SECTION B Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. It was early spring. The sun was strong and warm. I went over the hillside fields behind my village, 36 buntings and linnets, the birds I loved most. I turned along a bush between two fields where I had seen the birds before, but on this fine day almost the first birds that I saw were winter visitors. I was 37 not to see a bunting straightaway, but I went on, stopping occasionally to look at the black-thorn (黑刺) flowers in the bush, and 38 I did hear a bunting singing. Or was it? Was I not perhaps turning a note of skylark (云雀) song into that of the song I was hoping to hear? But the bunting’s songwas prettyclear, andwithin afew minutesI was proved 39 . The song was coming from the bush, and as I approached 40 I saw the brown bird resting in a small tree. It opened its mouth, and 41 once more. Then it flew off. It was the only one I saw that day, but at least I had found one of the birds I had 42 . It was not until I was on my way back home that I caught sight of some 43 . I saw five of them gathering on the ground when I was just coming back beside the 44 where I had found the bunting. As I came nearer, they flew up, spreading their tails so that their white edges 45 to look like a white fan in the sky. Then, to my 46 , some big pigeons suddenly came flying and joined the linnets. A moment later they had all 47 but I had fulfilled my hopes for the day. 36.A. looking at     B. looking for C. looking up  D. looking after 37.A. disappointed B. dismissed   C. dissatisfied D. disturbed 38.A. directly B. gradually   C. suddenly    D. immediately 39.A. proper   B. right C. useful        D. true 40.A. sadly     B. hurriedly   C. proudly     D. quietly 41.A. danced  B. ate      C. sang    D. shouted 42.A. observed      B. noticed       C. expected     D. described 43.A. linnets B. skylarks     C. pigeons     D. buntings 44.A. bush     B. road   C. grass   D. black-thorn 45.A. widened       B. enlarged     C. lengthened  D. expanded 46.A. knowledge   B. pleasure     C. amusement       D. honour 47.A. gathered       B. lost     C. missed       D. gone