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【题干】【完形填空题】Because a friend of mine asked me,I called on good-natured，talkative old SimonWheeler and asked him about my friend's friend,Leonidas w. Smiley. This story is the resultof that visit. l have a deep suspicion that (31)_____; that my friend from the East neverknew such a person; and that he made the request of me as a joke. I think he imagined that if 1went to Wheeler and asked him about Smiley, then Wheeler would make up a story and boreme to death (32)_____. If that was my friend's plan, it succeeded.<br />l found Simon Wheeler dozing comfortably by the barroom stove of the dilapidatedtavern in the decayed mining camp of Angel's, and I noticed that he was fat and baldheaded.He looked gentle, and (33)_____. He awakened and greeted me enthusiastically. I toldhim that a friend of mine had asked me to ask around about an old friend of his fromchildhood.My friend's old friend was named Leonidas w. Smiley. 1 further explained that myfriend thought that (34)_____<br />and that he lived in Angel's Camp or at least he used to.I<br />told Wheeler that (35)_____if he could tell me anything about Smiley, since I wanted to<br />honour my friend's request.<br />Simon Wheeler backed me into a corner and blockaded me there with his chair. He thensat down and proceeded to tell me the most boring,monotonous story I had ever heard.Henever smiled, (36)_____, he never changed his voice from the gentle-flowing key whichhe started with，he never showed the slightest amount of enthusiasm. (37)_____But,interesting to note,(38)_____ he showed himself to be earnest and sincere. It was a wildtale (as you will soon see, since I am going to repeat it word for word), but he never showedme that he thought it wasn't true. (39)_____ He regarded it as a truly important matter,and he clearly admired its two heroes (40)_____1 let him tell it in his own way and<br />never interrupted him once.<br />(From The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Cownty)

【题目】【完形填空题】38.

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