A man, dressed as a countryman, was walking
along the streets of a large city. He was ____1____ a small parcel(包裹). It had a name and an address on it. There
was ____2____ some writing on it. It said it had 1000 dollars inside. The
countryman was looking this way and that. He was certainly ____3____ for the
house where he had to put the parcel.
A stranger(陌生人),
passing by, asked him what he was looking for. The countryman ____4____ his
parcel. He asked the stranger to read the address on it. “I’ve ____5____it,” he
said. “And I don’t know how to ___6___.”
“Why?”
asked the stranger. “That’s my name and address. It’s my parcel. It’s from ____7____
old friend, Bob. He promised(答应)
to send it to me a week ago.”
The countryman looked ____8____ to hear this.
“Take it if it’s yours,” he said. “But you must give me 60 dollars for my ____9____.”
The stranger did so. The countryman then got on a passing bus. The stranger
went to a quiet corner to look at the parcel. ____10____ it, there was nothing
but some pieces of cotton cloth.
( ) 1. A sending B. throwing C. picking D. carrying
( ) 2. A. only
B. also C. always D.
already
( ) 3. A. riding B. calling C.
looking D.
asking
( ) 4. A. showed B. lent
C. kept D. charged
( ) 5. A. forgotten B.
lost
C. known D.
found
( ) 6. A. start
B.
speak
C.
read D.
write
( ) 7. A. your
B.
my
C.
his D.
her
( ) 8. A. sad
B.
pleased C.
angry D.
worried
( ) 9. A. trouble B.
idea
C. present D. message
( ) 10. A. Beside B. Around C. Inside D.
Outside