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________to where he was going. Pretty soon he________that he was lost, but he________to drive, expecting to re-find his way or to________someone who could tell him how to get back to the________.
It was a long________road. For many hours he kept on driving. When it was almost________，he saw in a________a tall farmer ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his________team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”
“Hello，yourself，”the farmer replied，________ploughing.
“Where does the horse________？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.
“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It________stays right where it is，”said the farmer，________stopping his work.
“How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little________.
“Don’t know. I never________it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting________.“What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I________ saw.”
________ stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time________at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much. ________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
I hope to have a car of my own so that I________ compete with others for space on crowded buses.
A．mustn't B．can't
C．oughtn't to D．don't have to
He ________ to us that he ________ the watch on the table.
A．lied; lay B．lay; laid
C．lied; had laid D．lay; had laid
_______ he said is true.
A. What B. That
C. Which D. Whether
---Will you do me the honor of dancing with me?
--- _____.
A. That’s a good idea.
B. Thank you all the same.
C. I’d love to, but I’m wanted on the phone.
D. Oh, it’s very kind of you.
Excuse me, sir. Could you tell me _______?
A. where is the bank nearest B. where is the nearest bank
C. where the nearest bank is D. the nearest bank is where
