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
答案：16. B 17. A 18. D 19. B 20. A 21. C 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. A
26. D 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. A 31. B 32. C 33. D 34. D 35. D