It was ten o'clock in the morning.Standing outside the Bloomsburg bus station,I could see my breath.In a few minutes I was going to climb onto a bus for a five-hour ride to New York.I would sooner have eaten cat food.You only go on a long-distance bus in the United States because ei-ther you can't afford to fly or you can't afford to buy a car.Many of the people on long-distance buses are one of the following： actively schizoid (精神分裂的),armed and dangerous,or just released from prison. Occasionally you will also see a pair of Norwegian students.You can tell they are Norwegian students because they are so pink-faced and healthy-looking and they wear little blue ankle socks.But,generally,a ride on a long-distance bus in America combines most of the shortcomings of prison life with those of an ocean crossing on a troopship.
So when the bus pulled up before me,I boarded with some feelings of worry.The driver himself didn't appear too stable(沉稳的).He had the sort of hair that made him look as if he'd been playing with live wires.There were about half a dozen other passengers,though only two of them looked seriously mad and just one was talking to himself.I took a seat near the back and settled down to get some sleep.
When I awoke there was a new passenger next to me,a woman with GREy hair who was chain-smoking and burping(打嗝).They were the sort of burps children made to amuse themselves.The woman was completely unselfconscious about it.She would look at me,open her mouth,and out would roll a burp.It was surprising.Then she would take a drag on her cigarette and burp a large puff of smoke.That was surprising too.I stared out of the window,feeling ill,and tried to imagine things less unpleasant than this.But,apart from being dead,I couldn't think of a single thing.
31.From the passage we know that it was cold when the writer left because_____ .
32.It takes five hours to travel by bus from_____ to _____ .
33.People generally travel on long-distance buses in America only if_____ .
34.While outside the bus station,the writer was waiting for_____ to come.
35.In the writer's view,because of the other passengers,a bus trip in America is similar to_____ and an ocean crossing on a troopship.
36.The writer felt_____ when he got on the bus.
37.The writer's first impression of the_____ was that he might be unfit for his job.
38.In the writer's opinion_____ didn't care about other people's feelings.
39.The underlined word “this” refers to_____ .
参考答案：
31.he could see his breath 32.Bloomsburg; New York
33.they are poor / they can't afford to fly or buy a car 34.his bus
35.life in prison 36.worried 37.driver 38.the woman passenger next to him
39.the situation on the bus / the woman's behavior
