Question

It was a market day, so people and traffic had been pouring into the town since early morning. 21  it was an old town, even the main street was very   22  and soon became overcrowded. There was not enough   23   for all the people on the sidewalk at the roadside,   24   they overflowed into the road,   25   danger to their lives from   26   cars and buses, the drivers of   27   were constantly blowing their horns(喇叭) to   28   people to get out of their   29  .

Yet it was a(n)   30   scene. Peasants walked along the street, their heads piled high with baskets or beautifully woven blankets which they hoped to   31   to the townsfolk. Men with carts   32   their way along, shouting their goods at the top of their   33 . They were selling apples, oranges and grapes the   34   of their fields.   35   it all, women in bright summer clothes made their way, laughing and talking,   36   children rushed in and out of the crowds screaming with laughter when they didn’t ask for something they could not have, or crying with   37   because they were lost.

The noise went on all day. People did not even stop for a meal, but preferred to buy bits of meat cooked over a fire or bread or ice-cream from the street sellers. The   38   from this and from all the activities of the day began to collect in the street. And finally, when night at last came, the street   39   and only the rubbish   40   sadly blowing in the cooling night wind.

21.	A. Although	B. For	C. But	D. As
22.	A. small	B. crowded	C. narrow	D. short
23.	A. land	B. area	C. ground	D. room
24.	A. and	B. however	C. or	D. then
25.	A. having	B. causing	C. throwing	D. being
26.	A. passing	B. taking	C. catching	D. driving
27.	A. them	B. which	C. whom	D. that
28.	A. persuade	B. order	C. stop	D. wait
29.	A. road	B. way	C. sight	D. place
30.	A. strange	B. usual	C. colorful	D. interesting
31.	A. given	B. sell	C. take	D. send
32.	A. forced	B. walked	C. found	D. took
33.	A. voices	B. prices	C. heads	D. carts
34.	A. crops	B. result	C. harvest	D. productions
35.	A. Through	B. Across	C. Above	D. After
36.	A. whiled	B. as	C. when	D. whose
37.	A. teas	B. sorrow	C. sadness	D. fear
38.	A. people	B. noise	C. rubbish	D. business
39.	A. emptied	B. silenced	C. calmed	D. changed
40.	A. remained	B. left	C. lay	D. piled

 

Answer 1

21―25  DCDAB   26―30  ABABC      31―35   BAACA      36―40  ADCAA