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。 I took home a briefcase full of troubles . As I sat down on that hot and damp 36 , there seemed to be no 37 to the problems hanging around in my brain . So I picked up a book , settled into a comfortable chair and 38 my own special therapy (疗法): 39 reading . I 40 three or four hours on two short chapters of Personal History by Vincent Sheean—tasting each paragraph , staying over a sentence , a phrase , or even a single word , building a detailed mental picture of the scene . No longer was I in Sydney , Australia , on a sticky hot night . Enjoying every word , I 41 foreign journalist Vincent Sheean on a tour to China and anot her to Russia . I was 42  in the author’s world . And when finally I put it down , my mind was totally  43 . Next morning , four words from the book—“take the long 44 ” were still in my mind . At my desk , I had a long-view look at my  45 . Once more , super-slow-reading had giv en me not only 46 but perspective (视角)， and helped me in my everyday affairs . I discovered its 47 years ago . Before that , if I had been really interested in a book , I would 48 from page to page , 49 to know what came next . Now , I decided , I had to become a miser （守财奴）with 50 and stretch every sentence like a poor man spending his last dollar . I had started with the practical object of making my book last . But by the end of the second week I began to realize 51 I was getting from super-slow-reading itself . Sometimes just a particular phrase 52 my attention , sometimes a sentence . I would read it slowly, analyze it , read it again—perhaps changing down into an even 53 speed—and then sit for 20 minutes thinking about it before moving on . I was like a pianist 54  a piece of music , phrase by phrase , practicing it , trying to discover and 55 exactly what the composer(作曲家) was trying to convey. 小题1: A．day B．morning C．afternoon D．evening 小题2: A．solutions B．doubt C．wonder D．courses 小题3: A．tried on B．applied C．practiced D．managed 小题4: A．fast B．super fast C．super slow D．slow 小题5: A．spent B．wasted C．cost D．took 小题6: A．united B．attended C．attracted D．joined 小题7: A．found B．lost C．persuaded D．accepted 小题8: A．broken B．discouraged C．refreshed D．awakened 小题9: A．view B．care C．walk D．distance 小题10: A．therapy B．problems C．rea ding D．work 小题11: A．difficulty B．success C．achievement D．pleasure 小题12: A．use B．disadvantage C．value D．importa nce 小题13: A．look B．read C．analyze D．digest 小题14: A．worried B．eager C．glad D．anxious 小题15: A．books B．troubles C．words D．music 小题16: A．how well B．how long C．how many D．how much 小题17: A．caught B．missed C．escaped D．paid 小题18: A．faster B．higher C．lower D．slower 小题19: A．playing B．studying C．writing D．singing 小题20: A．realize B．recognize C．repay D．understand