三、完形填空(每小题1分，共10分)

　　阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案。

　　One day, some workers were mending the road. They had dug a big hole in the road. As they could not 46__________ their work, they had put up notice boards on both sides of the hole before they 47__________. On the boards they wrote the word DANGER in order to warm people not to drop into the hole.

　　Some time 48________, A blind man was walking 49__________ the road. He was just walking in the direction of the hole. As he could not to see the notice, he was walking 50________ to the hole. He was very close to it now, Just at that moment, a boy saw the man and 51_________up to him. “52_________!” the boy shouted, “Don’t go any farther, or you’ll fall 53___________ the hole.” After he heard this, the blind man stopped 54__________ . Then the boy took the man by the arm and led him safety around the road. “ Thanks a lot,” said the man, “ You’re really a 55__________ boy.”

　　( )46. A. finish B. prepare C. do D. start

　　( )47.A. left B. begin C. stopped D. came

　　( )48.A. ago B. before C. past D. later

　　( )49.A. to B. along C. away from D. out of

　　( )50.A. near and near B. nearer and nearer C. far and far D. farther and farther

　　( )51.A. walked B. came C. ran D. went

　　( )52.A. Hello B. Oh C. Help D. Stop

　　( )53.A. in B. to C. into D. at

　　( )54.A. at last B. at once C. at first D. at that time

　　( )55.A. nice B. bad C. naughty D. clever