While in the army there was nothing I dislike so much as the map-reading course，for the simple reason that I always feel  1   even with a map in my hand．For weeks I had 2  awake at night thinking of the  3  test I would have to face at the end of the course．4  the evil day arrived．It was my responsibility to lead a small band of soldiers back to camp from the middle of    5  ．We were driven out in a（n）  6   lorry and left in a ploughed field with 7   to get back to camp as quickly as possible．

Well knowing my  8  ，the soldiers smiled as they saw me looking at the map and they made all sorts of helpful suggestions．I folded the map up，put it in my pocket，and said that we would   9  east．After walking through the cornfield for over an hour we came to a wide stream．I looked at the map   10  ．It seemed to be  11  with masses of thin blue lines．But which   12 line was this steam? In despair，we sat down in the cool  13  and I feel 1ike  14  the map into the water．Fifteen minutes later，a boat passed and I asked the boatman if he could give us a  15 to the nearest village．I  16  that we had been out for a walk and 17    got lost．The boatman invited us on  18 and I felt    19   when he told me that he had helped hundreds of soldiers to pass their map-reading test! Not long  20   ,we got off that boat and, following the boatman’s instructions, took a bus into the village and got back to camp．

1．A．stupid                   B．blind                   C．puzzled               D．lost

2．A．suffered                B．lain                     C．slept                   D．1aid

3．A．basic YCY             B．actual                  C．practical              D．special

4．A．At last                B．At once               C．As a result           D．After all

5．A．village                   B．downtown           C．nowhere              D．forest

6．A．closed                   B．advanced             C．ordinary              D．damaged

7．A．suggestions           B．directions            C．information          D．instructions

8．A．weakness              B．thought               C．task                    D．strength

9．A．head                     B．point                   C．march                 D．guide

10．A．gradually             B．therefore             C．merely                D．again

11．A．spread                 B．painted                C．covered               D．separated

12．A．similar                 B．particular             C．correct                D．wonderful

13．A．tent                     B．shadow               C．shore                  D．shade

14．A．tearing                B．throwing             C．striking               D．destroying

15．A．lift                      B．rider                    C．favor                  D．service

16．A．declared              B．pretended            C．admitted              D．described

17．A．altogether            B．almost                 C．possible               D．somehow

18．A．board                  B．boat                    C．purpose               D．platform

19．A．afraid                  B．foolish                 C．fortunate             D．interested

20．A．ago                     B．1ate                    C．afterwards           D．away