One day, two friends were walking across a desert._____1____the journey they had a quarrel, and one hit_____2____in the face. The one who was hit was hurt,_____3____he didn't say anything. Instead, he wrote in the sand: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND HIT ME IN THE FACE. They kept on_____4____until they found an oasis(绿洲). They decided to get some water. The one who had been hit fell into the mire(泥潭) and was in danger, but his friend_____5____him. When he felt all right, he wrote on_____6____: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE. The one who had hit and saved him asked, "After I_____7____you, you wrote in the sand, but now you write on a stone._____8____?" The other friend answered, "When someone hurts us, we should write it in the sand where winds of forgiveness(宽恕) can blow _____9____away. But when someone does something_____10____for us, we must write it on a stone where no wind can ever blow it away."

1. A. During B. Before C. For D. After

2. A. some B. another C. the other D. each

3. A. and B. but C. or D. so

4. A. jumping B. running C. singing D. walking

5. A. saved B. left C. hurt D. hit

6. A. the sand B. a stone C. a tree D. the desert

7. A. helped B. talked to C. hurt D. complained to

8. A. How B. Why C. What D. When

9. A. them B. it C. this D. these

10. A. good B. harmful C. dangerous D. interesting

20. The heavy snow stopped the visitors___________the village.

A. from leave B. left C. from leaving D. leaves

19. I did the work with___________comrades.

A. a few other B. other many C. many another D. many else

18. We___________make any noise when we are in the reading-room.

A. may B. have to C. mustn't D. needn't

17.___________ your help, I found my lost child.

A. Thank to B. Thank for C. Thanks to D. Thanks for

16. There are___________books in our school library than in yours.

A. much more B. a lot of more C. a lot more D. many much

15. Speak louder___________the whole class can hear you.

A. because B. before C. so that D. but

14. I have two brothers. ___________of them is at home. They are now studying in America.

A. Both B. Either C. Neither D. None

13. My school is about 500 metres ___________my home.

A. away from B. far from C. far away D. far away from