I lived on a farm with my parents and my elder brothers and sisters when I was a little boy. We had the 36 to play and run wherever we wanted to go.

We often 37 games just by pretending we were cowboys. Sometimes we played hide-and-seek. One of us would 38 and the others would come and find him. I remember one 39 I hid behind some old wood in the cottage. All was 40 . I couldn’t hear a sound, just the wind 41 . The situation became tense (紧张的) 42 the possibility of someone finding me, and the longer I 43 , the more tense I became. 44 , I heard footsteps coming down the yard. My 45 beat fast and I stood 46 , frozen like a block of ice. I saw my brother getting closer and closer. When he saw me, he laughed 47 , shouting at the top of his voice so that 48 could hear him say, “Eh, I’ve   49 our Tommy!” I can still see the 50 on his face today. Afterwards he said he didn’t think I would hide there. I shrugged my shoulders and said, “Why, it’s a good place, isn’t it?”

I don’t have any 51 of these events, just memories, as we had no camera at that time. 52 it was a long time ago, I can see them now as if they 53 yesterday.

Now I live in town on a busy street. My girls don’t have the freedom that we   54 have to run off down the road and play whatever they want. Anyway, is it 55   to let children out of sight these days?

1.                A．right           B．freedom        C．pride D．confidence

2.                A．set up          B．worked out      C．helped out    D．made up

3.                A．disappear       B．leave           C．hide D．run

4.                A．thing           B．time           C．place D．period

5.                A．silent          B．beautiful        C．dark D．colorful

6.                A．flying          B．flowing         C．blowing   D．changing

7.                A．because of      B．except for       C．according to   D．instead of

8.                A．expected       B．slept           C．waited   D．moved

9.                A．In time         B．At last          C．At times  D．Once again

10.               A．hand          B．mind           C．face  D．heart

11.               A．hard           B．still            C．tall   D．straight

12.               A．softly          B．sadly           C．loudly D．confusedly

13.               A．nobody        B．someone       C．anyone    D．everyone

14.               A．attracted       B．found          C．met  D．touched

15.               A．look           B．color          C．feel  D．spirit

16.               A．notes          B．proofs         C．photos    D．diaries

17.               A．Because        B．Although       C．Unless D．As

18.               A．appeared       B．showed        C．existed    D．happened

19.               A．ought to        B．used to         C．had to D．set to

20.               A．funny          B．bad            C．safe  D．strange

When Phillip was on his way to the airport one afternoon, he asked the driver to wait outside the bank while he collected some traveler’s checks.

The plane was to   1   at 5:30．From there was still a   2 _ journey to the airport    __3 _ Phillip merely watched the scene along the way．Shortly before arriving , he began      __4  the things he would need for the   5   ：tickets , money , the address of his hotel, traveler’s checks —Just a moment ．How about his passport? Phillip went through his pocket．He suddenly  __6  that he must have let his passport   7  .

What could he do? It was now five past four and there would be too little _ 8   to return to the bank．This was the   9   time he was representing his firm for an important_  _10   with the manager of a French firm in Paris the following morning ．Without a passport he would be   11__   to board the plane．At that moment , the taxi   12   outside the air terminal （候机楼）．Phillip got    __13   , took his suitcase and paid the driver．He then   14   a good deal of confusion in the building .A   15   could be heard over the loudspeaker.

“We very much   16   that owing to a twenty-four-hour strike of airport staff ,all flights for the rest of today have had to be called off.” Passengers are _ 17   to get in touch with their travel agents or with this terminal for   18   on tomorrow’s flights．Phillip gave a__ 19   ．He would let his firm know about this situation and, thank goodness, eh would have the opportunity of calling at his bank the following morning to   20   his passport.

1．A．check in               B．lead off               C．leave                  D．fly

2．A．long                     B．short                  C．pleasant              D．rough

3．A．as                        B．so                       C．but                     D．because

4．A．counting               B．looking over        C．thinking about     D．checking

5．A．plane                    B．trip                     C．meeting              D．flight

6．A．realized                B．remembered        C．recognized          D．learned

7．A．at home                B．at the bank          C．at the office        D．in the taxi

8．A．time                     B．chance               C．possibility           D．use

9．A．golden                  B．last                     C．only                   D．first

10．A．journey               B．visit                    C．business             D．meeting

11．A．sad                     B．unable                C．impossible          D．difficult

12．A．stopped              B．was driven          C．reached              D．was parked

13．A．off                     B．back                   C．out                     D．away

14．A．started                B．caught                C．noticed               D．watched

15．A．speech                B．signal                 C．call                    D．voice

16．A．apologize            B．announce            C．worry                D．regret

17．A．advised               B．forced                C．told                    D．persuaded 

18．A．ideas                  B．plans                  C．information         D．time

19．A．loud laugh           B．deep sigh            C．big smile             D．sharp cry

20．A．return                 B．find                    C．recover              D．gather

We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers．Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way we had to stop at the traffic lights and there my wife saw the bookshelf．

It stood outside a furniture （家具）shop．"Buy it，" she said at once．"We’ll carry it home on the roof rack（车顶行李架） I’ve always wanted one like that "

What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer，and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack．It was tall and narrow，quite heavy too．

As it was getting darker，I drove slowly．Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening．The police even stopped traffic to let us through．Carrying furniture was a good idea ．

After a time my wife said，"There’s a long line of cars behind．Why don’t they overtake?"

Just at that time a police car did overtake．The two officers inside looked at us seriously when they went past．But then，with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic．The police car stopped at our village church．One of the officers came to me．

"Right，sir，"he said "Do you need any more help now?"

I didn’t quite understand "Thanks，officer，" I said．"You’ve been very kind．I live just down the road"

He was looking at our things：first at the flowers，then at the bookshelf．"Well，well，" he said and laughed．"It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was ~ eh something else "

My wife began to laugh．Suddenly I understood why the police drove here．They had mistaken the bookshelf for a coffin（棺材）

I smiled at the officer．"Yes，it’s a bookshelf，but thanks again．" I drove home as fast as I could．

（    ）1．From the story we know that ______

A．the writer was poor and didn’t buy the bookshelf for his wife

B．the writer’s wife didn’t like the bookshelf at all

C．the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife

D．the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife

（    ）2．What made the writer think that carrying furniture was "a good idea"?

A．He could drive slowly and it was safe

B．Other drivers would let him go first

C．His wife could use a new bookshelf

D．He could save a lot of money and time

（    ）3．The underlined word“overtake”most probably means______．

A．to catch up with                                         B．to pass after catching up with

C．to take by surprise                                    D．to keep up with

（    ）4．Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why the police officers mistook the bookshelf for a coffin?

A．The writer was driving slowly                      B．There were many flowers in their car

C．The bookshelf was tall and narrow               D．There were many ears behind us