“Just a couple of hours, ” said Dad, “and we’ll be at our campsite !” The year was 1950 and we were on our family  21  ,doing what we usually did together― camping. I  22  in my corner of the back seat to take a nap. The rhythm of the  23  car soothed(哄) me into a  24  sleep.

Wham ! I  25  with a start, my face on the floorboard of the back seat. Dad had   26  the car suddenly. “ What happened ? ” I asked. “Where are we ?” “ Half an hour from our  27  ,” he answered, “and I don't know what the problem is,  28  all the cars have stopped . I’ll go to see what’s going on.” Dad  29  out of the car. Mom ,my little brother David and I  30  . “ I bet there has been an accident !” David was excited. Mom  31  her head. She said, “ There is   32  a bear crossing the road.” David bounced up and down in his  33  . That was even better than a(n)  34  !

Dad came running back to the car. “ Come on !” he said very  35  . “Come on, kids ! You’ve got to see this!” I jumped out of the car and ran to catch up with him. “What is it, Daddy?” I asked. He smiled and 36  my hand. “Come and see, Carolyn,” he said. I knew that,  37  it was, it was good, because my father was

38  about it . I grabbed his hand and skipped excitedly along beside him. We walked past a dozen parked cars.  39  ,a group of people stood talking and laughing.

Looking in the same direction as everyone else, we saw a mother duck, sleek and proud, walking up the middle of the road, nine little ducklings waddling  40  her. The babies were marching single file behind their mother, totally ignoring the people and the automobiles.

21.	A. party	B. vacation	C. way	D. rest
22.	A. settled down	B. worked out	C. fell asleep	D. got across
23.	A. sleeping	B. racing	C. starting	D. moving
24.	A. quiet	B. cool	C. deep	D. calm
25.	A. thought	B. jumped	C. cried	D. woke
26.	A. driven	B. pulled	C. stopped	D. pushed
27.	A. campsite	B. house	C. starting	D. station
28.	A. until	B. but	C. then	D. so
29.	A. stepped	B. looked	C. pulled	D. slipped
30.	A. followed	B. slept	C. continued	D. waited
31.	A. shook	B. nodded	C. moved	D. dropped
32.	A. suddenly	B. probably	C. predictably	D. surely
33.	A. car	B. position	C. seat	D. chair
34.	A. accident	B. play	C. toy	D. race
35.	A. worriedly	B. hurriedly	C. excitedly	D. sadly
36.	A. reached for	B. went for	C. cared for	D. looked for
37.	A. whichever	B. wherever	C. whatever	D. whenever
38.	A. happy	B. eager	C. upset	D. worried
39.	A. Backward	B. Besides	C. Along	D. Ahead
40.	A. after	B. in	C. before	D. at

 

 

“Just a couple of hours,” said Dad, “and we’ll be at our campsite !” The year was 1950 and we were on our family  1  ,doing what we usually did together— camping. I  2  in my corner of the back seat to take a nap. The rhythm of the  3  car soothed(哄) me into a  4  sleep.

Wham ! I  5  with a start, my face on the floorboard of the back seat. Dad had   6  the car suddenly. “ What happened ? ” I asked. “Where are we ?” “ Half an hour from our  7  ,” he answered, “and I don't know what the problem is,  8  all the cars have stopped . I’ll go to see what’s going on.” Dad  9  out of the car. Mom, my little brother David and I 10  . “ I bet there has been an accident !” David was excited. Mom  11  her head. She said, “ There is  12  a bear crossing the road.” David bounced up and down in his  13  . That was even better than a(n)  14  !

Dad came running back to the car. “ Come on !” he said very  15  . “Come on, kids ! You’ve got to see this!” I jumped out of the car and ran to catch up with him. “What is it, Daddy?” I asked. He smiled and 16  my hand. “Come and see, Carolyn,” he said. I knew that,  17  it was, it was good, because my father was 18  about it . I grabbed his hand and skipped excitedly along beside him. We walked past a dozen parked cars.  19  ,a group of people stood talking and laughing.

Looking in the same direction as everyone else, we saw a mother duck, sleek and proud, walking up the middle of the road, nine little ducklings waddling  20  her. The babies were marching single file behind their mother, totally ignoring the people and the automobiles.

1.  A. party                            B. vacation                  C. way                        D. rest

2.    A. settled down                 B. worked out              C. fell asleep                D. got across

3.    A. sleeping                        B. racing                     C. starting                   D. moving

4.    A. quiet                            B. cool                        C. deep                       D. calm

5.    A. thought                        B. jumped                    C. cried                       D. woke

6.    A. driven                          B. pulled                      C. stopped                   D. pushed

7.    A. campsite                      B. house                      C. starting                   D. station

8.    A. until                             B. but                          C. then                        D. so

9.    A. stepped                        B. looked                     C. pulled                     D. slipped

10.  A. followed                       B. slept                        C. continued                D. waited

11.   A. shook                          B. nodded                    C. moved                   D. dropped

12.    A. suddenly                     B. probably                  C. predictably              D. surely

13.    A. car                             B. position                   C. seat                        D. chair

14.    A. accident                     B. play                        C. toy                         D. race

15.    A. worriedly                    B. hurriedly                  C. excitedly                 D. sadly

16.    A. reached for                 B. went for                  C. cared for                 D. looked for

17.    A. whichever                  B. wherever                 C. whatever                 D. whenever

18.    A. happy                         B. eager                       C. upset                      D. worried

19.    A. Backward                   B. Besides                    C. Along                      D. Ahead

20.    A. after                           B. in                            C. before                     D. at