Question

Once there were three travelers checking in a hotel.When they went out in the morning,one traveler brought an umbrella and_________one took a crutch (拐杖) while the third one left with nothing.

When they were back in the evening, the man who brought an umbrella got his clothes wet in the rain; the one taking a crutch fell, all covered with mud; but the man empty hands kept his clothes dry_________ any mud on it. The two men felt it was___________ strange that they asked the third man why.

The third traveller didn’t reply,_________he asked the man with an umbrella, “Then why were you caught in the rain without falling?”

“When it was raining, I felt glad for my prediction, and then I opened_______umbrella and walked in the rain bravely. I didn’t think I would be caught in the rain, but_______ my clothes got so wet. When I went to the places which were too muddy to _______ ,I thought I didn’t have a crutch to help out, I walked very carefully. It _______ that I walked all the way back sound and safe.”

After _______the first man said, the third man then asked the man with a crutch why he became mudded all over himself instead of getting wet.

He answered like this, “When it was raining, I had no umbrella, so I chose those places that protected me from the rain to walk through. But I wasn't so careful in the muddy places because I had a crutch.”

Then the empty-handed traveller said , “When it was raining, I chose the places to protect ________ from the rain and in the muddy places I kept careful, so I was neither wet nor muddy.”

1.A. another B. other C. the other D. others

2.A. in B. out C. with D. without

3.A. such B. so C. too D. very

4.A. and B. so C. instead D. because

5.A. a B. an C. / D. the

6.A. luckily B. unluckily C. lucky D. unlucky

7.A. cross B. across C. crossing D. crosses

8.A. tried out B. turned out C. handed out D. found out

9.A. hearing B. hear C. heard D. to hear

10.A. me B. mine C. myself D. I

Answer 1