I met the guy who told me an amazing story．He was 21 Scotland on a motorbike by himself．One late afternoon he was on the road between Aberdeen and Elgin．He was travelling along, miles from any village, when he saw a really 22 girl standing by the road, hitchhiking (搭便车).Anyway, he stopped and said he would give her a 23 to Elgin．She got and drove off．He said he 24 having her on the back, as it was nice 25．But after a time he forgot that she was there．Suddenly he 26 but he realized that he couldn’t feel her knees 27 against him ! He 28 behind him but …she wasn’t there.
He said he felt frightened 29 his life ! He felt cold all over．He thought she must have 30 off the back．So he turned round and 31 back along the road．He didn’t find her．So he began to think that she might have been 32 by someone else.
Anyway, he drove on towards Elgin and didn’t see anyone 33 he came to a pub．He decided to 34 so that he could talk to someone and he thought he ought to tell 35 ．He went into the pub and talked to the barman．He told the barman what had happened．He said the barman didn’t seem to be at all 36 ．He just carried on 37 the glasses.
Then the barman said, “you are not the 38 person to come in here and tell the same 39．That girl you think you picked up 40 seven years ago… in a motorbike accident.”
21．A．touring B．searching C．defending D．circling
22．A．poor B．attractive C．tall D．terrible
23．A．help B．lift C．service D．trip
24．A．chose B．came C．meant D．liked
25．A．business B．event C．company D．action
26．A．thought B．considered C．remembered D．called
27．A．pressing B．turning C．going D．running
28．A．looked B．took C．felt D．seized
29．A．out of B．in case of C．in place of D．to the best of
30．A．jumped B．kept C．kicked D．fallen
31．A．raced B．walked C．got D．watched
32．A．picked up B．searched for C．taken away D．brought back
33．A．when B．until C．although D．since
34．A．wait B．enter C．stop D．march
35．A．someone B．nobody C．the father D．the police
36．A．worried B．surprised C．moving D．satisfied
37．A．breaking B．waving C．knocking D．drying
38．A．first B．last C．right D．honest
39．A．story B．message C．lie D．truth
40．A．was saved B．ran away C．died D．left
21-25 ABBDC 26-30 CACAD 31-35 CABCA 36-40 BDAAC
21．由第二行的He was travelling along可知。
22．由as it was nice company 可知。
23．由when he saw a really 22 girl standing by the road, hitchhiking (搭便车) 推断。
24．由后面as it was nice company 表示原因，可推断他愿意带她。
25．company 意思为“同伴”。
26．根据上下文可知他想起了他的车后还带着个人。
27．他的车后还带着个人，但他没有感觉到她的膝盖挤压他。press…against 意思为“将…压在…上” 。
28．表示“感觉”。可调语序“ but he felt she wasn’t there behind him”。
29．由于没有感觉到人在，所以“吓得要命” 。
30．人不在车后，他认为她从车上掉下去了。
31．表示他掉转车头，沿着这条公路返回去找她。
32．结果没有找到，所以他认为她可能被其他人接走了。
33．他一直找到一家咖啡馆，在路上也没遇到一个人。
34．表示停下来在咖啡馆理找人谈谈。从后文He went into the pub and talked to the barman 。
35．他认为他也应该告诉其他人。从后文He told the barman what had happened．
36．从开咖啡馆人的答语“That girl you think you picked up died seven years ago … in a motorbike accident.”可知，他并不感到惊讶。
37．开咖啡馆人并不惊讶，他只是继续擦干他的杯子。
38．开咖啡馆人并不惊讶，因为他不只一次听这同样的故事。
39．相同的经历。
40．我感到很离奇，但开咖啡馆人并不惊讶。