Directions：There are 5 passages in this part.Each passage is followed by 5 questions or

　　unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the best

　　one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your

　　machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

　　Passage One

　　The job was done，and it was time for a last cigarette.Eddie began tapping the pockets of his

　　overalls, looking for the new packet of Marlboro he had bought that morning.It was not there.

　　It Was as he swung around to look in his toolbox for the cigarettes that Eddie saw the lump. Right

　　in the middle of the brand new bright red carpet，there Was a lump.A lump the size of a packet of

　　cigarettes.

　　“I’ve done it again!”said Eddie allgrily. “I’ve left the cigarettes under the carpet!”

　　He had done this once before，and taking up and refitting the carpet had taken him two

　　hours. Eddie was determined that he was not going tO spend another tWO hours in this house. He

　　decided to get rid of the lump another way.It would mean wasting a good packet of cigarettes，

　　nearly full,but anything was better than taking up the whole carpet and fitting it again.He turned

　　to his toolbox for a large hammer.

　　Eddie didn’t want to damage the carpet itself,so he took a block of wood and placed it on top of

　　the lump Then he began to beat the block of wood as hard as he could.He kept beating，hoping

　　Mrs. Vanbrugh wouldn’ t hear the noise and come to see what he was doing. It would be difficult

　　to explain why he was hammering the middle of her beautiful new carpet….The lump was

　　beginning to flatten out.

　　After three or four minutes，thejob Was finally finished.Eddie picked up his tools，and began to

　　walk out to his car.Mrs.Vanbrugh accompanied him.She seemed a little worried about

　　something.

　　“Young man，while you were working today，you didn’t by any chance see any sign of

　　Armand，did you? Armand is my bird.I let him out of his cage，you see，this morning，and he’

　　S disappeared. He likes to walk around the house， and he usually just comes back to his cage after

　　an hour or so and gets right in. Only today he didn’ t come back. He’ S never done such a thing

　　before，it’S most peculiar…”

　　“No，madam，I haven’t seen him anywhere， ”said Eddie，as he reached to start the Car.

　　And he saw his packet of Marlboro cigarettes on the panel,where he had left it at lunchtime…

　　And he remembered the lump in the carpet….

　　31.What did Eddie Want to do when he had finished fitting the carpet?

　　A. To have a cigarette.

　　B.To hammer the carpet flat.

　　C. To put back his tools.

　　D. To start work in the dining room.

　　答案：A

　　32.Why didn’t Eddie take out the thing under the cmget?

　　A.It was impossible for him to take up the carpet once it was fitted.