The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good 36  in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I   37 to know him . For a moment, I thought he might be 38 ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was 39 . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous (可笑的) to 40 that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, 41 , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very 42 city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he 43 to tell me all about his friend. His friend’s main 44  in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player , and he   45 had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming 46 , yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several 47 like that, including my brother, who was a doctor in California. He 48 that maybe there were more private courts in the country than he 49 but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me 50 my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence 51 his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a 52 who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence (巧合) because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had 53 the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything. “Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He 54 and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my 55 to laugh. “Yes,” I replied. 小题1: A．brother B．teacher C． friend D．neighbour 小题2: A．happened B．managed C．tried D．wanted 小题3: A．expecting B．lying C． talking D．joking 小题4: A．funny B．serious C．careful D．disappointed 小题5: A．find B．think C．realize D．see 小题6: A．indeed B．actually C． exactly D．instead 小题7: A．famous B．interesting C．big D．noisy 小题8: A．began B．stopped C．refused D．failed 小题9: A．problem B．choice C．interest D．work 小题10: A．just B．ever C．even D．surely 小题11: A．suit B．habit C． river D．pools 小题12:A. people            B. players        C strangers                D. friends 小题13: A．advised B．admitted C． argued D．announced 小题14: A．recognized B．realized C．visited D．found 小题15: A．how B．whether C．where D．when 小题16: A．if B．because C．then D．though 小题17: A．doctor B．friend C．neighbour D．player 小题18: A．visited B．hired C．designed D．sold 小题19: A．smiled B．laughed C．cried D．nodded 小题20: A．chance B．pleasure C． turn D．time