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

1、1—5 BA C BD   6—10 B. C D A B   11—.15 C. BC.A B