45．A．hardly           B．badly             C．really                    D．nearly

A

Two men were sitting together in a plane. They were on a long journey. One of the men was a businessman. The other was a farmer. They sat without talking for a while then the farmer said, “Let's do something to pass the time.” “What do you want to do?” “We can ask each other riddles (谜语),” the farmer said, “You start” “Let's make the rules first,” the businessman said, “And Let's make the game more interesting. Let's play it for money. If we don't know the answer to a riddle, we have to pay a dollar.”

44．A．fit                 B．encourage        C．prefer                D．attract

43．A．continued          B．stopped           C．attacked                D．performed

42．A．tell the truth        B．say anything      C．think a lot               D．describe anything