No sooner D．As long as
49．A．But B．As C．So D．For
50．A．took down B．took after C．took over D．took up
51．A．dark B．empty C．small D．deep
52．A．at last B．at once C．at most D．at least
53．A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
54．A．search B．search for C．looked into D．found
55．A．gone B．missed C．lost D．stolen
解析：
36．B had been to, 表示经历，本句意思是“刚刚去那村买东西，已去了，现在回家了。”
37．C “need sth. for”中for表示“为了”。大意是“他买的是第二天要用的东西。”
38．C 从下文“It seemed a long time…after supper, when he…..” 可推出答案
39．B 从前一句 he had an extra reason to hurry home 可知这餐 meat 是unusual （不平常的），不是经常可以吃的。ordinary平凡的，normal正常的, common 普通的，共同的。
40．D it 在这是代词，指代前句的meat, “something cost somebody (money)”为句型。
41． B “leave something doing …”，意思是“让某物 …”；cook意思是“烹调”，第二段最后一句也有提示，而boil指用水煮。
42．B 此题的关键词是“but”，表转折关系, 因此可知他一点都不担心，尽管门没上锁。
43．A 同上。
44．C 固定短语。find one's way找到路; go one's ways.出发; lose one's way迷路.
45．B 这是一个宾语从句，从句的连接词that不作成分，只起连接作用。
46．C 此题考查动词词组的意义区别。throw off表示“匆忙穿、脱、戴（衣物）”，get off表示“下车，出发”，turn off意思是“关掉 …”。
47． D 从第二段“he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking.”可知肉还在烧。
48．A 此题考查词组意义的区别。“as soon as”表示“一 …，就 …”，表现出他很心急；as well as意思是“以及 …”；no sooner表示“刚刚 …，就 …”；as long as意思是“只要 …就 …”。
49．C 表示因果关系：因为他等不及，所以要早点把金子拿出来看。
50．D 词组“take up the floorboards”意思是“拿起地板”。
51．B 本句意思是：他看到的是一个空空的洞。
52．B 表示此刻的心理反应：他马上不知所措。
53．C （令他吃惊的是）洞里什么都没了！
54．A 考查单词、词组意义的区别：search for表示动作“寻找（东西）”，found表示“找到”。句子意思是：在房子的每个角落里搜索寻找。
55．D 此处强调金子是被盗了，不是不见了。
