阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55个题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mrs. Evens was home from work. She had just gone into the kitchen to make the afternoon tea 36 she saw a mouse running around on the kitchen floor. She 37 and jumped up on the table. As soon as the mouse had disappeared, she jumped off from the 38 , rushed out of the kitchen, 39 her coat, ran out of the house and got on a bus 40 was going into the town.
There she hurried into a shop and 41 a large mouse-trap. She wanted to put 42 to this mouse as quickly as 43 .
When she got home 44 the trap, she realized that she had forgotten 45 any cheese to put in it. She searched everywhere 46 there was 47 in the house. It was too late to buy any because now all the shops were 48 . She wondered what to do. In the end she 49 a clever idea. She took a pair of scissors and cut a picture of a piece of cheese 50 a magazine. Then she put the picture in the trap 51 a piece of cheese.
The next 52 Mrs. Evans came down to the 53 and went straight away to the place 54 she had put the trap. She wanted to see if her plan had 55 . The picture of the cheese had gone and in its place was a picture of a mouse.
36. A. where B. what C. while D. when
37. A. laughed B. cried C. surprised D. pleased
38. A. table B. floor C. house D. kitchen
39. A. pulled on B. have on C. wore D. dressed in
40. A. it B. when C. which D. as
41. A. asked B. bought C. sold D. left
42. A. a cheese B. an end C. a mouse D. a picture
43. A. possible B. he could C. possibly D. she can
44. A. for B. out C. with D. without
45. A. to sell B. to eat C. to let D. to buy
46. A. and B. so C. but D. or
47. A. none B. not one C. no D. anything
48. A. open B. shut C. close D. on show
49. A. had B. brought C. thought D. used
50. A. away B. by C. out of D. on
51. A. instead of B. including C. instead D. with
52. A. afternoon B. hour C. evening D. morning
53. A. cooking room B. bathroom C. reading room D. sitting room
54. A. that B. what C. which D. where
55. A. worked B. took C. changed D. made
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