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I made up my mind to drive to South Carolina to meet my friends in my used car. Though I had only been there once__1__and did not know the__2__very well. I was on the__3__after I had made some inquiries （詢問）.
At Ashvelle, there was a crossroad where I could go on along the main road or I could take a short cut. The short cut was to__4__several hills and was dangerous, I hesitated （猶豫）for a little while and then chose the main road, for I wanted to be__5__.
Something strange happened after I drove a long__6__and found it was not the correct road that I wanted to__7__, but the hilly road I decided to avoid. I realized that it was at the__8__that I had made the__9__mistake. "What shall I do?" I asked myself. If I went back to take that road again,it would be very late by the time I got to Columbia. Thin it__10__, I decided to go on. "If__11__people can go along this road, why can't I?" I__12__myself. The short cut, to my surprise ,was not that__13__. In fact, it was only a very peaceful country road,__14__up and down two low__15__. There was__16__traffic. On both sides of the road, you could see trees, wild flowers, and__17__with cows and horses. My fear was__18__with the wind. Listening to the beautiful country music over my car stereo （立體聲）, I drove on and__19__the scenery which was so quiet and so natural. Even my used car forgot to give me__20__. It was just in this light heartedness that I arrived at my destination. My friends, after they heard what had happened to me, all said it sounded like an adventure.
1. A. before B. ago C. already D. still
2. A. town B. country C. friends D. way
3. A. train B. car C. highway D .phone
4. A. have B. go C. ride D. cross
5. A. safe B. dangerous C. fast D. slow
6. A. moment B. way C. road D. day
7. A. come B. leave C. take D. drive
8. A. crossroad B. corner C. station D. beginning
9. A. direction B. road C. disappointed D. interesting
10. A. about B. over C. of D. up
11. A. another B. the other C. other D. others
12. A. asked B. forced C. encouraged D. told
13. A. far B. safe C. dangerous D. dirty
14. A. going B. coming C. driving D. walking
15. A. lands B. cars C. farms D. hills
16. A. heavy B. little C. few D. light
17. A. farms B. trucks C. houses D. villages
18. A. together B. gone C. covered D. coming
19. A. looked B. liked C. enjoyed D. found
20. A. happiness B. scenery C. joys D. problems
B
Tick, tock, tick, tock. I'm sitting here,watching the movements of my existence pass slowly away. My house has been__1__for such a long time, and I'm lonely and forgotten. Sitting here, by myself, all that I can do is__2__and think about my past. I could tell you stories that only__3__would know. But walls can't speak.
I came to this place many years ago,along with an old man….__4__, he was with me for on1y three short years before he passed on….
For a time, I was left alone,while people came and__5__the house…. Then, one day a nice couple moved in with a young son.__6__, their son Danny liked to stay with me,and I was completely__7__with him. He always looked as if he loved the stories I told,most of which began with. "Back in my day…" and "When I was__8__.…" I sometimes had the kind of idea that he didn't really understand what I was saying,but it felt good to be__9__． When Danny went off to college, my heart broke. Soon afterward, __10__sold the house.…
New owners came and__11__. Then, One day it so happened that I was in when a new family was moving into the house. You can't even imagine my__12__when,unexpectedly, Danny walked through the front door. He had a__13__and kids now. I was so overjoyed when I saw him that I put all my__14__into my daily activities.I spent the next twenty years watching his kids grow up, with a mixture of pride and__15__about what would happen next.
The kids finally became__16__and Danny sold the house. That was about five years ago….
Some of the local kids have started the rumor that the house is haunted （鬧鬼的）--- and, in a way, it is. It is haunted by__17__of all the people who have lived in it. Every second has__18__me so much. I have been__19__them down and they are almost up for me…I hope that someday somebody will__20__me, and drop in on me again. Maybe then I'll get a new home and an opportunity for a whole new set of memories.
1. A. crowded B. empty C. painted D. sold
2. A. look back B. enjoy food C. have a dream D.chat with friends
3. A. friends B. learners C. neighbors D. walls
4. A. Luckily B. Happily C. Sadly D. Surprisingly
5. A. looked at B. settled in C. bought in D. sold out
6. A. At last B. At one time C. In the end D. From the beginning