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  1 to where he was going. Pretty soon he  2  that he was lost, but he  3 to drive, expecting to find his way or to  4 someone who could tell him how to get back to the  5 .

It was a long  6 road. For many hours he kept on driving. When it was almost   7 , he saw in a  8  a tall farmer ploughing the land. He stopped his  9 team of horses near the fence and called out, “Hello, farmer.”

“Hello, yourself,”  the farmer replied,  10 ploughing.

“Where does the horse   11 ? He asked without knowing his languages mistakes.

“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It   12 stays right where it is,” said the farmer,   13     stopping his work.

“How far is it to the next town?” said the city man, speaking a little  14 .

“Don’t know. I never  15 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 16 . “What do you know? You’re the biggest fool I  17 saw.”

18  stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time  19 at the city man. Then he said, “Maybe I don’t know much.   20  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 can ______ be a teacher. I’m not a very patient person.                

A. seldom        B. ever    C. never   D. always

I can______ be a teacher. I’m not a very patient person.

A. seldom      B. ever   C. never     D. always

I can ______ be a teacher. I’m not a very patient person.                            

A. seldom                 B. ever                     C. never                    D. always