三、完形填空（总计20小题，每小题1.5分）
It was a sunny day．A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses．He didn’t pay a lot of 36 to where he was going．Pretty soon he 37 that he was lost，but he 38 to drive， expecting to
refind his way or to 39 someone who could tell him how to get back to the 40．
It was a long 41 road．For many hours he kept on driving．When it was almost 42，he saw in a 43 a tall farmer ploughing the land． He stopped his 44 team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello， farmer．”
“Hello，yourself，”the farme
r replied，45 ploughing．
“Where does the horse 46？”he asked without knowing his language errors（错误）．
“I haven’t seen it go anywhere．It 47 stays right where it is，”said the farmer，48 stopping his work．
“How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little 49．
“Don’t know．I never 50 it，” replied the farmer． By this time the city man was getting 51．“What do you know？ You’re the biggest fool I 52 saw．”
53 stopping the farmer turned and looked for a long time 54 at the city man．Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much．55 I am a fool． But at least I’m not lost！”
36. A. signs B. orders C. attention D. direction
37. A. realized B. recognized C. accepted D. received
38. A. stopped B. used C. wanted D. continued
39. A. miss B. meet C. look D. lose
40. A. town B. country C. capital D. village
41. A. lonely B. busy C. dirty D. crowded
42. A. at noon B. at night C. raining D. dark
43. A. truck B. pile C. field D. store
44. A. strong B. tired C. weak D. tiring
45. A. but B. went on C. stopped D. still
46. A. go B. lead up C. get D. show
47. A. always B. often C. sometimes D. seldom
48. A. began B. still C. without D. already
49. A. clearly B. lower C. more loudly D. more politely
50. A. judged B. measured C. saw D. studied
51. A. sad B. lovely C. friendly D. angry
52. A. ever B. often C. even D. never
53. A. Still B. Not C. With D. Finally
54. A. gladly B. immediately C. in silence 
D. excitedly
55. A. Really B. Perhaps C. Certainly D. Fortunately
