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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Feeling hopeless and sick at heart, Tom turned away. For a quick moment his 36 met those of the cook, and he saw there a light of such 37 and fear that no words could describe.
The cook moved quietly closer. He whispered to Tom in a rough voice, "Don't be too 38. Mark my words." And he went away.
Tom' s thoughts did not stay focused on the cook and his 39. His friend was in trouble. How could he 40 him? He decided to slip away as soon as possible in search of information that would 41 Jay of all doubts and bring the true criminal(罪犯) to justice.
He had noticed a piece of old sailcloth lying on the 42 floor. With this and a length of string (绳子) he 43 a package which looked very much like the one the police had seized. His 44 was to step to the shore and hand it over just as the cook had ordered Jay to, hoping in this way to learn the 45 about the criminal' s activities. He could then persuade the 46 of his friend' s innocence(无罪).
By now it was 47. Taking the blankets out of Jay' s empty bed, Tom piled them up in his own in the shape of a sleeping 48 . How real it looked! With the 49 pulled up high around the figure' s head he could almost 50 he saw it breathing. Pleased with this, Tom moved quietly to the 51 .
He was about to ope...
