2014届高三英语二轮【完形填空突破-3真2模含解析】21
（2012·湖北卷）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I tend to accept any idea put forward by experts on TV. One day, a sociologist proposed that the __31__ society has been consuming modern humans little by little. For fear that I would become a victim of the consumer society, I ___32___ hurried to a bicycle shop in my neighborhood. __33__ the shopkeeper Mr. Johnson was selling me the bicycle, he said, “This is the best thing you __34__ have done. Life has become hopelessly __35__. A bicycle is simple, and it brings to you __36__ things: fresh air, sunshine and exercise，” I agreed. Happy as a child, I got on the bicycle and headed out onto the streets. After some time, I __37___ at the other end of the town. I was ___38__ that this simple vehicle could let me __39__ long distances in a fairly short time. But how __40___ did I really go?
Since I hated to be __41__， I went back to Mr. Johnson and asked him to __42__ an odometer (里程表) on my bicycle. He agreed, but __43__， “An odometer without a speedometer (速度计) is like a __44__ without a knife.” I admitted he was right and in a few minutes, the two devices (装置) were __45__ to the handlebars of my bicycle. “What about a horn？” he then asked. “Look, this horn is no larger than a matchbox and has many __46__.” Attracted by these functions, I bought the horn.
