从A、B、C、D中选出与句中划线部分意义最接近的词语。

Cars and buses could only go very slowly when it was snowing.

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A. walk　　B. run　　C. drive　　D. went

It is a thousand kilometers across that desert (沙漠). The road is 16 nearly all the way. Sometimes there is a deep sand. A driver must then put his foot down hard and drive through! There are three small 　17 along the way. Vick reached the first place at ten o‘clock p. m. He had his 　18 in a little restaurant there. It was a warm 　19 in August. Vick wanted to 20 through the night. The nights are warm enough in August, but the days are very, very　 21 .

　　He left the restaurant at 11：30 and drove over 　22 hours. There wasn’t a moon, but the　 23　 were wonderful. There was nothing else on the road. Vick thought， “It‘s an empty desert. No tree, house, man.” He could 　24 the endless, white road in the car’s headlights(车灯). A million stars looked down on him.

　　It was two o‘clock in the morning. Vick stopped the car. He was two hundred kilometers from the 25 town： “I’ll light the cooker，” he thought， “and make some tea. ” He got out of the car.

　　He heard some sounds, ten or fifteen meters 　26 . He could not see anything in the darkness. A man said, “Good morning. It‘s a 27 morning, isn’t it?” The man came forward，out of the darkness; out of the desert. Vick did not move. The man said, “You are going to 28 some tea, aren‘t you? I often get a cup of tea at this time. It’s two o’clock. Cars always 29 　near here at this time. Sometimes I get a 30 . Now listen, and I’ll tell you a story. Then you‘ll give me…”

(　 ) 16. A. bad 　　　　　　　 B. good 　　　　　　　 C. busy 　　　　　　　 D. well

(　 ) 17. A. cities　　　　　　　 B. hotels 　　　　　　 C. villages 　　　　　 D. towns

(　 ) 18. A. tea 　　　　　　　 B. supper 　　　　　　 C. lunch 　　　　　　　　　　 D. breakfast

(　 ) 19. A. night 　　　　　　 B. day 　　　　　　　　 C. season 　　　　　　 D. month

(　 ) 20. A. live 　　　　　　　 B. stay 　　　　　　　　 C. drive 　　　　　　　 D. walk

(　 ) 21. A. cold 　　　　　　　　　　 B. cool 　　　　　　　 C. hot 　　　　　　　　 D. warm

(　 ) 22. A. two 　　　　　　　 B. seven 　　　　　　　　　　 C. ten 　　　　　　　　 D. fourteen

(　 ) 23 A. trees 　　　　　　　 B. animals 　　　　　 C. stars 　　　　　　　 D. clouds

(　 ) 24. A. see 　　　　　　　 B. ride 　　　　　　　　 C. pass 　　　　　　　 D. find

(　 ) 25. A. home 　　　　　　 B. whole　　　　　　　 C. next 　　　　　　　 D. another

(　 ) 26. A. about 　　　　　　 B. from 　　　　　　　 C. far 　　　　　　　　 D. away

(　 ) 27. A. noisy 　　　　　　 B. lovely 　　　　　　 C. sleepy 　　　　　　 D. sunny

(　 ) 28. A. eat 　　　　　　　 B. make 　　　　　　　 C. cook 　　　　　　　 D. drink

(　 ) 29. A. leave 　　　　　　 B. stop 　　　　　　　 C. meet 　　　　　　　 D. run

(　 ) 30. A. bread 　　　　　　 B. car 　　　　　　　　 C. rest 　　　　　　　　 D. meal

--Can you ____ a horse?

--Yes, I can.

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A．ride

B．walk

C．run

D．drive

Mr. Strong is a London taxi driver. The following talk is given by him.

“I have been a taxi driver     1     nearly ten years. It’s a nice job most of the time. You meet a lot of people. I always work at night,     2    there is too much traffic during the day. I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon, and I usually    3    between 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning.”

“Some     4     things happened late at night.     5     day I was taking a woman home from a party. She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her     6     . So I waited in the car    7      she climbed in through the windows.”

    “I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out  8    was going on. I tied the dog to a tree and started to     9    in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief.”

    “Luckily the woman came downstairs. She     10     have gone to sleep and forgotten me and the dog!”

1. A．in                B．for                  C．before             D．after

2. A．if                 B．so                   C．though             D．because

3. A．go home       B．go shopping     C．do sports         D．do housework

4. A．sad             B．good                C．strange            D．disappointing

5. A．The other   B．Another      C．The others           D．Other

6. A．money         B．bag                 C．box                 D．key

7. A．until             B．while               C．since               D．as soon as

8. A．what            B．which              C．who                D．that

9. A．drive            B．walk                C．climb               D．run

10. A．will            B．can                  C．may                D．must