第二节 完形填空

　　My father waved me goodbye and the bus (16)_____. My first country journey then began. The man sitting next to me was a road engineer. He said that (17)_____ by bus was an excellent way to (18)_____ road for him. We passed many villages on the way and stopped once (19)_____ to buy cold drinks, (20)_____ it was very hot. The countryside was brown and dry and there were long (21)_____ with no people or villages in (22)_____. We also stopped once at some road works, (23)_____ made my traveling companion very (24)_____.

　　Most of us were dozing in the afternoon heat (25)_____ we were (26)_____ by a sudden noise which (27)_____ a shot from a gun. As the bus swerved(突然转向) and then stopped (28 )_____ the side of the road, I remembered all the horrible stories I had read about bands of robbers who used to attack travelers on (29)_____ roads like this. Many of (30)_____ people looked as bewildered and frightened as I (31)_____.

　　My neighbor, (32)_____ , reassured me. “Nothing (33)_____, only a (34)_____ tyre. But we (35)_____ while he changes the wheel.”

　　16. A. set in B. set off C. set D. set up

　　17. A. traveling B. going C. judging D. coming

　　18. A. investigate B. repair C. explore D. test

　　19. A. and two B. or twice C. or two D. and twice

　　20. A. because B. since C. now that D. when

　　21. A. extensions B. ways C. stretches D. periods

　　22. A. view B. vision C. sight D. eyes

　　23. A. as it B. which C. so that D. thus

　　24. A. upset B. depressed C. calm D. excited

　　25. A. when B. where C. while D. the moment

　　26. A. waken B. awake C. woke D. woken

　　27. A. sounded as B. sounded like C. sounded with D. sound as if

　　28. A. to B. onto C. at D. besides

　　29. A. desert B. deserted C. dessert D. desserted

　　30. A. the other B. other C. another D. the

　　31. A. as I was looked B. as I must have looked

　　C. as I must have been looked D. as I look

　　32. A. therefore B. although C. however D. furthermore

　　33. A. to be worried B. to worry C. to be worried about D. to worry about

　　34. A. flat B. broken C. wrong D. burst

　　35. A. will have been waiting B. will have waited

　　C. shall need wait D. shall have to wait