It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of  16  to where he was going. Pretty soon he  17_ that he was lost, but he continued to drive, expecting to re-find his way or to  18  someone who could tell him how to get back to the  19  .
It was a long 20 road. For many __21__ he kept on driving. When it was almostdark ，he saw in a field a tall  22  ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his   23 team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”
“Hello，yourself，”the farmer___24____，still ploughing .
“Where does the horse go？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.
“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It   25  stays right where it is，”said the farmer，withoutstopping his work.
“How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little more   26  .
“Don’t know. I never　   27 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 28 .“What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I ever saw.”
Finally stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time  29  at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much.   30  I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！” 

It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of  16  to where he was going. Pretty soon he  17_ that he was lost, but he continued to drive, expecting to re-find his way or to  18  someone who could tell him how to get back to the  19  .

    It was a long  20  road. For many __21__ he kept on driving. When it was almostdark ，he saw in a field a tall  22   ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his   23  team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”

    “Hello，yourself，”the farmer___24____，still ploughing .

    “Where does the horse go？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.

    “I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It   25   stays right where it is，”said the farmer，without stopping his work.

    “How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little more   26  .

    “Don’t know. I never　   27  it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 28  .“What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I ever saw.”

Finally stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time  29  at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much.   30   I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！” 

1.A. signs            B. orders            C. attention            D. direction

2.A. realized        B. recognized    C. accepted           D. received

3.A. miss             B. meet             C. look                  D. lose

4.A. town            B. country          C. capital             D. village

5.A. lonely          B. busy              C. dirty               D. crowded

6.A seconds      B. minutes      C hours          D years

7.A. driver           B. policeman      C. farmer            D. worker

8.A. strong           B. tired              C. weak               D. tiring

9.A. asked           B. demanded       C. replied           D. ordered

10.A. always          B. often             C. sometimes        D. seldom

11.A .politely      B. friendly        C. loudly          D. angrily

12.A. judged          B. measured        C. saw                D. studied

13.A. sad              B. lovely            C. friendly           D. angry

14.A. gladly          B. immediately     C. silently         D. excitedly

15.A. Generally      B.  Fortunately     C. Certainly         D. Perhaps 

It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of  16  to where he was going. Pretty soon he  17_ that he was lost, but he continued to drive, expecting to re-find his way or to  18  someone who could tell him how to get back to the  19  .

    It was a long  20  road. For many __21__ he kept on driving. When it was almost  dark ，he saw in a field a tall  22   ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his   23  team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”

    “Hello，yourself，”the farmer___24____，still ploughing .

    “Where does the horse go？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.

    “I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It   25   stays right where it is，”said the farmer，without stopping his work.

    “How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little more   26  .

    “Don’t know. I never　   27  it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 28  .“What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I ever saw.”

Finally stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time  29  at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much.   30   I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！” 

16. A. signs            B. orders          C. attention             D. direction

17. A. realized        B. recognized    C. accepted           D. received

18. A. miss             B. meet             C. look              D. lose

19. A. town            B. country          C. capital             D. village

20. A. lonely          B. busy              C. dirty               D. crowded

21. A seconds      B. minutes      C hours          D years

22. A. driver           B. policeman      C. farmer            D. worker

23. A. strong           B. tired           C. weak               D. tiring

24. A. asked           B. demanded       C. replied           D. ordered

25. A. always          B. often             C. sometimes        D. seldom

26. A .politely      B. friendly        C. loudly          D. angrily

27. A. judged          B. measured        C. saw              D. studied

28. A. sad              B. lovely            C. friendly           D. angry

29. A. gladly          B. immediately     C. silently         D. excitedly

30. A. Generally      B.  Fortunately     C. Certainly         D. Perhaps 

It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of  16  to where he was going. Pretty soon he  17_ that he was lost, but he continued to drive, expecting to re-find his way or to  18  someone who could tell him how to get back to the  19  .

    It was a long  20  road. For many __21__ he kept on driving. When it was almost  dark ，he saw in a field a tall  22   ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his   23  team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”

    “Hello，yourself，”the farmer___24____，still ploughing .

