There was a military camp(军营) in a quiet village far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains 1 . Of course it was a good place for training(训练) the new soldiers. But it was difficult for the young men 2 . Mr White,  an officer of forty,  was   3    them and he     4     let them,  leave the camp.
    One day Mr White was ill in bed,  and couldn\'t work. A young officer,  Mr Hunt,  came to train the new soldiers  5  him. He knew the young men well and allowed nine soldiers to go to the nearest town to have a holiday.  6  night fell and none came back to the camp. He was worried and it was five to twelve,  Mr Hunt decided to go to the town to see  7  them. He  8  the car quickly and set off. At the moment the nine soldiers came back. It 9    they were all drunk. Of course,  they found the officer angry.
     "I\'m sorry,  sir. "said the first soldier, "I left the town  10  . But something was wrong with my bus. I had to buy a horse and made it run fast. Bad luck! It  11  and I had to run back to the camp. "The other seven soldiers said they were late  12  the same reason. It was the  13  soldier\'s turn. He said,  "I\'m sorry,  sir. I got on the bus on time,  but"-"
Hearing this,   the officer became    14  and called out,  " If you say something was wrong with your bus, I\'ll punish you at once. ""No, no, sir. My bus was all right, but the dead 15    were in its way(挡路). "

1. A. away             B. around      C. near          D. inside
2. A. to go outside       B. to go to school
  C. to go swimming    D. to write to their friends
3. A. friendly to         B. strict in        C. strict with     D. pleased with
4. A. happily           B. hardly         C. immediately    D. always
5. A. in place of        B. in need of      C. with the help of  D. instead of
6. A. When         .  B. But           C. Since          D. Though
7. A. what was wrong to       B. what was happened with

C. what was happening to   D. what the matter was with
8. A. drove            B. opened          C. began        D, started

9. A. seemed          B. looked           C. was said      D. cleared
10. A. late            B. on time           C. on foot       D. by boat
11. A. ran away        B. was stolen        C. died          D. was tired
12. A. as             B. for              C. of            D. with
13. A. second         B. nine             C. ninth          D. eighth
14. A. even angrier    B. much angry        C. very angrier    D. more angrily
15. A. buses         B. horses            C. officers        D. soldiers

Once upon a time, some children were playing at seaside when they found a turtle (海龟). They began to beat the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and said to them, "Stop!" The children ran 11 quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said, "Thanks for your kindness. I really would like 12 you to a wonderful palace now."

The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he 13　 the palace. He was very surprised and said to the turtle, "What a nice palace!" To thank him, the king of the turtles gave him a 14 dinner. He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warn welcome there and was 　15 everything.

After dinner, the king of the turtles said, "I am going to give you two boxes, 16 you can open only one." "You mustn’t open both. Don’ t forget it!" the turtle warned him. "All right. I will open only one," the young man promised. At this time，a large wave sent him out of the sea.

After he 17 , he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. To his　 18　 the box was full of gold. "My God!" he cried, "I'm a(n) 19 man now." Then he thought, "Things in the other box must be expensive, too." He could not wait any longer. He broke his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an old man. His hair turned white. His face 20　 an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.

(　 )31. A. through 　　 B. away 　　　 C. into 　　　　D. out

(　 )32. A. wanting 　　 B. asking　 　　 C. to let　　 　 D. to invite

(　 )33. A. left for　 　　B. arrived on 　　C. arrived at 　 D. got away

(　 )34. A. big 　　　　B. poor dinner 　 C. bad 　　　 D. small

(　 )35. A. pleased with 　B. strict in　 　 C. angry with 　D. sorry for

(　 )36. A. so 　　　　 B. or　　 　　　C. but　　 　　D. as

(　 )37. A. went back to home　　 　　　　B. was back home　

C. went back to the sea D. was back the sea

(　 )38. A. surprising 　　B. surprised　 　C. surprise　 　 D. surprises

(　 )39. A. poor 　　　 B. rich　　 　　 C. old　　 　　 D. young

(　 )40. A. liked 　　　B. felt like　 　　 C. looked like D. looked

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　　Once upon a time, some children were playing at seaside when they found a turtle(海龟). They began to beat the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and said to them, “Stop!” The children ran 1 quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said, “Thanks for your kindness. I really would like 2 you to a wonderful palace now.”

　　The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he 3 the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle, “What a nice palace!” To thank him, the king of the turtles gave him 4 . He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very 5 everything.

　　After dinner, the king of the turtles said, “I am going to give you two boxes, 6 you can open only one.” “You mustn't open both. Don't forget it!” the turtle warned him. “All right. I will open only one,” the young man promised(许诺). At this time, a large wave sent him out of the sea.

　　After he 7 , he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. 8 the box was full of gold. “My God!” he cried, “I'm 9 now.” Then he thought, “Things in the other box must be expensive, too.” He could not wait any longer. He broke his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an old man. His hair turned white. His face 10 an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.

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  　Once upon a time, some children were playing at seaside when they found a turtle （海龟）. They began to beat the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and said to them,“Stop!”The children ran ___1___ quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said,“Thanks for your kindness. I really would like ___2___ you to a wonderful palace now.”

　　The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he ___3___ the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle,“What a nice palace!”To thank him, the king of the turtles gave him ___4___ . He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very ___5___ everything.

　　After dinner, the king of the turtles said,“I am going to give you two boxes, ___6___ you can open only one.”“You mustn't open both. Don't forget it!” The turtle warned him.“All right. I will open only one,”the young man promised （许诺）. At this time, a large wave sent him out of the sea.

　　After he ___7___ , he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. ___8___ the box was full of gold.“My God!”he cried,“I'm ___9___ now.”Then he thought,“Things in the other box must be expensive, too.”He could not wait any longer. He broke his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an 01d man. His hair turned white. His face ___10___ an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.