AfriendandIhadarrangedtospendawholeSundaytakingalongwalkinthecountry.Wesetoffonanearlytrain,eachcarryinga1 bagfilledwithsandwiches,cakes,fruitandbottlesoflemonade.I 2 howtwopeoplewouldbeabletofinishitall.
Soonwehadleft3 thesmokyairofthecityandhadreachedthecountrystationwhereour4 wastobegin.Wewere5 ,becausethesunwasshiningandtherewasagentlebreezetomakeitjustrightforwalking.WedecidedtogoonawalkcalledtheFourMileSquare:Ithasfour6 sides,eachaboutfourmilesinlengthandonamaplookslikearoughsquare.Itis7 becauseeachsidepassesthroughadifferentkindofcountry.We8 inhighspiritsalongthefirstside,which9 ariver,planningtohaveaswimandourfirstmealbeforeweleftit.Beforelong,wecametoagatenearwhichtherewasa10 ,"BewareoftheBull".Wewerevery 11 Ourpathranthroughthisfieldandasitwasapublicfoot?paththefarmerhadno12 toputadangerousanimalinit."Ohbutit'sallright"myfriendsaid."Thisbullistiedup.Comeon.”
IfollowedbecauseIcouldseeformyselfastrongrope 13 totheringinitsnoseatoneendandroundalargetreeattheother.Wefeltveryboldandwalkednearer14 aredhandkerchiefjusttoshowthatweweren'tafraid.
Thebullbegantowalktowardsus―anddidnotstop."He15 tohavealongrope”Isaidwalkingmorequickly.Thebulltoowaswalkingmorequickly.Thenatthesamemo?mentwebothsawthattheropewasbrokenandwithout 16 webegantorun.
Wewerehalfwayacrossthefieldbutitdidn'ttakeuslongtoreachthegateagain.Wejumpedoververymuchoutof17 ,andlookedbacktoseethebullquietly18 abagoffood."Thatwasaclever19 ofminewasn'tit?"saidmyfriend:"Idroppedthefoodonpurposeto 20 awaythebull'sattention.”
"No,"Icried.Itwasnotclever!Idroppedmine―accidentally.
( )1.A.small B.light C.heavy D.huge
( )2.A.wondered B.knew C.doubted D.thought
( )3.A.over B.away C.out D.behind
( )4.A.destination B.walk C.adventure D.race
( )5.A.depressed B.thirsty C.lucky D.tired
( )6.A.equal B.pretty C.short D.strange
( )7.A