閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C、D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book 36 hand. Of course, we may 37 with our guide-books the history and 38 developments of a town and get to know them. 39 then, if we take out time and 40 in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we 41 it as a whole, we begin to have some 42 ,which even the best guide-books do not answer. Why is the town just 43 this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets 44 in this particular way, and not in any 45 why?
Here even the best guide-book 46 us. One can’t find in it the information about how a town has developed to the 47 appearance. It may not describe the original (最初的) 48 of a town. However, one may get some idea of what I 49 look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine 50 the town was first planned and built. Then one can learn more about in what direction the town 51 to develop.
What is the 52 of studying towns in the way? For me, it is 53 that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A 54 visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive 55 just reading about it in a guide-book.
36. A. in B. at C. by D. on
37. A. write B. study C. tell D. remember
38. A. strange B. similar C. separate D. special
39. A. But B. Before C. Since D. Until
40. A. look at B. work C. stay D. wail
41. A. look at B. look after C. look for D. look up
42. A. ideas B. opinions C. feelings D. questions
43. A. of B. for C. like D. as
44. A. open B. run C. begin D. move
45. A. one B. more C. other D. such
46. A. helps B. tricks C. fails D. satisfies
47. A. old B. normal C. first D. present
48. A. capital B. meaning C. design D. change
49. A. used to B. seemed to C. had to D. happened to
50. A. what B. how C. when D. where
51. A. stops B. appears C. starts D. continues
52. A. point B. view C. problem D. difficulty
53. A.nearly B. simply C. generally D. hardly
54. A.costly B. formal C. group D. personal
55. A. from B.than C. through D. with