(3) C篇 说明文，讲说搭便车旅行的安全问题，现状以及未来。
36. 答案：D。That no single women picked me up on my journey to Manchester no doubt reflects the safety fear: a large, strangely dressed man is seen as dangerous.
37. 答案：A。 B和D的出处“Plenty of people still hitchhike in Poland and Romania. Perhaps the rising level of car ownership in the UK means the few people lift hitchhiking are usually considered strange.” C的出处：“Three-quarters of the UK population have access to a car”。
38. 答案：D. 由句中的“mad enough to …”可知要搭车的人长得比较可怕。
39. 答案：A。出处：The future of hitchhiking most likely lies with car-sharing organized over the Internet.
40. 答案：B。How wonderful it would be to have another go，此处的 “go”意思为 “尝试”.