A. never B. always C. seldom D. ever——青夏教育精英家教网—

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