When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark.
36, it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so
37. As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly
38 cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride. With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move
39 that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also
40. Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something
41. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,” said the old lady. “I need
42. I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.” “Airport? You
43 are lost,” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers
44 you reach the T-junction. Turn left and
45 for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the
46 to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no
47 you’ll get there in five minutes!” “Thank you very much, dear,” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll
48 in time.” The
49 moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it
50 and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something
51 happened. The car began changing. First, its color
52 from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward,
53 just above the ground. As the car
54 into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling
55, the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…
| 小题1: | | A．However | B．Besides | C．Therefore | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题2: | | A．brave | B．excited | C．curious | D．stubborn |
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| 小题3: | | A．fell | B．seemed | C．proved | D．grew |
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| 小题4: | | A．aside | B．around | C．forward | D．backward |
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| 小题5: | | A．arrived | B．stopped | C．stayed | D．started |
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| 小题6: | | A．gathered | B．existed | C．dropped | D．moved |
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| 小题7: | | A．help | B．gas | C．rest | D．water |
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| 小题8: | | A．necessarily | B．normally | C．basically | D．certainly |
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| 小题9: | | A．if | B．until | C．unless | D．as |
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| 小题10: | | A．drive | B．walk | C．follow | D．march |
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| 小题11: | | A．address | B．signs | C．notices | D．guidance |
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| 小题13: | | A．have it | B．get it | C．make it | D．finish it |
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| 小题14: | | A．door | B．window | C．headlight | D．wheel |
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| 小题15: | | A．passed | B．rushed | C．turned | D．continued |
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| 小题16: | | A．strange | B．sensitive | C．imaginable | D．horrible |
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| 小题17: | | A．developed | B．appeared | C．spread | D．faded |
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| 小题18: | | A．rolling | B．floating | C．drawing | D．flashing |
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| 小题19: | | A．pointed | B．returned | C．broke | D．rose |
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| 小题20: | | A．tune | B．voice | C．sound | D．ton |
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