You have probably heard of homing pigeons (鸽子), which usually appeared in war. From 3,000 B．C．to the present, homing pigeons have 1 as postmen. They have been especially useful for carrying messages in time of war. The telegraph is not 2 to carry about. Sometimes only the little pigeon can take a message where it ought to go.

　　In 1870, when the Prussians surrounded the city of Paris, the city was cut off from all the 3 means of communication. The people 4 many different ways of 5 news. One way was to let go small balloons carrying mail. 6 of course, they only drifted 7 the wind carried them. Often they landed inside the enemy's lines. Even balloons large enough to carry a pilot could hardly be well controlled.

　　It was pigeons that in the end solved the 8 . Homing pigeons were brought into 9 . Soon they were carrying letters far and wide. The enemy bought 10 to catch pigeons, but the little postmen could fly faster than their 11 . Strangely enough, pigeons played an important 12 in war.

　　During World War I every army unit had a group of pigeons 13 . Many of them were 14 . Among them was an American pigeon with a French name Cher Ami, which meant “friend”. A group of U.S. soldiers were surrounded by the enemy. They had no food and no bullets. They nearly died of 15 There was 16 hope for them. Cher Ami made his way 17 the bullets and succeeded. At once planes set out to drop food and ammunition (军火) to them. With their strength 18 , the soldiers fought back to their own army and got saved.

　　 19 can pigeons carry the message? There were various methods. Usually the message is put into a little glass tube. The tube is tied to the leg or hidden under 20 or hung around the neck.

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　　You have probably heard of homing pigeons, which usually appeared in war. From 3,000 B．C．to the present, homing pigeons have 1 as postmen. They have been especially useful for carrying messages 2 war. The telegraph is not 3 to carry about. Sometimes only the little pigeon can take a message where it ought to go.

　　In 1870, when the Prussians surrounded the city of Paris, the city was cut off from all the 4 means of communication. The people 5 many different ways of sending news. One way was to let go small balloons carrying mail.

　　 6 of course, they only drifted 7 the wind carried them. Often they landed inside the enemy’s lines. Even balloons large enough to carry a pilot could hardly be well controlled.

　　It was pigeons that in the end. solved the 8 . Homing pigeons were brought into 9 . Soon they were carrying letters far and wide. The enemy bought 10 to catch pigeons, but the little postmen could fly faster than their 11 . Strangely enough, pigeons played an important 12 in war.

　　During World War I every army unit had a group of pigeons 13 . Many of them wore honored. Among them 14 an American pigeon with a French name Char Ami, which meant “dear friend”. A group of U.S. soldiers were surrounded by the enemy. They had no food and no bullets. They nearly died of 15 . There was little hope for them. Cher Ami made his way 16 the bullets and succeeded. At once planes 17 to drop food and ammunition (军火) to them. With their strength 18 , the soldiers fought back to their own army and got saved.

　　 19 can pigeons carry the message? There were various methods. Usually the message is put into a little glass tube. The tube is tied to the leg or hidden under 20 or hung around the neck.

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It was already late when we set out for the next town,      according to the map was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the     .

There we felt      that we would find a bed     the night. Darkness fell soon after we left the village, but luckily we met     as we drove fast along the narrow winding road that      the hills. As we climbed     , it became colder and rain began to fall,     it difficult at times to see the road. I asked John, my companion, to drive more     .

After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town which was     on the map. We were beginning to get     . Then without warning the car stopped. A quick     showed that we had run out of petrol. Although we had little food with us, we decided to     the night in the car.

Our meal was soon over. I tried to go to sleep at once,     John, who was a     sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk      the hills. Soon he came back. From the top of the hill he had seen, in the valley below, the     of the town we were looking for. We at once unloaded all our luggage and with a great effort,    to push the car to the top of the hill. Then we went back to the luggage, loaded the car again and set off down the hill.      less than a quarter of an hour we were in the town, where we found a       quite easily.

1.A. which         B. it                        C. where                       D. that

2.A. rivers               B. hills        C. towns                        D. villages

3.A. surprised               B. afraid                C. pleased                     D. sure

4.A. at                      B. in                    C. through                     D. for

5.A. everybody             B. somebody          C. nobody                      D. anybody

6.A. got to                  B. arrived              C. led to                       D. belonged to

7.A. taller                   B. higher              C. lower                       D. faster

8.A. getting                 B. thinking              C. causing                      D. making

9.A. certainly               B. carefully             C. slowly                       D. surely

10.A. marked               B. set                  C. built               D. drawn

11.A. excited               B. worried             C. cold                        D. warm

12.A. attention             B. operation          C. examination       D. information

13.A. spend                B. live                 C. spare                       D. stay

14.A. since                 B. though             C. so                           D. but

15.A. quick                  B. fast                 C. poor              D. heavy

16.A. across                B. through             C. down                       D. up

17.A. lights                  B. map                C. bus                          D. situation

18.A. ought                 B. tried               C. succeeded                   D. managed

19.A. For                   B. In                   C. Since                        D. At

20.A. policeman            B. friend               C. hotel              D. cinema

 

It was already late when we set out for the next town,   36   according to the map was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the   37  ．There we felt   38   that we would find a bed   39  the night．Darkness fell soon after we left the village, but luckily we met   40  as we drove fast along the narrow winding road that__41_ the hills．As we climbed  42  , it became colder and rain began to fall,   43  it difficult at times to see the road．I asked John, my companion, to drive more  44 ．

After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town which was   45  on the map．We were beginning to get   46  ．Then without warning, the car stopped．A quick   47  showed that we had run out of petrol（汽油）．Although we had little food with us, we decided to  48  the night in the car．

Our meal was soon over．I tried to go to sleep at once,   49  John, who was a   50  sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk   51   the hills．Soon he came back．From the top of the hill he had seen, in the valley below, the   52  of the town we were looking for．We at once unloaded（卸）all our luggage（行李）and with a great effort（努力）,  53  to push the car to the top of the hill．Then we went back to the luggage, loaded the car again and set off down the hill．  54   less than a quarter of an hour we were in the town, where we found a 55   quite easily．

36．A．where              B．it                    C．which               D．that

37．A．rivers                     B．villages          C．towns              D．hills

38．A．surprised           B．sure             C．pleased             D．afraid

39．A．for               B．in                    C．through             D．at

40．A．everybody          B．somebody            C．anybody             D．nobody

41．A．got to              B．led to                 C．arrived             D．belonged to

42．A．taller               B．lower                 C．higher              D．faster

43．A．．making           B．thinking               C．causing            D．getting

44．A．certainly           B．carefully              C．surely            D．slowly

45．A．built          B．set                  C．marked           D．drawn

46．A．excited             B．warm                 C．cold                D．worried

47．A．attention            B．examination          C．operation           D．information

48．A．spare              B．live                 C．spend              D．stay

49．A．since               B．but                    C．so                  D．though

50．A．quick               B．fast                 C．heavy              D．poor

51．A．across             B．through              C．up                 D．down

52．A．situation            B．map                C．bus                 D．lights

53．A．ought               B．tried                 C．managed            D．succeeded

54．A．Since              B．For                 C．In                  D．At

55．A．policeman           B．hotel                  C．friend              D．cinema