It was already late when we set out for the next town,
according to the map was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the
There we felt
that we would find a bed
the night. Darkness fell soon after we left the village, but luckily we met
as we drove fast along the narrow winding road that
the hills. As we climbed
, it became colder and rain began to fall,
it difficult at times to see the road. I asked John, my companion, to drive more
.
After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town which was
on the map. We were beginning to get
. Then without warning the car stopped. A quick
showed that we had run out of petrol. Although we had little food with us, we decided to
the night in the car.
Our meal was soon over. I tried to go to sleep at once,
John, who was a
sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk
the hills. Soon he came back. From the top of the hill he had seen, in the valley below, the
of the town we were looking for. We at once unloaded all our luggage and with a great effort,
to push the car to the top of the hill. Then we went back to the luggage, loaded the car again and set off down the hill.
less than a quarter of an hour we were in the town, where we found a
quite easily.
| 小题2: | | A．rivers | B．villages | C．towns | D．hills |
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| 小题3: | | A．surprised | B．sure | C．pleased | D．afraid |
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| 小题5: | | A．everybody | B．somebody | C．nobody | D．anybody |
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| 小题6: | | A．got to | B．arrived | C．led to | D．belonged to |
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| 小题7: | | A．taller | B．faster | C．lower | D．higher |
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| 小题8: | | A．getting | B．thinking | C．causing | D．making |
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| 小题9: | | A．certainly | B．slowly | C．carefully | D．surely |
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| 小题10: | | A．set | B．marked | C．built | D．drawn |
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| 小题11: | | A．worried | B．excited | C．cold | D．warm |
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| 小题12: | | A．attention | B．operation | C．examination | D．information |
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| 小题13: | | A．live | B．spend | C．spare | D．stay |
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| 小题15: | | A．poor | B．fast | C．quick | D．heavy |
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| 小题16: | | A．across | B．through | C．down | D．up |
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| 小题17: | | A．map | B．lights | C．bus | D．situation |
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| 小题18: | | A．ought | B．tried | C．managed | D．succeeded |
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| 小题20: | | A．hotel | B．friend | C．policeman | D．cinema |
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