A. throw B. suit C. keep D. record

crossed the road to see what was happening. He found that the center ofattraction was an old man with a performing monkey. The monkey' s tricks, hesoon discovered, were in no way remarkable so, after throwing a few pennies inthe dirty hat which the man had placed on the pavement, Robert began to moveoff, along with other members of the crowd.Atthis point the man suddenly let out a loud cry. Everyone turned to see what hadhappened. The man was bending over his monkey, which now lay quite still on thepavement. He picked up the apparently lifeless body and, bolding it close tohim, began to weep. A young man stepped forward from the crowd and, taking somemoney from his pocket, dropped it into the hat. Robert and several other peopledid likewise, until the pennies in the hat were covered with silver coins.Meanwhile, the man continued to hold the dead monkey in his arms and seemed totake no notice of what was going on about him. Afew month latter, Robert came across the old man again in another part of thecity. The man had a monkey, bought no doubt with the money which the crowd hadgiven him. It did not, however, seem any better at its tricks than the previousone. Robert was pleased to see that the old man was still able to earn aliving, though on this occasion, having partly paid for the monkey out of hisown pocket, he did not feel inclined to throw any money into the hat. Butthe performance was not yet over! Once again the old man let out a loud cry.Once again the monkey lay still on the pavement. The manpicked up the "dead" monkey and clutching it in his arms began to weep. The same young steppedforward and threw some money into the hat.Again the crowd followed suit一except for Robert. Smiling tohimself, he went on his way, amazed at the man' s audacity.

41. Which of the following is TRUE？

A. The young man was also apasser-by.

B. The old man always entertainedthe people at the same place.

C. The old man let out a loud crybecause he was really sorry to have lost his monkey.

D. Robert did not throw any moneyinto the hat the second time he met the old man .

42. Robert smiled to himself because he().

A. was satisfied with theperformance

B. realized what had happened atlast

C. was amused by the death of thesecond monkey

D. was glad that the second monkeyperformance as well as the first one

43. The word "likewise" (in the secondparagraph) is closest in meaning to ()？

A. like to be wise

B. in the wise way

C. in the sameway

D. in a lovely way

44. What does "followed suit" (in the lastparagraph) mean？

A. followed the example

B. followed the old man

C. followed the writer

D. came afterwards