    “Where does the horse go？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.

    “I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It   25   stays right where it is，”said the farmer，without stopping his work.

    “How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little more   26  .

    “Don’t know. I never　   27  it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 28  .“What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I ever saw.”

Finally stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time  29  at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much.   30   I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！” 

16. A. signs            B. orders          C. attention             D. direction

17. A. realized        B. recognized    C. accepted           D. received

18. A. miss             B. meet             C. look              D. lose

19. A. town            B. country          C. capital             D. village

20. A. lonely          B. busy              C. dirty               D. crowded

21. A seconds      B. minutes      C hours          D years

22. A. driver           B. policeman      C. farmer            D. worker

23. A. strong           B. tired           C. weak               D. tiring

24. A. asked           B. demanded       C. replied           D. ordered

25. A. always          B. often             C. sometimes        D. seldom

26. A .politely      B. friendly        C. loudly          D. angrily

27. A. judged          B. measured        C. saw              D. studied

28. A. sad              B. lovely            C. friendly           D. angry

29. A. gladly          B. immediately     C. silently         D. excitedly

30. A. Generally      B.  Fortunately     C. Certainly         D. Perhaps 

It was a cold winter’s afternoon, Robert stopped for a moment as he crossed the bridge and looked down at the river below. There were hardly any ___1___ on the river. ___2___ the bridge, however, almost directly below, ___3___ was a small canoe(独木舟), with a boy in it. He was ___4___ wearing many clothes, Robert ___5___. He shivered(打了个寒颤) and walked on.

___6___ he heard a cry. “Help! Help!” The cry ___7___ from the river. Robert looked down. The boy was ___8___ the water and his canoe was ___9___ away, “Help! Help!” he called again.

Robert was a good ___10___. Taking off his clothes, he ___11___ into the river. The ___12___ water made him tremble all over, ___13___ in a few seconds he reached the ___14___. “Don’t be afraid,” he said and started to swim towards the river bank, ___15___ the boy with him. But at that ___16___ he noticed a large motor boat under the bridge. There were several people on the boat, all___17___in his direction. Robert ___18___ to swim towards the boat.

“Give me a hand,” he shouted ___19___ he got near the boat. He ___20___ up into a row of faces. “It’s funny,” he thought. “They look so ___21___.” Silently they helped the boy into the boat and ___22___ him in a blanket. But they did not move to ___23___ Robert.

“Aren’t you going to pull me ___24___ too?” Robert asked.

“You!” said one of the men. Robert noticed that he was standing next to a large ___25___. “You! Why, we were making a film and you spoiled(破坏) a whole afternoon’s work! You can stay in the water.”

1. A. fish B. boats   C. waves D. sounds

2. A. From     B. Towards     C. Near   D. Beyond

3. A. there      B. it C. where D. that

4. A. then       B. also    C. only    D. not

5. A. noticed   B. saw     C. guessed      D. said

6. A. Till then B. Just then    C. Far away    D. From there

7. A. happened       B. went   C. arrived       D. came

8. A. on  B. within C. in       D. under

9. A. running  B. floating      C. flowing      D. pulling

10. A. swimmer     B. guard  C. soldier       D. sportsman

11. A. threw   B. looked       C. dived  D. turned

12. A. deep     B. cool    C. dirty   D. cold

13. A. but       B. so       C. and     D. or

14. A. canoe   B. bank   C. boy     D. bridge

15. A. pushing       B. dragging    C. holding      D. catching

16. A. place    B. period C. second       D. moment

17. A. seeing  B. smiling      C. looking      D. shouting

18. A. decided       B. went   C. agreed D. promised

19. A. while   B. till      C. for      D. as

20. A. turned  B. looked       C. hurried       D. stood

21. A. nervous       B. afraid  C. excited       D. angry

22. A. wrapped      B. left     C. placed D. threw

23. A. save     B. thank  C. help    D. wrap

24. A. on B. out     C. away   D. off

25. A. boat     B. blanket       C. camera       D. screen