Question

Mary was seven years old. Her parents recently moved to a new town, and so Mary was going to a 36   school, which was a few kilometers from the house they lived in now. A school bus going around picked up 37  every morning and brought them back to their  38  every afternoon, and as both of Mary’s parents  39  to go to work, she always went on this bus.

       Mary’s parents always 40   their alarm clock for seven o’clock so that none of them would be 41    . But one morning the alarm  42  to go off, and it was not until a quarter past eight that Mary’s mother suddenly 43  , looked at the clock and said, “What’s ever happened to that clock?” and then  44   into Mary’s room to wake her up.

       “I’m sorry, dear,” she said, “ 45  you’ll have to wash and dress very quickly, have an even  46  breakfast and then I’ll  47  you to school on my way to the office.”

       “But how can you find the   48, Mum?” Mary said, “You’ve been to school only once.”

       “Yes,” her mother answered, “but you’ve done the   49    several times now on the bus, so you can be my guide to get there, can’t you?”

       “Oh, yes,” said Mary, “I suppose so.” She washed, and  50   and had a quick breakfast, and then they set off. Mary told her mother to turn each time they came to a place she 51  .In this way she made her mother drive round most of the town   52   they got to her school. When they arrived, her mother saw that it was not really very far from her house.

“Why ever did you make me go such a long way round, Mary, instead of the most    53     way?” her mother asked her.

       “Well, Mum,” answered Mary, “it was because I didn’t know   54   else to get here. That’s the way our bus always goes to   55   the other children to school.

36. A. big                  B. nice                C. different                 D. distant

37. A. pupils               B. teachers            C. parents                   D. passengers

38. A. offices              B. towns            C. classrooms            D. homes

39. A. seemed              B. had                 C. refused                 D. used

40. A. found                B. set                C. cleaned              D. fixed

41. A. late                 B. ready            C. lazy                    D. asleep

42. A. started               B. stopped         C. failed                     D. continued

43. A. stood up        B. stayed up      C. put up              D. woke up

44. A. rushed              B. stepped             C. escaped                     D. jumped

45. A. but                 B. and            C. so                   D. then

46. A. later                 B. quicker            C. easier                          D. heavier

47. A. bring                  B. fetch              C. leave                      D. drive

48. A. truth                 B. bus                C. way                           D. guide

49. A. homework          B. shopping      C. trip                  D. reading

50. A. rose                    B. dressed             C. moved                         D. showed

51. A. wondered       B. realized       C. recognized          D. designed

52. A. unless               B. after          C. if                D. before

53. A. comfortable       B. helpful         C. important               D. direct

54. A. how                     B. when            C. what                  D. which

55. A. look for           B. pick up        C. drop by                D. deal with

Answer 1

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