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36、根据以下资料，回答36-55题。 　　As one approaches some crossroads, one comes to a sign which says that drivers have to stop when they come to the main road ahead．At other crossroads, drivers have to go slow, but they do not actually have to stop (unless, of course, there is something coming along the main road); and at still others, they do not have either to stop or to go slow, because they are themselves on the main road.
　　Mr．Williams, who was always a very careful driver, was driving home from work one evening when he came to a crossroads．It had a "Slow" sign, so he slowed down when he came to the main road, looked both ways to see that nothing was coming, and then drove across without stopping completely.
　　At once he heard a police whistle, so he pulled in to the side of the road and stopped．A policeman walked over to him with a notebook and pencil in his hand and said, "You didn't stop at the crossing."
　　"But the sign there doesn't say 'Stop'," answered Mr Williams．"It just says ‘Slow’, and 1 did go slow."
　　The policeman looked around him, and a look of surprise came over his face．Then he put his notebook and pencil away, scratched his head and said, "Well, I'll be blowed! I am in the wrong street!"
At a crossroads, you reduce your car's speed when
A． there is s stop sign
B． there is a slow sign
C． you are on the main road
D． you are on the crossroad

37、 When Mr Williams heard the police whistle __.
A． he sped up and disappeared
B． he was scared and stopped his car
C． he ignored the whistle and went on driving
D． he stopped the car at one side of the road

38、 The police stopped Mr Williams because __.
A． there was a stop sign that Mr Williams ignored
B． the police was not sure whether Mr Williams had a driving license
C． the police thought that he was at a different crossroads with a stop sign on it
D． there was a slow sign that Mr Williams ignored

39、 The sentence “Well, I'll be blowed” shows the feeling of__．
A． sadness
B． happiness
C． frustration
D． annoyance

40、 According to the passage, __.
A． flowers and vegetables from Devon are on the market one month earlier
B． farmers in the southwest grow as many vegetables and flowers as farmers elsewhere
C． people in the southwest have to pay a higher price for vegetables and flowers
D． vegetables in Cornwall ripen as much as a month earlier than flowers

41、 In the north of England and the Midland, __．
A． it is cold and wet all the year round
B． the climate is pleasant as a whole
C． it is warm most of the time in a year
D． only the summer is not cold and wet

42、根据以下资料，回答42-61题。 　　England is not a big country: from north to south and from east to west it is only about three hundred miles across．But for a small country it has a surprising range of climate．People who have never visited England or who have visited only one part of it often makes the mistake of thinking that it is a cold and wet country．Except for the summer months of June to September, this is probably true of the north of England and the Midlands．In the south, however, the climate is much more pleasant．One result is that when people retire from the job in the north, they often prefer to move down to the south.
　　Perhaps the warmest part of the country is the southwest, which consists of (is made up of) the counties of Devon and Cornwall, where palm trees, bamboo and many semitropical plants grow well．Flowers and vegetables ripen as much as a month earlier than those elsewhere．Farmers in the areas gain a higher price for their vegetables and flowers because they are ready earlier．In winter there may be several feet of snow in other parts of England but there will probably be no snow at all in the southwest．This may be one of the reasons why the southwest is one of England's most popular holiday areas. The distance from the center of England to south coast is about
A． one hundred miles
B． three hundred miles
C． one hundred and fifty miles
D． six hundred miles

43、 In winter, people in Devon and Cornwall, __.
A． never see any snow
B． seldom see snow
C． often see snow
D． may have seen several feet of snow

44、根据以下资料，回答44-63题。
　　Many animals have an excellent sense of smell, which they use in hunting．On the other hand, their eyesight may be poor．Dogs, for example, have poor eyesight and no color vision．They see only shades of gray．But the dog's sense of smell is extraordinary,
　　The kind of dog known as Alsatian has 220 million olfactory (嗅觉) cells．Man has five million．Scientists believe that the Alsatian is one million times better than man in finding out odors．
　　The human sense of smell, however, is really quite good, The average human being can distinguish more than 10,000 different odors.
According to the passage which of the following facts is NOT true?
A． Many animals have poor eyesight while their sense of smell, is quite goo
B． Dogs are color blin
C． The human sense of smell is not goo
D． Dogs can see no more than shades of gra

45、 The Alsatian's olfactory cells are __ times as many as man's.
A． forty-four
B． one million
C． 220 million
D． 10,000