第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从31－50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。
The elderly Chinese man in the small booth (售票口) behind the thick glass shook his head. I didn't need to know a word of Chinese to understand there were 31 beds available for the Thursday night train from Beijing to Shanghai. I had a Friday morning 32 with my college friend. I must be on that train. Desperate times 33 desperate measures. So I squatted (蹲下). I assumed that this was the international 34 for “Are there any hard seats available?”
