It was a market day, so people and traffic had been pouring into the town since early morning. 16 it was an old town, even the main street was very 17 and soon became overcrowded. There was not enough 18 for all the people on the sidewalk at the roadside, 19 they overflowed into the road, 20 danger to their lives from 21 cars and buses, the drivers of 42 were constantly blowing their horns (喇叭) to 23 people to get out of their 24 .
Yet it was a(n) 25 scene. Peasants walked along the street, their heads piled high with baskets or beautifully woven blankets which they hoped to 26 to the townsfolk. Men with carts 27 their way along, shouting their goods at the top of their 28 . They were selling apples, oranges and grapes -- the 29 of their fields. 30 it all, women in bright summer clothes made their way, laughing and talking, 31 children rushed in and out of the crowds screaming with laughter when they did’t ask for something they could not have, or crying with 32 because they were lost.
The noise went on all day. People did not even stop for a meal, but preferred to buy bits of meat cooked over a fire or bread or ice-cream from the street sellers. The 33 from this and from all the activities of the day began to collect in the street. And finally, when night at last came, the street 34 and only the rubbish 35 sadly blowing in the cooling night wind.
16. A. Although | B. For | C. But | D. As |
17. A. small | B. crowded | C. narrow | D. short |
18. A. land | B. area | C. ground | D. room |
19. A. and | B. however | C. or | D. then |
20. A. having | B. causing | C. throwing | D. being |
21. A. passing | B. taking | C. catching | D. driving |
22. A. them | B. which | C. whom | D. that |
23. A. persuade | B. order | C. stop | D. wait |
24. A. road | B. way | C. sight | D. place |
25. A. strange | B. usual | C. colorful | D. interesting |
26. A. give | B. sell | C. take | D. send |
27. A. forced | B. walked | C. found | D. took |
28. A. voices | B. prices | C. heads | D. carts |
29. A. crops | B. result | C. harvest | D. productions |
30. A. Through | B. Across | C. Above | D. After |
31. A. while | B. as | C. when | D. whose |
32. A. tear | B. sorrow | C. sadness | D. fear |
33. A. people | B. noise | C. rubbish | D. business |
34. A. emptied | B. silenced | C. calmed | D. changed |
35. A. remained | B. left | C. lay | D. piled |