When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark. __1_, it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so __2__.
As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly __3__ cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride.
With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move __4__ that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also __5__. Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something __6__. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,” said the old lady. “I need __7__. I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.”
“Airport? You __8__ are lost,” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers __9__ you reach the T-junction. Turn left and __10__ for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the __11__ to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no __12__ you’ll get there in five minutes!”
“Thank you very much, dear,” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll __13__ in time.”
The __14__ moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it __15__ and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something __16__ happened. The car began changing. First, its color __17__from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward, __18__ just above the ground. As the car __19__ into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling __20__, the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…
1.A However B Besides C Therefore D Otherwise
2.A brave B excited C curious D stubborn
3.A fell B seemed C proved D grew
4.A aside B around C forward D backward
5.A arrived B stopped C stayed D started
6.A gathered B existed C dropped D moved
7.A help B gas C rest D water
8.A necessarily B normally C basically D certainly
9.A if B until C unless D as
10.A drive B walk C follow D march
11.A address B signs C notices D guidance
12.A doubt B room C time D way
13.A have it B get it C make it D finish it
14.A door B window C headlight D wheel
15.A passed B rushed C turned D continued
16.A strange B sensitive C imaginable D horrible
17.A developed B appeared C spread D faded
18.A rolling B floating C drawing D flashing
19.A pointed B returned C broke D rose
20.A tune B voice C sound D tone
Last year the number of students who graduated with a driving license reached 200,000, a (n) ______ of 40,000 per year.
A average B number C amount D quantity
Nowadays some hospitals refer to patients ______ name, not case number.
A of B as C by D with
Not until he left his home ______ to know how important the family was for him.
A did he begin B had he begun C he began D he had begun
There were many talented actors out there just waiting ______.
A to discover B to be discovered C discovered D being discovered
The girl arranged to have piano lessons at the training centre with her sister ______ she would stay for an hour.
A where B who C which D what
