(40~44)
         People in Quiet Town are very sad that their old friend, River,is facing the   (40)   of his life next October. The river   (41)   a lot topeople in town. They all grow up and live there all their lives.In the old times, people in the town built their houses along theriver. The houses in every block shared a public restroom. OnMondays, People came and washed clothes together there. Theyhung their clothes in the back of every house. The clothes indifferent colors   (42)   a beautiful picture .
         Now Time River is going to be filled in to make land for townpeople to live. People are happy that there   (43)   more living space.But at the same time, they are sorry that they must say goodbyeto their old friend. So they plan to give a party once a year to   (44)     it.
 *hung 懸掛 public 公共的 filled in 填平 space 空間
【題組】40.
(A)end
(B)start
(C)middle
(D)line