It is a thousand kilometers across that desert (沙漠) . The road is nearly good all the way.
Sometimes there is deep sand. A driver must then put his foot down hard and drive through! There are three small ___ along the way. Tom reached the first place, at 10 p.m. He had his ____ in a little restaurant there. It was a warm night in August. Tom wanted to ____ through the night.
He left the restaurant at 11:30 and drove over two hours. There wasn’t the moon, but the ___ were wonderful. There was nothing else on the road. Tom thought, ‘It’s an empty desert. Not a tree. Not a house. Not a man.’ He could __ the endless, white road in the cars’ headlights. A million stars looked down on him. It was two o’clock in the morning. Tom stopped the car. He was two hundred kilometers from the ___ _ town. ‘ I will light the cooker,’ he thought, ‘ and make some tea.’ He got out of the car. He heard some sounds ten or fifteen meters ___ __. He could not see anything in the darkness. A man said, ‘ Good morning. It’s a __ __ morning, isn’t it?’ The man came forward, out of the darkness. Tom did not move. Then the man said, ‘ You’re going to ___ _ some tea, aren’t you? I often get a cup of tea at this time. It’s two o’clock. Cars always ____ __ near here at this time. Sometimes I get a meal. Now listen, and I will tell you a story. Then you will give me..’
1.A. cities B. hotels C. villages D. towns
2.A. tea B. supper C. lunch D. breakfast
3.A. live B. stay C. drive D. walk
4.A. trees B. animals C. stars D. clouds
5.A. see B. ride C. hear D. find
6.A. home B. other C. next D. last
7.A. about B. from C. far D. away
8.A. noisy B. lovely C. sleepy D. sunny
9.A. eat B. make C. cook D. drink
10.A. stop B. leave C. meet D. run
–Do you mind if I borrow your dictionary?
--______________. I’m using it now.
A. You’d better not B. No, you can
C. No, help yourself D. Yes, you may.
I stayed at home to read some books _______ the winter holiday.
A. in the end of B. on the end day of
C. at the end of D. in the last day of
----What a nice bike! How long _______ you _______it?
----- Just two weeks.
A. have, bought B. did, buy
C. have, had D. are, having
Our Maths teacher _______ in America, but now he’s _______ Chinese food since he moved to Wuxi
A. used to live; be used to eating
B. used to live; used to eating
C. used to living; used to eating
D. is used to living; used to eating
– My car _________. Could you please give me a ride tomorrow?
--I’m sorry I can’t. I’m _________ London tomorrow morning.
A. is new; leaving B. has broken down; leaving for
C. broke; leaving for D. is expensive; leaving for