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

 Mother wanted to be a good provider, a role she ______ since her marriage to Father.

A shoulders        B shouldered     C is shouldering     D has been shouldering

 We give dogs time, space and love we c an spare, and _____, dogs give us their all.

A in all              B in fact           C in short             D in return

 Computers and mobile phones, though they are indeed making our life ___ and more ___, have reduced the need for face-to-face communications.

A easily; efficient       B easier; efficient       C easy; efficiently      D easily; efficiently

 Swimming is my favorite sport. There is _______ like swimming as a means of keeping fit.

A something           B anything          C nothing              D everything