You __________ buy a gift, but you can if you want to.

A．must             B．mustn’t          C．have to           D．don’t have to

John thinks it won’t be long ________ he is ready for his new job.

A．when            B．after             C．before            D．since

It was from only a few supplies in the nearby village ______ the hostess cooked such a nice dinner.

A．where            B．that              C．when             D．which

Harry is _____ my neighbor. He is a good friend of mine as well.

A．less than          B．at least            C．at most           D．more than

Many students believe the choice of their universities should _______ their own interests.

A．be based on       B．base on           C．be basing on       D．base at

--- I hear a number of workers in the factory ______ out of work.

--- Yes, and the number _______ quite huge.

A．are; is            B．is; are            C．is; is              D．are; are

The army officer _______ his men to fire as soon as the enemies came up.

A．requested         B．commanded       C．begged           D．suggested

The old pianist wouldn’t listen to our repeated request that he _______ in public again.

A．played            B．play              C．would            D．was going to play

If better use is _______ your free time, you’ll make greater progress in that.

A．spent            B．taken             C．made of           D．used of

It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon(马车)and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of  1 to where he was going. Pretty soon he  2  that he was lost, but he  3 to drive, expecting to find his way or to  4 someone who could tell him how to get back to the  5 .

It was a long  6 road. For many hours he kept on driving. When it was almost   7 , he saw in a  8  a tall farmer ploughing the land. He stopped his  9 team of horses near the fence and called out, “Hello, farmer.”

“Hello, yourself,”  the farmer replied,  10 ploughing.

“Where does the horse   11 ? He asked without knowing his languages mistakes.

“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It   12 stays right where it is,” said the farmer,   13     stopping his work.

“How far is it to the next town?” said the city man, speaking a little  14 .

“Don’t know. I never  15 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 16 . “What do you know? You’re the biggest fool I  17 saw.”

18  stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time  19 at the city man. Then he said, “Maybe I don’t know much.   20  I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost!”

1.                A．signs           B．orders          C．attention  D．direction

2.                A．realized        B．recognized      C．accepted D．received

3.                A．stopped        B．used           C．wanted   D．continued

4.                A．miss           B．meet           C．look D．lose

5.                A．town           B．country         C．capital    D．village

6.                A．lonely          B．busy           C．dirty D．crowded

7.                A．at noon         B．at night         C．raining   D．dark

8.                A．truck          B．pile            C．field D．store

9.                A．strong          B．tired           C．weak D．tiring

10.               A．but            B．went on        C．stopped   D．still

11.               A．go            B．lead up         C．get   D．show

12.               A．always         B．often          C．sometimes D．seldom

13.               A．began          B．still            C．without   D．already

14.               A．clearly         B．lower          C．more loudly    D．more politely

15.               A．judged         B．measured       C．saw  D．studied

16.               A．sad            B．lovely          C．friendly   D．angry

17.               A．ever           B．often          C．even D．never

18.               A．Still            B．Not            C．With  D．Finally

19.               A．gladly          B．immediately     C．in silence  D．excitedly

20.               A．Really          B．Perhaps        C．Certainly  D．Fortunately