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
If better use is _______ your free time, you’ll make greater progress in that.
A.spent B.taken C.made of D.used of
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
The army officer _______ his men to fire as soon as the enemies came up.
A.requested B.commanded C.begged D.suggested
--- 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
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