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Passage 2
One crossing of the Atlantic
is very much like another; and people who cross it frequently do not make the
voyage for the sake of its interest.Most of us are quite happy when we fell
tired enough to go to bed and pleased when the journey is over.On the first
night this time I felt especially lazy and went to bed rather earlier than
usual.When I arrived in my cabin,I was surprised to see that I was to have a
companion during the trip.I had expected to be alone but there was a suitcase
like mine in the opposite corner.I wondered who he could be and what he would
be like.Soon afterwards he came in .He was the sort of man you might meet
anywhere,except that he was wearing such good clothes that I made up my mind
that we would not get on well together,whoever he was,and did not say a
single word to him.
I suppose I slept for several hours because
when I woke up it was the middle of the night.I felt cold but covered myself
up as well as I could and tried to go back to sleep.Then I realized that a
drought was coming from somewhere .I got up to shut the door but found it
already locked from the inside.The cold air was coming from the window
opposite.I crossed the room and as I did so the moon shone through it on to
the other bed.There was no there.It took me a minute or two to remember
locking the door myself.I realized that my companion must have jumped the
window into the sea.
36.The story happened in a ____________________.
A.ship B.plane C.train D.car
37.The companion of thewriter was __________________.
A.a scientist B.the writer’s colleague
C.the writer’s friend D.an ordinary man
38.From the passage we mayinfer that the writer______.
A.liked his companion B.would have a good trip
C.didn’t like his companion D.would kill his companion
39.The writer did not likehis companion because_____.
A.he was a stranger
B.his companion wore good clothes
C.the writer didn’t want anyone to go withhim on the trip
D.his companion was quite a mysterious(神秘的) man
40.The word “drought” in line 3,paragraph 2most probably means______________.
A.continuous dry weather B.a strange noise
C.current of air in a shut-in place D.a strange smell