It was a quiet village in which there was a military camp (军营). It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains ___________. Of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers. But it was ___________ for the young men to go outside. Mr. White, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he ___________ let them leave the camp.
Once Mr. White was ill in bed. He couldn’t work and a young officer, Mr. Hunt, began to train the new soldiers ___________ him. Having stayed with them for some time, Mr. Hunt ___________ the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. But night ___________ and none came back to the camp. He was worried about it and stood at the gate. It was five to twelve ___________ Mr. Hunt decided to go to the town and see what ___________ to the young men. He started the car quickly and set off. At that moment the nine soldiers came back. It seemed they were all drunk. Of course they found the officer was___________.
“I’m sorry, sir,” said the first soldier, “I left the town on time. But something was wrong with my 60. ___________ on my way here. I had to buy a horse and made ___________ run fast. Bad luck! It died and I had to run __________.”
And the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reason. It was the last soldier’s __________. He said, “I’m sorry, sir. I got on a bus on time, but... ”
Having heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He called out,“___________ you say something was wrong with your bus, I’ll punish (惩罚) you at once!”
“No, no, sir,” said the young man. “My bus was all right, but the dead horses were ___________its way!”
11. A.along | B.around | C.beside | D.inside |
12. A.easy | B.necessary | C.difficult | D.impossible |
13. A.hardly | B.sometimes | C.usually | D.always |
14. A.next to | B.in front of | C.together with | D.instead of |
15. A.liked | B.knew | C.cared | D.hated |
16. A.appeared | B.passed | C.fell | D.reached |
17. 18. A.has happened | B.is happening | C.happens | D.was happening |
19. A.excited | B.angry | C.surprised | D.happy |
20. 21. 22. A.back | B.out | C.away | D.around |
23. A.decision | B.choice | C.speech | D.turn |
24. A.If | B.Since | C.Before | D.When |
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